Daddy and Ty's Day Together!

On Saturday the 16th, Ty and daddy headed up to Alamo at 5:30am to go looking for wild cows! I had to go to a baptism for a little girl in our Primary, so I stayed home. Josh told me that they had a blast together and that Ty was loving being up at the mountain. Alamo is where Josh's parents live and is about an hour and twenty minutes away from us. They literally spent all day at the mountain and didn't get home until a little before 6:00pm. I had the day all to myself and it was great! I slept in until 9:30am, which was GREAT! Then I cleaned up the house, went to the baptism, grabbed some lunch and came home and scrapbooked until they got home! It was such a relaxing day! I love having Ty home with me, but it is nice to have a day all to myself every once in awhile and Josh loves to spend time with Ty whenever he has a free moment...which has been too often over the past couple of weeks! Hope you enjoy the pictures! I thought Josh did a great job with the camera!

I just love this picture of Ty! He looks so happy!

Ty had just fallen down and had his face stuck in the dirt...daddy saved the day!


Here you can see the dirt on his face!

Can you say tired?

Ty driving the Rhino...he loves to drive!

Look at the snow!


I don't know if you can tell, but Ty got his head buzzed!

He loves the camera and always wants to play with it when I'm trying to take pictures of him.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day this year was not a fun day for our family! Josh had to work late and Ty woke up at 2:00 am with a temp of 102.6. I called my dad, since the pediatrician isn't available at such hours and he assured my that Ty would be okay and to give him some Tylenol. It was about 30 minutes later and Ty and daddy were fast asleep. Josh woke up at his normal time of 3:50am and I had just barely fallen back asleep when his alarm went off. I was so exhausted at this point, but knew that getting any good sleep was wishful thinking. I said goodbye to Josh and I tried to fall back asleep. I love my son, but I do not sleep good when he is in bed with me....he is all over the place...just like his daddy! Ty woke up about 6:30am and was burning up again, so I took his temp. and it was 101.2, so I gave him more Tylenol and waited to call my pediatrician. As the morning went on, Ty looked more and more miserable. All he wanted was for mommy to hold him. His little eyes were watery, his cheeks red, and he looked as though he had no life in his little body. I no longer cared about Valentine's Day, but only that I find out what was wrong with my little boy. He wouldn't eat very much and that always means he's not feeling well. Finally the time had come to call the pediatrician and they told me she was already double booked and couldn't see him today. I ask them what to do and she said she would check with the nurse and call me back. In the meantime we waited and Ty was feeling hot again, so I took his temp and it was back to 102.2. Poor little guy was so miserable and all I wanted to do was hold him and cry because I couldn't make him feel better. Well, the doctors office finally called back and asked us to come in at 3:00pm! I was so happy that they decided to fit us in. In the meantime, it seemed like forever until we could go see the doctor. I tried to lay Ty down for a nap, but he didn't sleep well. Finally the time came and we got to see Dr. Mheta (who I must say is GREAT! ) She walked in the room and said, "He must be feeling bad, I've never seen him this way before!" Ty has had strep twice and he has still played and acted happy, but this time it was so different. He was lethargic and just so sad! Well, we found out that Ty had strep once again (this is the 3rd time since October), ear infection, and his eyes were irritated. She started him on antibiotics, eye drops, and eye drops only as needed. Since this was his 3rd time for strep I asked her what needed to be done. She said she would send us to a specialist and they would most likely put him on a low dose of penicillin everyday until he was 3 and they take out his tonsils! I hope this is not the case, but I don't want him to have strep all the time either! On the way home he just lay in his car seat looking so tired, but never falling asleep. I was so happy that daddy got off work early instead of late and he was home when we got home. I went to the pharmacy and dad watched Ty and felt as bad as I did for the little guy. Finally at 5:30 we got all his medicine and after we gave him the penicillin and he started screaming and pulling at his ears, so we gave him the ear drops and he seemed much better within 15 minutes. He still wanted to lay on our lap and didn't want to go to bed. Finally, we were able to get him to go to sleep, but daddy had to lay with him and ended up falling asleep. He came to bed about 2:30am! I am not happy that all of this happened, but it really put things in perspective for me. All I cared about was my little boy, finding out what was wrong, and getting him better! Sure it is fun to celebrate fun Holidays like Valentine's Day, but this year it just didn't matter!

Friday morning came and it was like a totally different little boy awoke from the same bed that sick little boy slept in. He was back to him old self and 100% FULL of energy! Mom and Dad are so happy that you are feeling better, Ty! We want you to know that we love you and that you are the most important thing in our lives!

