Crazy Month!!

What a crazy month May was!! So busy, that I didn't get the chance to update the blog! Well, here goes!

The first week of May was alright, we were so excited to go up to Sundance and stay the weekend in a cabin with Alex's family. Just a little reunion, time away together. Thanks so Alex's bosses, they were super generous to let us stay in one of their cabins. If you ever want to get away to a nice cabin, check out Stewart Mountain Lodging. :) The day we were supposed to head up the mountain, Tyler had a pretty bad fever. :( He seemed ok, other than being hot, so we still went. Later that day he was very lethargic. Not like him at all. We rushed down the mountain to the Dr's when his fever got to 102... He also had other signs of RSV again... We've been a little paranoid since his last hospital stay. The Dr told us he had another ear infection. This makes 3 in 3 months. So we picked up the prescription and went back to Sundance. Usually after taking the antibiotic once or twice, kids go back to their happy selves. Tyler just got worse. Then we noticed little sores all over his hands and feet. We googled it, and lo and behold, he also had hand foot mouth disease. It's a childhood disease where the hands and feet get blisters all over and sometimes in the mouth. We didn't see any in Tyler's mouth. Off to the Dr we went again. Nothing can be done about HFM, it's just like RSV, you have to let it run its course. The Dr did tell us not to worry about getting it though, its just in kids. (HFM is SUPER contagious.)

A few days later, Alex came home feeling a little sick. Within a few hours he was dead to the world on the couch with food poisoning. I have never seen something knock him out like that... That was a fun time for me! Playing nurse to my husband and baby! I just prayed that I wouldn't get sick too.

That weekend a really good friend of the family was getting married, so my parents and sister came up. We had a fun little drive up to Logan and then brought Paige home with us to spend the weekend so my parents could have a little vacation. We had lots of fun playing with Tyler, getting pedicures, going to the creamery, playing games... We can't wait to go back to Cali and have more fun!

The week after they left was pretty uneventful, until the weekend. This time we went to Park City with some friends. That was a blast. We totally felt like adults when we decided to go, we got to pick our bedtime, where we wanted to go, no rules. :) You'd think we'd be used to feeling this way since we've both been living away from home for over 4 or 5 years. Still, it was so much fun. We walked up and down Main Street looking in all the windows of the little shops. Everything closed super early so we couldn't go inside. Tyler was sporting his red sunglasses... He's so cool. We didn't take any pictures, so next time I'll be sure to grab some. :) That was it for our crazy month!

Now, we have 2 weeks left before we head to Irvine for Alex's internship. Time to start packing!!

Tulip Festival

My mom came to town for Women's Conference... Now that it's over, we get to hang out with her! Today we went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Beautiful. Tyler was a rockstar and super happy the whole time!

We had so much fun! Now, Grandma will babysit tonight and Alex and I can go on a date!! Wahoo!

Our Vacation to A.V. after Christmas.

These pictures are a little late, but they were on my mom's camera and I'm just getting a copy of them! We went to SoCal for New Years, here are some of the pictures we took... ;)

Tyler with Great Great Grandpa Newman

Tyler with Preston

and Gavin... (They are so ready for a little sister!)

While the boys were getting dirty fixing the car...

I was getting Paige ready for the dance!

Tyler with Great Grandma Campbell

Tyler with Great Great Grandma Newman, she's turning 93 soon!

Spending time with Grandpa

and Grandma

He loves to hold the cards when we play games!

That's all the pictures from New Year... Tyler was about 4 months old.

So I started a blog...

Today while some friends were over they asked if I had a blog... My answer, I've had a few blogs, I'm just terrible at keeping them updated! The more I thought about it during the day, the more I wanted to start another one! This will mostly consist of pictures of Tyler, funny things he's doing or discovering and random thoughts from a mom. Hopefully this will make it a little easier to keep things current!! I'll start with some pictures of Tyler from birth to now. Just to catch you up!

First Family Picture!

Poor Tyler had jaundice. He had to lay under the bili lights for 3 days!!

He always had his fist by his face...

These two share a birthday! We love Uncle Cody!

Teaching him young...

Amy took this during his newborn shoot. Love.

First Smiles!

Trying to learn some accounting with Daddy... 

2 months...

Being so reverent in his fancy church clothes!

With mommy on vacation in California

What kind of mom would I be if I didn't get my son shoes? ;)

Lovin' two toys at once!

We think he looks a little like Jack Jack from The Incredibles.

Absolutely love this picture. Daddy son time!

Still growing...

When Tyler was 2 months, he was diagnosed with Pyloric Stenosis. Put simply, the valve between the stomach and the intestines is too big to let food through, so he basically threw everything up. After 24 hours of not keeping anything down, we went to the E.R. They did some tests, gave him an I.V... in his head. :( And then sent us up to Primary Children's in Salt Lake. They did some more tests and said that Tyler was a "textbook case". The surgeon was nice enough to squeeze us into his schedule the same day. I was a little worried that my little boy would be having surgery, but I knew it was to help him. Everything went perfectly and we got to leave after a couple days. I didn't take a picture of him then. At the time I thought I wouldn't want to remember any of that, but now I'm wishing I had. This picture is from when Tyler was 5 months old and diagnosed with RSV. We stayed in the hospital for 5 days this time. The nurses loved all his smiles! 

I love this silly face!

And this smile!

First time eating baby food! Sweet Potatoes, he loved them!

Before his first haircut!

Alex loves when he falls asleep like this!

For Christmas Alex got me family pictures!

Love my boys!

Overall, we're a happy family, loving life and each other!!