Kyle, Whitney, Ezra & Jovi

Santa pics.

2012-01-20T21:02:00.002-07:00

Still playing catch up with Christmas pics. These were our pictures with Santa taken at our ward Christmas party. Jovi screamed in all of them and Ezra had to be touching Kyle while he kept his eye slyly on Santa...haha!

I love that Ezra is not looking at the camera at all but at Santa out of the corner of his eye with an unsure look on his face!

December activities

2012-01-20T00:30:00.004-07:00

I know I'm a little late but I want to keep up as best as I can for my own scrapbooking. These are just a few pics from some of our December activities. (I still have to do Christmas pictures...hopefully soon!) Festival of the Trees.

Ezra and the Trains! Our friends Heather and Ryker invited us to see their Grandpa's trains and they were so AWESOME! Ezra had so much fun and talked about it for days! This is just the bottom half and you can see how many tracks there are! Thanks Heather!
We celebrated our 9 year anniversary on December 12th. We enjoyed a nice quiet dinner at 5 Alls!
Temple Square to see the lights...

The mall train with the kiddos (the picture is kinda crappy but it was the best one I had)
Ice skating...we had a family get together for a cousins birthday so we decided to strap some ice skates on Ezra too...it was hilarious!

November 2011

2012-01-12T00:18:00.003-07:00

I am just playing catch up here. I just wanted to post a few pics from some of our November activities. We went with cousins to the Museum of Natural History...AKA The Dinosaur Museum.Paleontologist Ezra digging up some bones.

Jovi at Jungle Jim's.
Ezra and Anna at Jungle Jim's.
Hopefully December pics will be up soon!

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T23:20:00.003-07:00

Christmas last year...

Christmas this year...
Sooooo much better this year and so grateful to be healthy, with healthy and happy kids! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Maui Hawaii 2011

2011-11-22T14:38:00.007-07:00

We just took a trip to Maui for 8 days with both sides of our families. There were 24 of us(15 adults and 9 kids)! I had a million pics so I just picked out a few and they are in random order. We tried to do family pics while we were there also but it was really hard with all the kids so it didn't work out too well.

Ezra was not cooperating at all as you can see!
At least he is looking at the camera this time...but no smile!
Grandma Toni and Grandpa Scott trying to get a picture with the grandkids...hahahaha classic!
The Whipperman side. (The Romero side is on a different camera so I don't have it yet.)

Ezra playing by the pirate ship.
One of the days we went out on a boat to Molikini where we snorkeled and saw whales.

Ezra and Anna driving the boat.

The Christmas tree.
Just out front of our hotel.

Since we were out and about every day Ezra would just fall asleep wherever around his nap time. We found him just laying on this turtle for 5 or 10 min cause he was so tired.
The hotel had an arcade and Ezra was obsessed with the basketball game...every night he would ask for "moneys" to go play the "baketball game".
Patrick and Eliza...the only two skinny's with small enough legs and butts to fit into the baby high chairs!
Boogie boarding with Ezra.
All the cousins (minus Jovi and Eily) getting buried by grandma Toni.
Beach loungin!
Along the coast.

My cute little girl just after church.
Ezra layer there forever and just kept dumping sand on his tummy.
Kite Beach. Kip and Patrick brought their kites and tried to teach a few of us to kite surf...it was crazy scary but fun!
LOVE that hawaiian sunset!
The kids did amazingly well on the flight!

Ezra and the pumpkin patch.

2011-10-23T15:43:00.005-06:00

A few weeks ago I took Ezra to the pumpkin patch with some friends. He had lots of fun picking pumpkins and running around. So heavy:)

He loved playing on the tractor.

All the kids!

Playing on a tractor with friends.
Ezra and his buddy Ryker on the truck!

We love October activities!

St. George

2011-10-19T14:17:00.005-06:00

We headed down to St. George at the beginning of October with my sister and brother-in-law. The boys wanted to go on a biking trip and us girls just wanted to get away.

Anna and Ezra swinging.

Kyle taking a nap with Jovi at the park. So cute!
Ez climbing the slide.
The kids in the tent. We took this tent for Ezra to sleep in to try and make it more fun for sleeping and to keep him in bed better. It sort of worked:)
Feeding the ducks.

