It was good while it lasted.....

3 days of beautiful weather. Even thought our AC isn't working, I enjoyed every minute of it. Now the stupid wind is back, and it's taking over. Good news....I opened the front door, and the sliding glass door to our bedroom, and that lowered the temp in our house rather quickly. It also blew all those pesky little dust bunnies off my plant shelf. One less spring cleaning chore I have to do. Who am I kidding? The only spring cleaning that will get done in our house is whatever gets blown clean by leaving the doors open when the wind is blowing. I'll take it. I had forgotten what it was like to have a newborn. Nothing gets done. Sleep is my # 1 priority. I would love to say my kids and husband were #1, but sadly, at this stage with a baby that doesn't sleep well at night, sleep is #1. I hope that changes soon. I feel like a horrible mother and wife. So couple the exhaustion with some post partum depression, and you can see why nothing gets done. I'm not even keeping up with reading my favorite blogs!!! Or posting on mine! I've got to snap out of it.

I took Jaxson into the Physician Center yesterday just to weigh him. He is now 9# 5 oz. Little piggie. I'm glad he's gaining. I was afraid I wasn't making enough to feed him. He has been eating anywhere from every 1 1/2 hours to every 3 hours. I have been so tempted to switch him over to formula. It's just so much faster. Not cheaper or more convenient, just faster. But, I haven't. I'm determined to breastfeed for as long as I possibly can.

So I totally didn't mean for this post to sound as depressing as it does. I'm leave you with a pic of Jaxson in his "going to church for the first time" outfit. Thanks Wendy. My baby would be naked if you hadn't let me borrow all your baby clothes.

How 'bout one more. Here is Jake entertaining Jaxson.

Healthy type stuff....

This past weekend, my sister came up from Utah to visit my parents in Burley. Of coarse, we headed to Burley, too. We had good fun.
Wendy has been on weight watchers, and has done well. Wendy, you look fabulous! Breakfasts are hard for me. I don't enjoy breakfast. So I asked her what kind of stuff she eats for breakfast. That's when she told me about these. They are called the Western Bagel. They are fat free, sugar free, high protein, high fiber bagels. Sounds disgusting, right? Well, SURPRISE! They actually taste pretty good. I like savory type bagels, so I bought the wheat flavor, and onion flavor. So good. And for those of you who speak Weight Watchers, these bagels are only 1 pt each. A regular bagel is more like 5 pts. My sister gets hers at Walmart. I don't know if they have them anywhere else. I got mine at Burley's Walmart. If you look anywhere else, they would be in the refridgerated areas. At Walmart, they are located with the cream cheeses. Anyway, I hope this helps out all my bloggy friends who are doing the 8 week challenge that I should be doing, and am not doing. Ashlee, I specifically posted this for you. I know how you love your bagels!

My baby is 3 weeks old

That was a fast 3 weeks! Here are a couple recent pics of the little peanut. He's not such a fan of the flash, and most of the pictures turn out like this.....

I can't believe how fast time flies. He's looking more like a baby now, and less like a newborn. We're still working on trying to figure out a feeding schedule. He's at the point now where he's at a growth spurt, and seems to want to nurse ALL the time. But, he's so much fun, and the kids are still loving it. Madi even volunteers to change diapers, but she's not too fast yet, and he peed on her once.

Happy Birthday Jake!

Happy Birthday Jake!!

(Do you just love the unfolded laundry in the background?)

Jake is 4 years old. His birthday was yesterday. I tried to blog about it then but blogger was not cooperating. Crazy. I can't believe he's 4 already. He still has such a baby face, to me. But, I'm so happy he is part of our family. He's our little comedian. And he's such a good big brother to Jaxson. He's always singing to him, or playing "little piggies" with him. And if Jaxson starts to cry, Jake is right there saying "It's okay Jaxson, Jakey's here." And, when he wants to be, he is a great helper around the house. We are lucky to have you, Jake. I love you!

We had good fun celebrating last night. He chose to eat at Gerties Pizza. That is an all you can eat Pizza place, and they make several different kinds of Pizza and bring it to your table to see if you want a slice. My favorites are ranch chicken cashew, garlic and tomato, and sauerkraut pizza. Yum. They also make dessert pizza. They make a yummo smore pizza. Then, we went home to eat cake and open presents. We gave him some cars, a view finder, and a memory game. He told me the view finder was "my best present ever!". Good buy on the viewfinder. He got a scooby-do camp chair from Grandparents Blad, and a flying monkey and a car play mat thing from Grandparents Manion. He loved everything. I attempted to make a Lightning McQueen cake using a racecar cake pan that I have. His tires are flat. But he tasted good, and Jake loved it.

Lightning McQueen and his flat tires


Lovin' the view finder

Sharing the view finder

12 Apostles Song....

Cory's Aunt sent us this cute video.

