Mothers

This was on Tania's blog and I like it. Thought I would share. I watched it at a perfect time for me, just when I needed to hear it. Thanks for sharing Tania.

(Might need to pause my music before you play it though.)

Lovin' our Grant...

Alisa has been begging me to post pictures of Grant everyday. Sadly, I haven't been so great at taking pictures lately, but here's a taste of what I have. (I still don't have blessing day pictures because I forgot my camera. I will have to get pictures from Britt and Sandy. They took some pretty good ones. I'll post those soon.)

Here he is at about two weeks. It's sad how fast they grow out of the newborn stage.




We've all decided that Grant looks alot like his mommy but has the hairline of his daddy. I truly thought looking like me would be a bad thing, but there is just no denying how adorable this little guy is. (Many people have mistaken him for a baby girl, however. LOL!) It's amazing to me how two very different looking children can look so similar and both be so beautiful. I love that Andrew looks like his dad and Grant looks like his mom yet anyone can tell they are brothers just looking at them.



Little smile.



Kiss from big brother.



I can't believe how fast this baby is chunking up. I swear he doubles in fat rolls everyday. He is now over 12 lbs. He's almost doubled his birth weight and he is only 5 days shy of 2 months. WOW!

This is what Grant looks like after Andrew gets ahold of him. :)

Little trouble maker...

Thought I would let you see what Andrew has been up to lately...

Climbing and Jumping all over the table and couches - usually just wearing his new big boy undies or nothing at all. (He is happiest when he is naked!)


Watching his new favorite movie (WALL.E) and being silly.


He loves little brother, but sometimes doesn't know how to show it. He kisses and hugs him frequently -usually too hard- and makes little Grant cry. Sometimes he will follow his kiss or hug with a slap on the head, just to show how big his love is.


He is learning how to undress himself! (big boy)

Cuddling. He loves his daddy like nobody's business!

I posted this picture because he looks like such a BIG BOY! I am just amazed at how fast he is growing up!!

Family pics...

This is a little past due. I said I would post some of our family pics from before Grant was born so here ya go...









There were so many good ones I couldn't decide which ones to post. If you want to see more click the link for more pictures on the right side of this blog page.

REALLY LATE NOTICE...

I'm not sure what I was thinking posting this so late!!! I WASN'T THINKING!! Grant is being blessed this Sunday, February 1st, at 11:00am. Anyone who can come is welcome to. Our church address is 954 E. Walnut St. the red brick building on the corner of Jefferson Ave. and Walnut St. I am so sorry I didn't invite sooner. Anyway, you are welcome to come, but don't feel obligated. However if you are coming let me know so we can have enough food for those of you who want to attend the luncheon afterward. I apologize again for the late notice!!!

Need some advice....

YEA!! Andrew did it again! Last night he peed in his potty after a whole day of me trying to get him to go! - and another accident on the wood floor(easy to clean at least.) I was so excited. I would love to hear some advice from anyone who wants to give it. How did you potty train your kiddo?

Maybe just a fluke... I hope not!!

Saturday was a very exciting day!! I walked into the bathroom in the morning to put my makeup on and Andrew followed, as usual. He was playing with his little boy potty I bought him a couple of weeks ago and said 'poop mama, diaper off', which he has done before. I thought it was normal, and continued my business. I took his diaper off and he sat on the potty for a while. Suddenly he hopped off the toilet and said 'pee mama'. To my surprise he really had peed! I was so excited! We gave him some candy and praised him for the rest of the afternoon. We took the boys to see Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Leonard that night while Jake and I went out. Grandma put him on her toilet and he did it again. Grandma thought since he went potty she would let him run around without his diaper off, which he LOVES. However, he had an accident on the tile. At least it was on the tile. Saturday night Grant slept seven hours strait! WOW! He is just one month old! I hope he keeps it up! SATURDAY WAS A GOOD DAY!!
Sunday I would ask Andrew if he needed to go potty every hour or so. He didn't ever seem too interested. I let him run around with his diaper off... that seemed to help our friend's little boy potty train, so I thought I would try it. He had an accident on the carpet!!! EEEK!! He had another accident today, this time on Grant's play mat - I really think it was intentional ;) - at least I can wash that!! But I really think all of this just might pay off. I walked in the bathroom again to put my makeup on today and Andrew was already sitting on the toilet. I think I scared him. He stood up really fast and started to run from the bathroom and a little brown suprise fell from his bum! I am quite delighted that he seems to be doing so well!! Wouldn't it just be heavenly if we didn't have to buy or change diapers for Andrew much longer?!! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I'll definitly continue to work with him at it!