The boys went biking for a day and we ended up meeting them towards the end of the day to watch them. They ended up at one of the locations where the Red Bull Rampage had taken place.

Ezra had so much fun watching his daddy bike and do jumps! He ran all over the place trying to follow him. One of Kyles' jumps.
Shaun, Patrick(He came down for a day just to bike), and Kyle.
Me and Jovi.
Mandy and Anna.
Shaun and Anna.
Patrick.
At the base of the bike trails.
Kyle's birthday was on October 7th while we were down there so we made him a cake and celebrated his birthday.
Hiking through the narrows.
Little Jovi.
Shaun almost fell off the DIXIE rock:)
Our little family.
The Moyes family.
Ezra climbing through a hole in the rock.
Fun times!

Boating and the Zoo

2011-10-12T00:15:00.003-06:00

Just a quick post. I didn't really take any other pics but I just wanted to post these 2.

At the Zoo with cousin Anna.

Boating at Utah Lake. Jovi sportin Ezra's old sunglasses. (She gets to wear lots of boy stuff:) At least I didn't have a girl first!!!

Riviera Maya Mexico 2011

2011-09-19T19:10:00.007-06:00

Kyle and I were able to take a much needed trip to Riviera Maya near Cancun Mexico. A lot of these pictures were on facebook so you have probably seen them already but I use this blog as my scrapbook. We were there for 5 days. We went to Chichen-Itza one day then swam in a Cenote(sink hole). We had awesome snorkeling at our resort and went out on kayaks. The resort was all inclusive and we ended up only spending about $25 while we were there. We even got our Chichen-Itza tickets free (they would have been $119 each) because we went to a time share presentation. Thanks to my Mom, Mother-in-Law, and Sister who took such good care of the kids while we were gone! (The pics are all out of order but oh well)

Formal night.
Livin it up with a plate FULL of dessert!
The kiddie area really made us miss the kids. I got kicked off after playing on it for a bit.
Mini golf at the resort.

The Cenote where we swam.

While we were at Chichen-Itza it started to downpour so we stripped down to our swimsuits.

There were tons of huge pools at the resort.
I got to hold a baby lion cub.

It was so fun and relaxing and I can't wait to go on another vacation!

August Activities

2011-09-09T11:00:00.005-06:00

Hike up Albion Basin with the fam.

Ezra and the wild flowers.

The Aquarium.
Ezra's "shy, trying not to smile" face.

At the park with cousin Anna.
Hike/Picnic at Snowbird where we saw a moose.

My sweet little squish wearing daddy's sunglasses.

The squirrels were very friendly.
They were setting up for Oktoberfest at the Bird.
Ez and gingy.

Four wheeling at Uncle Ian's family cabin.
Feeding the horses with grandma Toni.

Summer Fun!

2011-07-28T22:55:00.007-06:00

I just unloaded my camera and have lots of pictures to post. This is what we have been up to in July. Starting on the 4th of July...

Twiners Ezra and his cousin Mac showed up to the parade wearing the same shirt...how embarrassing:)

My cute little American Flag...All the excitement was just too much for her...she was zonked!
Ezra didn't quite get the concept of the spray bottle...he thought it was funnier to spray HIMSELF!
Just had to throw this in...I found Ez laying under the playmat with Jovi...he is so sweet to her and loves to be next to her.
Hike up Bell Canyon with our friends the Dewaals (Sorry your eyes are closed Nick, it was the only picture I had!)
My sweet girl!
We went to Lagoon and Ezra had a love/hate relationship with the rides...he was fine talking about and standing in line for the rides but when it came time to buckle him he was livid! This picture is classic! Look at the terror in his face! Of coarse we made him go!
Flying Aces...he got better and better as the day went on.
Swings
Ferris wheel! (I know, not the best picture but one of the only ones of all of us)
Ezra and his buddy Ryker enjoying their suckers at the parade preview where we got to see the floats before the parade.
Hanging out by the pool with grandma Toni and cousins.
First time in her jumper.
Feeding the ducks with his little friend Madison.
Fell asleep by the pool at her cousins birthday party.
Bike ride in Wanship.
Splash pad in Heriman.

