MADE MY DAY!

I HAVE THE BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

are you ready?

I  FOUND MY CAMERA CHARGER!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! 

I've been so bummed all day long because it's halloween, Jonah looks so adorable in his costume, and I had NO camera to take pictures! Guess where I found it? It's actually pretty embarrassing. I was looking for a clean wash cloth, and I was going through a pile of clean clothes in my room and when I picked up the rag, there it was!!!! How sad!!! If I only kept my room clean I could have had so many pictures of the past couple months!!! 

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I don't even have a pumpkin!! Halloween just sort of snuck up on me this year. I did get candy though, so hopefully kids will still trick or treat my door. I wish I did have pumpkins because I found so many cute ideas for them!

                                                       hope everyone has a fun night!

I need a doctor

If you live in the Provo area and have a great family physician and/or dentist will you please leave a comment and tell me their names? I need to make appointments asap. Thanks!!! 

Twinners!

Don't Zach and I look just SUPER awesome in our matching Old Navy Tees?

                                                                         I think so.

    

       About three weeks ago, Zach heard an Old Navy commercial on the radio telling everyone to come in because they were having a "HUGE SALE! BUY 3 T-SHIRTS FOR 6 DOLLARS!" Zach was really stoked because he needed some new shirts. So off we went! When we got to the store, we realized the shirts on sale said "OLD NAVY 2008" across them.   um..YUCK! We can't wear that! People can't know we shop at Old Navy!! (jk) But Zach soon realized that for two dollars a t shirt, he could have some extra tees to wear around. After some convincing, I bought three too because I always need a shirt just to wear around the house. You know, to clean in. Or sleep in.   

Lesson to learn:

NEVER buy MATCHING clothes with your spouse!!!!!! There have been one too many times where I get dressed, and Zach gets dressed wearing THE SAME SHIRT!

    

     Today was the worst though, I had to run some errands early this morning and I threw on my only clean shirt, an OLD NAVY SHIRT!!  and soon realized that my husband had not only done the same, but we both had long white sleeves underneath!! After some arguing,  we both refused to change. (pride issues, I know) I was supposed to only be out for a while anyway though. But of course,  my plans changed.. and I never had the chance to run home and change.

   So there we were, shopping at the grocery store wearing matching shirts.  Oh well. I'm sure no one noticed.

Twilight

Am I the only one who thinks it looks really cheesy? I hope I'm wrong, but I couldn't help but laugh at this!

Did I say shooted?

I did didn't I. Oh boy. Is that like saying cutted?  

It is. I know. Well my only excuse is I was on pain killers. But that's not a very good excuse. So I guess it's just one of those words that's not really a word, and it's in my vocabulary, sadly. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I have been informed that I wrote the fake word shooted in my post about the wreck.  

So the embarrassment is over with. Let's move on. 

  Don't you just love the fall? It seems like the leaves changed color overnight. I keep feeling like there is a huge yellow school bus sitting outside my window, ..but it's just our tree.  On a more serious note,  I really don't like getting into politics on here but I found this really powerful video and just had to post it. 

What Obama will Fight for:

    

I cried like a baby after that.  I don't know how any of you reacted to it, but hopefully this is something to get you smiling again:

When we took Jonah to the E.R. for the croup the doctor said if he wakes up really croupy then to bundle him up and take jonah out in the cold air. Doesn't that sound like fun? It's hard enough waking up in the middle of the night but on top of it going out in the cold with a fussy sick child sounds even better!! Don't take that the wrong way, I will do anything for Jonah of course. I really hoped that being outside for so long after the accident would magically heal Jonah's croup. We've been running a humidifier in his room and suctioning his nose to try and help as much as possible. They said that the virus just has to run it's course though.

     Sadly, he still wakes up throughout the night sounding awful. The past three nights since the accident have been rough just on Zach and I, we both can't sleep without pain killers and I'm always paranoid about not waking up when Jonah does. It takes me a couple minutes just to get out of bed without hurting too much. Zachary has been so helpful at night! He insists on sleeping closest to the door so he can jump up and get Jonah. He makes me stay in bed while he bundles Jonah up and stands outside with him throughout the whole night.  It's so sweet. When I woke up yesterday I found Zach and Jonah bundled up in the rocking chair together after a long night. Zach had to be at clinicals at 7 a.m. and was late because after I fell back asleep, Jonah threw up and he didn't wake me up, but instead took care of everything for me. 

 I'm just so gateful for Zachary and what a great father he is. He has so much going on with school, work and his internship, but he always puts family first. 

seriously so blessed

Friday night Jonah woke up around nine with really bad croup. He's had a runny nose for a couple days but nothing too serious. When I put him to bed at seven, I gave him a bath and suctioned his nose and he seemed to be doing pretty well. When he woke up a couple hours later I thought it was a dog barking outside. Zach immediately said we need to take him to the E.R. ( that's what happens when your married to a nurse) I was glad we did though, Jonah got a steroid to open his airway and a breathing treatment. We finally left the Emergency room around 11:20 or so and Zach was really tired. I insisted to drive home so he could get some shut eye, since the night before we drove home from St. George and didn't get in till one and Zach drove the whole way. 