Whose a big boy?

Jake excused himself from the table, right in the middle of dinner. He had to potty. And using the same intonation one would use while saying "Whose your daddy?", we hear this coming from the bathroom.

"Whose a big boy? Whose a big boy?

Oh yeah, Whose a big boy?"

We all laughed untill milk shot out of our noses.

Happy Tax Day....

In honor of tax day, I thought I'd share a Gabby's version of "Follow the Prophet". I heard her singing this tonight while she was boppin' around the house, doing her own thing.....

Adam was a Prophet, first one that we know.

In a place called Eden, he helped things to grow.

Adam served the Lord by following his ways.

We are his dependants in the latter days.

I thought that was very appropriate tax day music.

Still alive....

Well, we survived the first week and a half with a new baby. It was a little crazy. Last week wasn't the best for us, here. Jaxson had his newborn wt/color check last Monday. He was looking a little yellow, so they checked his bili level. It was a whopping 17.1. I was a tad bit concerned over that little number. Dr opted not to admit him, since he was eating really well, and he's pretty alert. So, he was on the bili blanket for a couple of days, and when we checked it again, it had come down to 12.1. Grateful for that. Then, at his 10 day appt on Friday, Dr said he looked fabulous, and there was no need to recheck the bili. Woohoo! So, in the midst of all that, Cory took a trip to the ER with Gabby on Tuesday morning. Monday night, she had a funky little episode of confusion/twitching/wouldn't respond/freak out Mom and Dad. Tuesday morning, she was really hard to wake up, and her legs were so weak, she couldn't walk. She said her legs just felt "tired" and her knee's hurt. Okay. How do you not think the worst? I was sure she had a tumor or something. Turns out, she has strep. No typical strep symptoms, but she had some cold symptoms off and on for the previous 3 weeks. They gave her a shot in the butt, and that crisis was averted as well. Add in some unstable hormones, uncontrolable crying, and feelings that get easily hurt, and you have my fabulous week. Boy, am I glad it's over! I was so lucky to have my Mom here for a few days after Jaxson was born, and also for a few days last week. Thanks, Mom for being here, and thanks Dad, for letting us have her.
The weekend wasn't too bad. We went to Poky on Friday night, so I could go to a baby shower for my Sister in Law, Melanie. It was fun, and I won two prizes! Yea me! The prizes were salon quality hair care products. She had a HUGE basket of shampoos, conditioners, gels, hairsprays etc. to choose from. I thought that was unique, and so fun. And Mel got lots of cute girly presents. We got home late last night, so I skipped church today. Shame on me. I'm still trying to figure out how to balance Jaxson's feeding schedule with getting everyone else, and myself ready. Sadly, our church is at 1:30, and I don't think I could have done it today. I guess I'd better figure it out soon!
On a happier note, Jaxson is a good baby, and the kids are still enjoying him and are still so willing to help out. I really have been blessed with a fabulous little family. And, it's after 9pm and 60 degrees outside. Woohoo for Spring!

Jaxson Bird Blad

JAXSON BIRD BLAD

Born - 4/2/2008

Time - 9:02 am

Weight - 8lbs 2oz

Length - 21 in

Yes, his middle name really is bird. It was also the middle name of Cory's Great Grandpa Allan. I liked it. Until it came time to name the kid. Then, I wasn't sure. We couldn't agree on a middle name, so I just told Cory to pick it. Thus, we have Jaxson Bird Blad. (he does have "bird legs", so...)

He's a pretty good baby. And we are so glad he's here. His brothers and sisters are absolutely in love with him. They always want to hold him. So do I. This kid will never have to walk! So, here are some pics.

I am not ripe.....

Apparently, I'm fruit. Now, I'm a nurse, and I know that a cervix needs to be "ripe" for contractions to do any good. But, even after 5 kids, my poor husband doesn't really understand it. He tells me when he uses words like this to describe me, he feels like a produce manager. He said maybe we should stick my cervix in a brown paper bag and leave it on the counter overnight. He makes me laugh, and that's a good thing, or I would probably cry. Just to explain, for those of you who don't know, I am usually induced at around 39 weeks. Our second child was 2 days overdue, and was a stillbirth. That is why they induce me. My Dr's appt yesterday revealed that I am only dialated to a 1, and 30% effaced. That means no induction until next Monday. Actually, the Dr said he would induce me today, if I wanted to try. It just seemed so soon (?). And I really didn't want to have a baby on April Fools day. Stupid reason. Dang! I had a bit of an emotional breakdown after that news of "April Fools Day, or next week. To make a long story short, after a call to the Dr by my husband, many tears, lots of talking , and a sweet prayer offered by my husband to help us confirm our decision, we are going into the hospital tonight for some help from a lovely drug called cervidil. And with any luck, # 6 will join our family tomorrow. Wish us luck!