Monday Memories - Easter (3-23-08)

Every year for Easter have an Easter egg hunt with my family on Saturday and then one on Sunday with Brett's family. The kids always love hunting for the eggs. The Easter Bunny brought them a lot of fun things on Easter morning. She tried to give them other things besides a lot of candy since they already were getting a lot from their egg hunts. They always get a new dress to wear to church, too. We had a really fun day, spending it with both sides of our families.

They love to pose!

Brett was helping the girls do their puzzles and Mallory was coloring in her new coloring book.

Brett's family Easter egg hunt. Spencer always loves to hide the eggs for the kids.

The kids at my family Easter egg hunt waiting anxiously until we said they could go hunt for the eggs.

We Need to Pway

Today we went to Two Jack's Pizza to eat after Seven Peaks. We had been sitting there eating our pizza for about 10 minutes or so when Mallory said, "We didn't pway. We need to pway!" So Whytli got really close to her and said a quick prayer to satisfy her. She is so cute with the prayers. She always keeps her eyes shut and arms folded and never peaks once (apparently her mother is peaking though to know she does this but I cannot resist). It makes me proud to know that she knows what is right and wants to make sure not to miss out on the prayers and always knows what she needs to do while praying. She always really seems to be actually paying attention to what is being said too.

Seven Peaks

We went to Seven Peaks today with Jon and Kellye. The kids have been dying to go with Brett and we haven't had a chance yet. So this morning I told them that we could go today if we all cleaned the house together. The kids spent the whole morning and early afternoon cleaning and organizing their room (yes, it was that messy and unorganized and driving me CRAZY) while I cleaned the rest of the house and Brett worked in the yard. We got it done and were able to make it and spend about 4 hours at Seven Peaks. We had a lot of fun with Brett there and hope we can go a few more times with him. Afterwards we went and ate pizza at Two Jack's in Spanish Fork.

Me, Nash, Kellye, and Kenya. There are rarely pictures of us since we are always the ones behind the camera (but I am fine with that).

Brett and the kids.

It took a lot of convincing to get Adelie to go down this slide but she finally "pinky promised" Brett she would go and she never goes back on a "pinky promise."

Mallory was not too excited to go on the slide but Brett made her anyway.

Jon, Tymber, and Tyme on the lazy river.

Brett and the girls on the lazy river.

Brett took Nash down this slide twice. The second time he lifted him so the water would not splash in his face and his head kind of jerked kind of like whip lash but he was fine. It didn't faze him at all.

We spent a lot of time at this kid pool. The kids liked this best.

Jon took turns throwing the kids up in the air into the water. They loved it! He couldn't get Mallory to do it though.

This is all the kids: Nash, Mallory, Adelie, Whytli, Tyme, and Tymber. Kenya was chilling out in her stroller.

Nash did not mind the water one bit. He would get splashed in the face and it didn't ever seem to bother him.

Whytli and Adelie are such great swimmers! They love to swim and float around in the pool.

Adelie and Tyme decided to go down the slide together. We thought that was pretty cute.

Nash's Girlfriend

The beginning of this last week Kellye & I decided to go to a trade show in Atlanta, Georgia at the last minute. We went with her mom and took the babies as well. They were both so good flying on the airplane both there and back. Nash slept the whole time and didn't ever fuss. We weren't allowed to take our strollers in at the trade show and had to check them in so we had to carry them the whole time, which was a pain. Considering the fact that we got stuck in Texas due to thunderstorms in Georgia and our flight getting cancelled (stranding us in Texas for the night), spending a lot of time in the car, and a long time at the trade show with us carrying them around and messing up their schedules they did really amazing. We did get a chance to go to The Melting Pot while in Atlanta for dessert but I didn't get any pictures of us there.

This is the only picture we got at the airport in Texas. They are so cute!

New PJs and Purses

Whytli and Adelie have been dying to buy something with their own money. They have been gathering up toys or anything that they can find and trying to sell it to different people to earn money. They have really wanted to buy a pair of sunglasses just like mine. Well I had to go to Walmart and told them that they could bring some of their money and buy their sunglasses. They were so excited. When we got there they tried on all the sunglasses and decided that they didn't like any of them because they did not look quite like mine. I told them they could get something else then. They decided to get Hannah Montana purses and pajamas. When we got up to the registers I asked them if they even had enough money to pay for them and they said they did. I asked to see their money and they handed me their wallet and said they put their money together. I counted it and they had $78 and a wallet full of change that had probably another $10 in it. I was a little surprised and didn't realize they had that much in their piggy banks. They thought it was pretty cool to give the checker their money and pay for something on their own. They still had $40 in the cash leftover plus the change and decided to buy themselves some honey butter at Macey's as well as a treat. They love honey butter and they hid it in the fridge outside so their dad wouldn't eat it.