Our new arrival!!

Sorry I have taken so long to update! I'm sure all you mothers of two or more understand. Feel free to just skim through if you get bored...Little Ross 'Grant' joined our family at exactly 8:37 am Dec 17th! He weighed 6lbs 11ozs and was 19 1/2 inches long. The induction went pretty well, I would say. I had three doses of Cytotec and that did the trick. They didn't have to give any Pitocin, which I was happy about. I called the hospital at 5:30 pm and the nurses said they had room for me and told me to come in as soon as I could. Sandy took Andrew for the night, and I headed straight to the hospital where, of course, Jake was working. We ate dinner together then headed to my room. Dr. Burton was guessing it would only take one dose of cytotec and that we would be done by 2:00 am - considering the way things went with Andrew. However my body was a bit more stubborn than expected. After the first dose -at 7:30 pm, I walked around as much as I could when the nurse told me I could. I could feel frequent but light contractions after an hour or so. After the second dose, they became slightly more painful and frequent but still not strong enough. I knew it would go pretty quick after the third and final dose. The nurse didn't keep me drugged up very well so it got REALLY painful for me! I just tried to sleep through it, which didn't work. Dr. Burton came to my room at about 7:30 am. He broke my water and the contractions got alot worse. I had to wait for the anesthesiologist to drive to the hospital from home. Maybe it didn't take that long but it felt like forever!!! By the time he got there I was dilated to a 9 so instead of an epidural, he did an intrathecal - immediate relief that only lasts 1 1/2 - 2 hours. That worked perfectly because 3 pushes and not even 10 minutes later, Grant was here!!! AWESOME!! We are very happy to have him here. Even Andrew likes him sometimes. He likes to give hugs and kisses and asks to 'hold baby Gant' frequently. It's a different story, however, when I am feeding Grant and cannot give much attention to Andrew. He throws tantrums and either hits Grant or does something else he knows mommy doesn't want him to do. I don't know what I should do about it. At least I know it is just a phase! Or hopefully it is.

It has been a very tiring week. Grant has been very good though -he just likes to sleep most of the time! I have to wake him up to feed him, so I only get up twice a night with him. Not too bad. Jake has been so sick this week -PERFECT TIMING- so I don't get a whole lot of help. He has tried, occationally he'll help me with cleaning the house and changing Andrew's diapers, but most of the time he just feels like crap and has to relax. Andrew isn't feeling the best either so he wakes up in the middle of the night, too. It's a good thing I am recovering well, or I would be dying! OH WELL! Both my mom and Jake's mom have been so kind to take Andrew every now and then for a sleep over. He has had fun doing that and it has definitly helped me out!! Thank you Grandmas!!

Sorry for giving so much information. I hope I didn't bore anybody. Enjoy these pictures...

Pregoness

Here are a few maternity pics for you! We had Brittany take them on Saturday when it was FREEZING, SNOWY, & WINDY outside -probably not the best day to pick, so we decided not to take very many. I am being induced tomorrow and I didn't want to wait any longer in case I went into labor before then. The ones we did take though turned out GREAT! Thanks Britt! She also took our family pics last Wednesday, so I will be posting some of those soon.

OH YEAH, and I got a hair cut.... here is what I looked like before it got chopped...

Congratulations Eric & Tania!!!

On Novemeber 22 my brother Eric got hitched!! Yea!! We are all very excited to have Tania in our family! They were married in the Bountiful Temple -where Jake and I were married- so it was neat to go back there after so long. The wedding and reception were beautiful. Here are a few pictures of the happy couple....