Wheeler Farm Field Trip

Today was the Wheeler Farm Field Trip for Redwood preschool kiddos. I met them there and then at about 10:45 or so, my mom and sister drove Jack over for a day at the farm. By the time I got home he was asleep so I decided to just hurry and post these before he wakes up! He seemed to be considerably more interested in kicking the fences than any of the animals. He also liked looking at the pieces of wood along the way. Then as we were walking along, a tractor with a trailer full of people drove by and you would think that the coolest thing ever had appeared. Jack froze and just stared as it passed.

Before we even got out of the parking lot, he wanted to start walking. He has it down, but I think he doesn't want to take the risk of doing it on his own.

He tried to pick the horse's nose and then scratch his face, but the horse didn't seem to mind. I am leaning back to balance him so you can also see some baby bump there.

We continued on and saw other animals, but didn't really get any pictures of them. We then went over to the pony rides and I thought that Jack was definitely going to love it, because he loves to ride Daisy (my in-laws dog)! He thought it was pretty cool until the horse started to move. He liked picking at the saddle, but then he decided he was done! We didn't go that far, but it was worth the three dollars to see my little guy ride a horse!

Jack loved to see the geese and would hold onto the fence and move back and forth to see them swimming and hear that nagging honking!

My friend Jaime came as well. She brought her darling little girl Wynter who is almost 6 months old! It was so fun to see her too!

All in all we had a very fun time! It was good to see friends and also have my family come!

It's a . . . .

We went in for our ultrasound today! It was the coolest thing, I couldn't help but get a little teary eyed! We got to see the spine, the brain, the heart, the stomach, everything that you could possibly want to see. It was so amazing! Then they told me that it was a girl! I am so excited (although I would have been just as excited to have another boy!) She's an active little thing and LOVES to kick my bladder! No wonder I have to go to the bathroom all the time! Johnny is excited too and we look forward to our new little addition!

I didn't want to put on the embarrasing photo of how we know it's a girl, so here is the cute profile picture!

My Murray Fireman

I thought since almost all the blogs are about Jack, which is fine, I would make one about Johnny. I only have a few pictures of him working for Murray because it i pretty hard to snap pictures while you are saving people's lives!

Our token picture of Jack with Johnny's firetruck!

This is Johnny up on the 75 foot ladder!

With one of the other fireman out at Eagle Mountain, where he works parttime

This is Murray's new 1.2 million dollar fire truck! It kind of looks like a big bug!

Jack Update

He seems to be over the sickness and is now eating up a storm! For dinner he ate one and a half full pieces of french toast, a couple strawberries, and some soy milk! We started soy milk today and he is in heaven! We did milk twice this week and he was up all night screaming holding his knees up and so gassy it was sad. (If it's not one thing it's another!) So we started soy milk and he has already downed two bottle's worth. We made him take a break to make sure he is handling it well! So far so good!

7 more weeks of school!

Ups and Downs - Be Prepared It's a Long One!

Well this past little while has really been full of some ups and downs! First I will actually do the downs so that I can end with the ups! After we got back from vacation on Saturday (an up that I will mention later), we went to my parents' house to show them the pictures of the trip. Jack was hungry so we gave him a snack. He was eating it fine, until he suddenly threw it all up! I was so discouraged because we have been doing so well with making sure he ate six good meals/snacks a day. He hadn't thrown up for two and a half weeks and he was healthy and gaining weight! I thought maybe that was it! NO CHANCE! He threw up all night long! Johnny slept downstairs and Jack slept in my bed and threw up about every hour until 5. I would nurse him inbetween because he was starving, but then he would just throw it up on me later. Johnny and I decided that he must have food poisoning because he ate some ravioli that had ridden with us from Zion's up to Salt Lake.

He seemed to turn the corner in the morning though and although I didn't take him to church (I left him at my parents), he did participate in my dad's fantastic easter egg hunt. Well I thought he was fine and I went to lunch with my friend on Monday. Tuesday I went to work and he was just lethargic and tired, but luckily he was with my parents. By Tuesday night, he hadn't eaten a good solid meal in two days and he was losing a bunch of weight. I took him to the pediatrician yesterday and he had a ragin viral infection. The doctor looked at Jack's blood test results and told me that if wasn't a blizzard he would have had me rush up to Primary's because Jack was dangerously dehydrated. He told me it was very serious and that I should take him home and try to get as much fluid into him as possible. He also said that if he took a nap, don't let him sleep longer than an hour and make sure I could still wake him up! AAAAHHH! We were able to hydrate him enough that he didn't need an IV thank goodness, but he is still quite sick! My parents watched him today because both of my babysitters have two small children! He will be better in a few days though and then we will work on more weight gain!

Update on me: I lost weight over the whole thing, so I have now gained a total of four pounds with this pregnancy and I am at 19 weeks. The doc said it's fine as long as the baby is still healthy! We do get to find out on the 28th what it is!!!!!

Now the ups! For my birthday and spring break, Johnny took me down to Zion National Park. We had a blast! We have never taken a vacation just our little family. Jack did well and we hiked around!

Johnny took me to Outback Steak House on my birthday and I had the yummiest steak and potatoes! Jack loved it too!

We had a picnic out on the grass where Jack enjoyed some french fries and we enjoyed the view!

We then packed Jack up and Johnny lugged it up to the lower Emerald Pool. Jack fell asleep as soon as we started and slept the whole time!

We then stuck Jack in a tree and took some fun pictures of him! We did it two different times, so he is wearing two different jackets!

There was a horse that bordered our parking lot, so we bought a bag of carrots and fed her everyday! Jack also decided to see what the carrots tasted like!

We drove up thru the tunnel! It was so cool! It is a mile long stretch of road thru the rock!

We dragged our bodies half way up Angel's Landing, but decided that with our current states, Johnny carrying a sleeping baby and me 4 months pregnant, we should turn around and go back. It was beautiful though!

We took Jack to his first easter egg hunt at the Bumbleberry Inn Annual Hunt! It was getting cold on Saturday so we were all wearing jackets and Jack wore his daddy's hat! He was part of the first group 0-2 years old. They got one helper and Jack thought it was great fun to pick up the eggs and throw them back down again! We stopped after 4 or 5 eggs because he was tired and it was cold!

Then on Sunday I went to my parents house for an easter egg hunt! My dad had planned it all out! He had put puzzle pieces in the eggs for the two grandsons to find. Jack had six big eggs and Nathan had 20 something to find in the backyard! Jack was too distracted by all the yelling and screaming coming from Nathan and Eric to always watch where he was going and get his eggs! It was so fun afterwards though! The easter bunny brough Jack ritz crackers and ravioli! He loves them! It was a fun night and Jack didn't act that sick!

One Year Old Pictures

I just got Jack's One Year Pictures back! They pretty much speak for themselves in the pure amazingness they have!