 The roads were pretty bare, being so late at night, and as I drove down freedom Blvd. I was stoked because I was hitting all the green lights. I was going through the green light at freedom and 100 n. when suddenly a white car sped through coming perpendicular to us. He hit us on the front passenger side. It happened so quickly I had no time to react. He was going the same speed we were if not faster. Our air bags went off as soon as he hit. I was scared when we didn't stop after that.  Through the haze of white powder from the air bag, everything went in slow motion as our car shooted left directly into the light pole. Right before we hit I remember thinking, 'oh crap! I hope we make it.' After we hit, I looked back at Jonah and he was screaming while he barely hung in his seat. His car seat buckle that goes across his chest had started come undone. We got out of the car, and these guys from the street came running towards us screaming, "OMG! Mam, mam, are you okay? Sir, are you okay??! Get away from the car its leaking and its going to BLOW UP!" Zach got Jonah out and we followed the weirdo's orders and backed away from the car. I don't remember much that was going on. We were obviously in shock. The fire department, police. and paramedics came and took us in the ambulance to check us out.  They told us how horrible our crash was and how lucky we are to be alive. The police kept telling me if our seat belts weren't on we would be really messed up if not dead. Zach and I cried like babies as they checked us out in the ambulance. We felt so lucky and so relieved.

The Fire department Chief took Jonah to the Hotel next store and got him some milk. It was really cute watching all these big firemen walk around with a baby and a bottle. Besides a few broken blood vessels, Jonah is completely fine from the wreck! They let us go home but told us to go back to the E.R. the next day to get checked out. Zach pulled a lot of muscles in his arm, they gave me some chest x-rays, but everything is okay! I have a nasty burn from my seat belt, bruised legs, and I can't chew anything because my jaw hurts. The other driver was totally fine. He claims he was trying to turn right and he got a ticket for failure to yield. He was 21 years old, and in my opinion, being a complete idiot.

I guess we get a new car!! Zachs brother ben has been nice enough to let us borrow his until our insurance covers a rental. To be honest though, I'm not really feeling like driving anymore. It took me a while to even look at the pictures because I get sick to my stomach thinking about the wreck. My sister Kelley and sister in law , and brother in law have been so helpful these past couple of days.  The doctor gave us some pain medicine and muscle relaxants and I was finally able to sleep last night. I'm so glad we went back to the E.R. and got some pain meds because I'm feeling much worse today and ibuprofen just isn't cutting it. I feel so blessed. The lord protected our little family that night, and we've never felt so happy to be alive and well. 

* if this post sounds kind of weird, I'm on a lot of pain medicine and I'm pretty out of it. But I feel like I need to write this down before the details aren't as fresh in my mind.

"You mean like on vaca?"

 I'm in St. George for a little getaway. Zach is volunteering at the World Senior Games, doing blood draws and flu shots. So instead of being home alone for a week I decided to tag along.We were nervous about Jonah in the car for four hours but he didn't cry once and we didn't make ONE stop the whole way! I couldn't believe it! Thanks to nursery rhymes on our ipod,we were practically having a party singing old mac donald the whole way! The weather is so much nicer down south and I'm actually having a lot of fun watching the senior games! Even though it's hard to sit through a game with Jonah, I was able to catch a little volley ball. Everyone who sees Jonah stops to tell me all about their grandchildren his age. I'm walking around a huge center full of loving grandparents! Jonah is in heaven. Well since I have no camera still, I thought I would share some phone pics I took a while back of crafts I've been up to. I had a bunch of scraps and supplies lying around so I mead a few wreaths. I also made some new throw pillows out of curtains I found at the D.I. ( I heart the D.I.) These pics are pretty awful.. but at least you can tell what I'm talking about. Hope everyone is having a fabulous week!

Monkey around..

Thanks so much for everyones advice. I really appreciate all the help I can get! For an update, yesterday, suprisingly Jonah took a two hour nap! I did it by never giving up. Basically, if he would start crying after 15 minutes, I would just wait 5 minutes or so, then go in and give him his bottle or turn his music box on for him. (he has one of those music boxes that lights up attached to his crib) Anyway, then he fell asleep again at like 5:20 till 6:00 p.m. in the car, and that totally messed up his bed time..we couldn't get him to settle down till 8:00! He normally takes a nap around 10 or 10 30 and goes to bed between 6 30 and 7 00. He wakes up at 6 every morning no matter what time he goes to sleep either! Today he took another two hour nap!yay! Of course he cried for like 15 minutes or so. I still have a hard time letting him "cry it out", I guess the way I do it is by going in every 5 or 10 minutes and making him lie down and handing him his bottle. It usually works pretty well. My sister suggested putting toys in his crib, so I tried that tonight, and he completely ignored them. I don't know if it's better to go in every ten minutes or to never come back. I guess it just depends on your child and situation. Everyone needs to do what works best for them. I do feel though like I might get to that point of desperation. On a positive note, we solved the problem of taking him to stores! 

Presenting: The Baby Leash!!!