I know this post was long, but I wanted to remember this day because it made me realize or maybe just solidify what's really important in my life....my FAMILY!!!

Ty's New Room, etc.

I am sorry that I haven't updated my blog for awhile. From the pictures...you can see that I have been very busy. I have been cleaning out Josh's old room...I should have taken a picture of that...it was a disaster. I finally cleaned everything out, took everything off the walls, patched the holes, and finally started painting. It only took me 1 day to paint most of the room and then I had to paint one little section where the bunk beds were. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. However, the entire process took up my entire week last week and I must say that I am sooooo happy to be done! Not only did I have to move everything out of the room, I then had to put it in the shed and organize that whole mess too! So much fun, but it feels so good to have it done and know that everything has its place.

Ty is doing great sleeping in his new BIG BOY BED! The first night we didn't have the rail up, but put a mattress on the floor. Josh said, "my boy doesn't need a rail." His mind changed real fast after the first night. I don't know if he fell out or got out, but at 2:20am I heard him crying and went in his room to find him on the floor looking like a scared and lost little boy! I put him back in bed and crawled in with him. We both fell asleep and Josh came in at 5:30am to see how we were doing. Last night we put the rail up and he slept all night long without any problems! I was so excited and I hope it continues to go this way. Naptime is another story...all he does is play, so for now I will still use the crib for naps!

Daddy was so happy the his bows got to stay in his old hunting room!

Now when we have company, they will have a nice bed to sleep in and we have 2 full size beds for the future!

Ty and daddy playing on his new bed. I love moments like these.

Ty found this visor and wouldn't take it off. I thought he looked so cute in it.

Ty and daddy in their matching PJ's! I just LOVE my boys!!

I am 24 weeks and can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone! I went to the doctors today and everything looks great! I am so excited because I've only gained 9 lbs. so far!

Josh Gets Lasik!

Josh was so excited to get Lasik eye surgery done. He actually had it done Friday, January 25th in Las Vegas. It was neat because Ty and I got to watch the entire thing. I didn't really enjoy seeing them scrape his eye, but it was really fast so I was able to handle it. Then they took him to another room where they used the laser to correct his vision. They gave him some pretty heavy medications, so he was out like a light on the way home. Then he was awake for a little bit until he took the medications again. I took these pictures after the medication had taken affect, so he looks really stoned. He said the last thing he can remember about that day was getting into to the truck after the surgery was done. He did and said some pretty funny things...lets just say I wish I could have taken pictures, but it was for MY viewing only! Now that is has been a few days since the surgery he is loving not wearing glasses. He still has to wear these cute shields to bed at night so he won't touch his eyes during his sleep and he is still taking lots of eye drops. I am just happy that he was able to get this done. I can't wait to have mine done...I figured up how much I spent on my eyes alone this year and it was a whopping$700 and I never got the problem fixed...doesn't that just make you sick!

It's A Boy!

I had my big ultrasound appointment yesterday and was so excited to find out we are having another boy! That was our hope for the second time around. The baby looked very healthy and was measuring 20 weeks and 2 days! It was fun to watch the baby move around and I found out why I always have to go to the bathroom so much...his feet were literally jumping on my bladder! He also like to have his hands right by his face! I am so excited to meet the little guy! Josh and Ty were with me and Josh was really excited to hear it was a boy! Ty was his crazy self! They said if I went to term with this baby he would probably weigh between 7 1/2 to 8 lbs...that makes me really nervous, considering Ty was only 5lbs13oz. I guess we shall see when that day arrives. For now I am excited to get the room all ready! I am already trying to decide what color to paint the walls!

Who Do I Really Look Like

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The Super Glue is a Thing of the Past!

The old make-shift glasses!

I was so excited today to go to the mailbox and find a little box all for me! Since Josh and I first got married, I have been wearing make-shift glasses. Actually, I wore contacts all the time, so it didn't really bother me. When I got pregnant with Ty, I could no longer wear contacts for some strange reason. My eyes would get really red and I would look very scary. After I had Ty, I could finally wear my contacts, but that only lasted for about 3 months and then the same thing started to happen. I was so frustrated and spent a lot of money on eye appointments, but every doctor I went to said the same thing, "Your eyes are definitely irritated!" This comment made me want to jump out of the chair and scream in the doctors face..."I already know that...why do you think I am here." After trying different contacts and solutions (more money), I gave up and resorted to wearing glasses until I can get Lasik. Over Christmas, my already make-shift glasses broke once again, so once again I super-glued them back together, but now the other side was cracked too. So it was off to the eye doctors to finally get some new glasses! Needless to say, I love my new glasses and it's so nice to not have to look through any super-glue smudges ! What do ya think?