Pillow Pet

Mason has been wanting a pillow met for quite some time. I think he must have seen a commercial for them. A few weeks ago when I had him in the jogger during my run, he told that we need to go the the store and buy him some pop tarts and a pillow pet.

Well, Jason took him to the store this week, and couldn't resist buying him one. Mason had fallen asleep in the car and was kind of groggy at the store. When they past the pillow pets, Jason said his face just lit up so big, and Jason just HAD to buy him one. http://www.blogger.com/

Wallsburg

The YW board had a party for families of those serving on the board. It was in Wallsburg at sister Ashton's property. My family had a blast! We were sad that Jason couldn't make it (he was running the rivalry relay). But we are glad that we got to spend the day with Grandma, Grandpa, cousins and nice families. My kids loved it so much. They want to go back.
The property had a couple zip lines, a man made lake with paddle boats, and a floating dock. There was a huge playground, barn with activities, lots of sports games, and giant slip and slide and so much more.

We are very grateful for the fun invite!

Go Wallsburg!!

My Baby Bauer is 1!

We had a fun birthday party for little Bauer. Lot's of cousins and family came to celebrate! We did some party games, and set up the waterslide. We also ate lots and lots of pizza.

I love my baby! He has been such a joy. He loves to cuddle, laugh, play toys, and show off his cool "standing" tricks to anyone who will watch. He is such a happy buy! One of his favorite things to do is "bonk headies" with Grandpa Robison. Bauer loves to play in water, and he loves to be sneaky and grab my cell phone or a remote whenever he gets the chance.

His first words are: dad, baba, and gog (dog).

We love you Bauer!!!

Cooper's Trafalga Birthday

Cooper had a great birthday! He is now our sweet 5 year old boy. He has waiter so long for his birthday. For about 4 or 5 months before his birthday he kept asking me "how many more days until my birthday?" Well the day arrived, and my 5 year old had a blast! Cooper was allowed to invite one friend to take to Trafalga. He invited his very best friend, Jacob! They played lots and lots of laser tag. Afterwards we came home for Cooper'd birthday dinner request: hawaiian haystacks, limeade,and icecream cake. Here are some pics of our fun day!

Mason's Pirate Birthday Party

For Mason's party, we did a "pirate theme" - of course. We took him to Pirate Island. He has a blast! The next day (Sunday) we did a combined birthday dinner for my dad and mason.
Mason's favorite present was his $5 plastic pirate sword.

We love Mason. He loved his pirate party. He loves to tell people that he is
3 years old.

Bauer is Born!

August 25, 2010

Bauer was arrived! It has been a very eventful week. On Sunday I bent over to pick up some crayons at church, and hurt my knee. I couldn’t walk on it. I went to the hospital. The couldn’t do any xrays or anything because of my pregnancy. They gave me a brace and some crutches. I decided that I better beg my doctor to induce me (I had an appointment the next day), because I needed Jason home and I wanted to recover from both things at once. On Monday I went to my parents house, and my mom helped with the kids so that I could recover. She also went with me to my doc appointment so she could be with the kids in the waiting room. The doctor agreed to induce me the next day. So it was set. I was to be at the hospital at 6am the next morning. I didn’t sleep very well that night, and I had to hobble (left my crutches upstairs) to go to the bathroom at night. In the morning, we checked in, the nurses checked me (I was at a 3), and gave me pitosen. The pitosen started working pretty fast. About 1.5 hours later, I was ready for and anxious for my epidural. The nurse came in and explained that I wouldn’t be able to get an epidural because of my blood levels. SCARY!! It was already starting to hurt, and I have never prepared myself for natural birth. They upped the pit level and things were starting to get painful. My mom rushed over to be with me and coach me through it. Jason held my hand for comfort. It was very nice being able to hear my mom’s comforting voice, and having my loving husband next to me. The nurses gave me a very strange drug (that I would not recommend). It made me dizzy, and sooo hot and flushed. I felt so loopy and out of it. The only good thing about it, was that before the pain became too severe, I was able to sleep between contractions.
I short while later I felt like I really had to go to the bathroom. The nurses helped me up, I felt so dizzy and yucky, and wasn’t able to go the bathroom. The checked, me and were shocked to see that I was all the way dilated and ready to push. The only problem was that the doctor was not there. He has at another hospital in another delivery. A bunch of nurses came in and got things ready I was so ready to end the pain, that I didn’t care to wait for the doctor. Luckily the doctor was able to rush over in time. The head still was up a bit, and facing the wrong way. The doctor didn’t tell me this at the time because he didn’t want to scare me. It took some incredibly painful pushing, and horrible back pain. It is hard to describe this feeling of pain, and not knowing when it will end. It was a little bit of a relief when I could push and not feel the contractions so much. I pushed so hard a few times and finally started feeling the baby come out. It was the biggest relief ever when the babies head came out. I instantly felt better, and was so ready to rest. I felt so relaxed (even has the doctor was stitching me up). It as just good to know that it was over! Bauer is soooo adorable. He was only 7 pounds 11 ounces. He hasn’t cried too much. He was instantly a good nurser.
I felt so blessed during this whole thing, and that my Heavenly Father was with me. It is such a comfort to know we can pray and receive priesthood blessings. I know I was being watched over. My knee also feels so much better!
I am so grateful to have his precious baby in my life. I am also incredibly grateful for all the family support I have.

Disneyland!!!

We went to disneyland to celebrate Taylor and Cooper's birthday. It was a great trip! We stayed in one of Rod's timeshare condos close to the parks. I think the kids enjoyed the condo more than they did Disneyland. They LOVED swimming every day.
It was fun to watch them at Disney. Cooper really enjoyed the adventure rides. Mason's favorite ride (by far) was the Pirates of the Carri bean. When it ended, he would say "again, again!" Now that the trip is over he constantly watches the pirates ride on youtube.
We also did seaworld, and universal studios. It was lots of fun to see the shows at seaworld. I thought the pet show at see world was great. Taylor's favorite one was the sea otters show.
They also loved the hands on, where they were able to touch the star fish, and sting rays.