Zach was pretty wierded out by this at first, he said, " Are we really going to put him on a leash? Jonah will hate that!" But I really wanted to at least try it, even though I was worried everyone would think we were cruel by walking our child like a puppy.. But you know what? Jonah LOVES IT! The little monkey backpack is AWESOME, and we had so many people in the mall come up and tell us how smart we were for getting one of those. People kept making comments about how cute Jonah was and how they lost their baby two times in a store and finally bought one too. So I totally recommend this! I mean, it probably depends on your child's age, I don't know how long this will last with Jonah, but it's so great! He loves it because he doesn't feel like we are holding on to him but we still have control over him. Love it. 

p.s. I'm really frustrated with this blogger. I made my blog stretch and it somehow deleted my header! DARN YOU BLOG! thanks a lot.

I need HELP!

      How do you get your one year old to take a nap!? And I mean a nap longer than 20 minutes! I have tried everything!!! Well, obviously not everything, but Jonah is a wreck all day long because of it. I'm so frustrated with it, I have even thought about putting him in his crib and closing the door for an hour. I can't do that though. Is there any other way? Anybody? He is impossible to take anywhere too. Yesterday, I brought Lunch to Zach on his break, and afterwards I ran errands for a couple hours. It got to the point where I would bribe Jonah with a frosted Cookie to be good!.. That failed too! He threw cookie on the ground and I had to clean up the mess while other moms walked by and eyed me for giving my son a cookie!! I know, my child is going to have diabetes. 

        I really do believe that if Jonah would Just take a descent nap then he would be a little easier to be around. He is usually such a happy child, but lately he mopes around all day and has temper tantrums. I know he's probably just teething, so I give him cold compresses, numbing gel, and even tylenol sometimes,  but I  still think he should be sleeping longer than 20 minutes, for the whole day! COME ON!  I just had to vent. On the other hand, He is getting cuter every day. He brings me things he wants to do, like books or a bag of crackers. He loves dancing and playing Monster with us. I just know that he and I would feel SO much better and be SO much happier if he took a nap. 

it's the big ONE

Jonah turned one years old today! We had a HUGE party for him! I probably went overboard, but I just couldn't help myself, I want him to remember this day forever! ..ya right. We played pin the "dog on the fire truck" from the dollar store, and I made cupcakes. The biggest part of the evening was when Jonah stuffed his face with a cup cake. Sorry there are so many pictures. Here's how Jonah's first party went down. 

Waz up? I'm a big kid now.

Aunt Katie greeting the birthday boy.  Jonah is too old for kisses now.

Checking out Uncle Ben's camera. 

Singing Happy Birthday...

Yumm, YUM, ... I should have thrown his party a little earlier. Jonah was really tired by the time everyone came over.

Jonah LOVES running around in the backyard with the hose. So what better than to hose him down naked? Jonah took the opportunity to relieve himself.

I made Zach stop hosing him down because he started shivering. Poor Jonah!! We ran him inside and gave in a nice warm bath. It was a fun night! Happy birthday Jonah! I love him so much and I can't believe a year has gone by!

Shopping will never be the same

This is how my day went:

 So I needed to go grocery shopping, and Zach had a test to take, so after the morning session of general conference, I offered to drop him off at the testing center while I ran my errands. I've done this before, and I always have too much time on my hands, but jonah usually does great! I usually just hang out at the mall, and enjoy my time, running errands. 

That was BEFORE he learned to walk. NOW... it's not so easy!!!

  I had my first embarrassing moment as a mother. Okay, so it wasn't humiliating or anything, just hard. I went to Old Navy, and Jonah started throwing a fit in the shopping cart, trying to escape. After Old Navy, I decided to browse Ross since I had an hour left and was trying to save grocery shopping till last. I figured since the shopping cart was a failure, I would just carry him, and he should be fine right? Oh gosh.  It was like trying to hold on to a stray cat. Women were  staring at me (probably laughing inside) while I tried to hold on to Jonah while he screamed and threw himself back and forth trying to wiggle out. I'm sure they were thinking I was an idiot for not putting him in a cart. M e  t o o ladies. After a couple minutes I couldn't hold him anymore... Has anyone seen how big he is??? He gets really heavy after a while!!! I set him down and he instantly started laughing and running through the store. 

   He was knocking off dresses and sunglasses, grabbing people's legs...Long story short.  I ended up walking out of the store holding him across me with his head about upside down. That was the only way. I was dreading going to the grocery store!!! Is it bad to let your child play with a toy and not buy it? Probably. I mean, he didn't put it in his mouth or anything.. but to be honest I didn't care. I was so desperate to get in and get out. I can't believe how difficult he can be now! There are some awesome benefits with having him walk, but it's so exhausting!!

Pictures worth Posting

Not very recent pictures. I was able to at least get the ones off of my memory card though! Zach and Jonah matched! Both wearing camo shorts and thermal shirts. 
My mom visited a few weeks ago and this picture is just te sweetest thing. Jonah was so cuddly with his Mormor.
Here is a daily activity for Jonah and daddy. Jonah will throw a hissy fit whenever Zach stops. 

Classic Jonah face when he wakes up in the morning. But as soon as I smile, he has the biggest grin.