Ouch!

Last Saturday I decided to cut Nash's fingernails because he had scratched himself on his face. Babies fingernails grow so fast that you have to cut them almost every week. I was cutting them and accidentally cut a chunk of skin off his thumb while cutting the nail. He was really upset and it just kept bleeding and bleeding. Brett came to help and put a rag with pressure on his finger and held it there for awhile but it would not stop bleeding so we got some gauze and tape and had to wrap up his tiny little finger. Since he is such a sweaty little guy the tape was having a hard time sticking to his finger so he had to wrap the whole thing around his hand. Brett was so mad at me he told me I was never to cut his fingernails again. When Whytli was a baby Cynthia said she would cut her nails and did the same thing only on all of her fingers and they were all bleeding. It is so hard though because their fingernails are so tiny. I felt so bad and it took a while for him to calm down.

This is him after he calmed down. He still doesn't look too happy.

Uhhhh ohhh....Dad is not going to be happy!

Today I sent the girls downstairs to clean the playroom before I would get them ready so they could go play with their cousins. They had been down there for a while and I thought they were accomplishing a lot. Well, I was wrong. I heard them giggling and having a ball so I wanted to see what they were doing and this is what I saw.....Nash in a girl's pink wig, pink sunglasses, a purse attached to his arm, in a baby stroller, and the girls taking turns pushing him around. He was just giggling and having as much fun as they were. I thought he was upstairs in the family room swinging in the baby swing but instead he was chillin' with his sisters. I, of course, thought it was so funny and knew exactly what Brett would think of this sight. He has forbidden them to ever do anything like this and I told him that it was only a matter of time before his sisters got the urge to dress up their little brother and have fun. I didn't think it was too bad because he wasn't in a full-on dress or anything. Brett would for sure have a fit if that was the case. I called him to inform him of their fun and he asked to talk with them. He told them that if he came home to Nash in makeup and his nails done that there would be major consequences and they were all grounded when he got home. He was kidding of course about being grounded when he got home but he wasn't very thrilled with the idea of them playing with him like this.

He just looks so cute in the stroller!

He was having fun with his sisters!

Hey...what's goin' on?

Memory Lane

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot - anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Podee Bottle

This is the best invention ever - the Podee Bottle. I saw this on someone else's blog and thought it was really neat. I googled it and it has gotten really good reviews so I decided to purchase it. If any of you have smaller babies who cannot hold their bottle yet, you need to get this bottle. It just sits next to them and they suck out of it like a regular bottle and it really comes out. No trying to prop it up anymore. It says it is good for helping reduce reflux, gas build-up, colic, ear infections, and is great for traveling. I wondered if the bottle really would work and it does - it is amazing! Brett was really excited to get it too. I got it on Amazon - it is kind of expensive there. Babies R Us has it for $8.97 but it is out of stock at the store and on-line right now.

Nash's Surgery

Nash had surgery yesterday on his umbilical hernia. He was such a good baby. I did better than expected. I think it was because I have already done this with another child (Mallory in December) and knew what to expect. Brett and his dad gave him a blessing and he had an amazing doctor from Primary Children's Hospital, Dr. Earl Downey, so I knew he was in great hands. He came and talked with us before and he just made me feel okay about the surgery. He went in at 7:30 AM and they brought him back to me at about 9:00 AM. Dr. Downey came and talked with us again before they brought him back and said everything went well. His hernia was really large and he was glad we fixed it. When they brought him back he was still asleep and being such a good baby. The nurse told us that very few children or babies come back happy and not crying. Of course, Nash was that exception - he is an angel baby. He would kind of fuss a few times but for the most part he was just sleeping. He slept all day from when he had his surgery to 6:00 pm that night. He never woke once. I was a little worried I have to admit because I didn't think he should have slept that long. I stayed by his side all day because they told me to make sure he was breathing and not turning blue. They said when babies get the anesthesia sometimes their heads can tip forward while sleeping and cut off their airway so I needed to watch him closely for that. When he woke he was very happy, smiling and back to his normal self. I am so glad it turned out well.

I am getting him dressed in his hospital gown.

One last look at that huge belly button.

This is Nash after his surgery being such a good baby.

His IV was put in through his foot.

When he came back from the surgery after a little while he broke out into some kind of rash. His face and upper chest was really red. He looked almost like he was sun burned.

This is him sleeping all day. I tried not to move him too much because I didn't want to hurt his belly button.

This is the end result with the bandage on. We have to leave this on him for 5 days and cannot give him a bath until then either. I cannot wait to see the real end result of how it looks.