There goes July...now to August!

Jovi's blessing day

2011-07-06T14:06:00.006-06:00

Kyle gave Jovi her blessing in church a few weeks ago and these are just a few pics I took that day. I tried to get a cute one of Ezra and Jovi together but it wasn't working out too well but this is what we got.

Smiley girl!

The girls.
Our little fam.

We had a brunch after the blessing and this is some of the family and friends who came.

More family and friends...

Ezra's 2nd Birthday

2011-06-20T12:36:00.004-06:00

We had an Elmo and Cookie monster birthday party for Ezra this year since he loves them right now. He always talks about "Elmo Cookie" so I made him an Elmo and a Cookie Monster cake (I am no cake decorator!) We had a BBQ in my parents backyard and it turned out really fun! Here is the invite (Thanks to my brother Patrick for photoshopping it for me at last notice!)

Kyle and Ezra

Some of the guests....
more guests...
and more guests.
The cakes and cupcakes. (Those lines by Elmo's nose are the candles)
Ezra diggin in.
Opening presents...
Both grandparents got him this basketball hoop and he was sooo excited...he LOVES to shoot hoops!
more presents.
He is one spoiled boy! This is what he came home with! Thanks for everyone who helped make his day special!

Ezra and Jovi's photoshoot

2011-05-29T14:31:00.006-06:00

A few weeks ago I had Jovi's newborn pics taken and Ezra's 2 year pics taken by Kyle's cousin Katie (see more of her excellent work at www.katietorriente.blogspot.com . I love how they turned out. Ezra was not very cooperative but Katie managed to get some cute ones of him anyway.

I love that smile!

This is his little model pose.

We tried to get more of both kiddos but this is the only one that turned out and I love it.
Jovi wasn't all that cooperative either...I had to keep sticking her binky in then pulling it out real quick to get the pictures. Plus she would have her eyes half open a lot.

Thanks Katie, I love them!

A few pics of Jovi.

2011-04-29T16:35:00.002-06:00

I just unloaded my camera and thought I would post a few. I am no professional photographer but I was playing around a few weeks ago to tried to get some cute pics. Only a couple turned out okay but I did go get some professional ones done last week. The lighting is not great but she looks cute anyway!

Jovi Sage Whipperman

2011-04-17T14:14:00.006-06:00

Jovi is almost 4 weeks now so I figured I should post some pics of her since I have been slackin big time. She was born March 21st at 6:57 pm. The whole labor and delivery was almost identical to Ezra's, even the time. She weighed in at 6lbs 2 oz and they measured her at 19 1/2 inches(which was wrong because they measured her at the Doctors office at 18 1/2 inches) She went down to 5 lbs in the hospital but I think she is somewhere back in the 6 lb range now. All these pics got messed up out of order so they are random. This is the day we brought her home from the NICU when she was 6 days old.

In the hospital.
She went to the NICU after 3 days in the maternity nursery, but turns out she never needed to go in the first place. Since I was on so many narcotics and pain meds they were monitoring her for withdrawal symptoms and thought they were worse than they were, but she ended up being okay. We were upset because they put her on morphine right away which sedated her too much to eat so they had to put a feeding tube in. They ended up stopping the morphine right away and she was able to eat just fine. They finally admitted that they never should have done either. Kyle holding her in the NICU with her little feeding tube. So sad!
Holding my sweet baby in the NICU.
Just thought I would throw this pic of me at 8 months just a few days before I delivered.
Jovi's first bath at home in the kitchen sink.

Ezra loves his baby sister, he gives her lots of kisses and loves to hold her hand.

This is a picture the NICU took of her and gave us a CD of.

Also a pic the NICU took while they were doing the carseat test.
I just love this of Kyle and her, this was in the hospital the day she was born when we were going to bed. Kyle loves to lay her on his chest to nap. (He is actually in the other room as I do this post with her on his chest napping right now.)
Laying on the bili bed for her jaundice.

Halloween and first snowfall

2011-01-26T17:27:00.004-07:00

I know this post is way overdue and I am going backwards but I have lots of catching up to do. This was the first snowstorm of the year so Kyle took Ezra out and built his first snowman, he loves the snow and especially likes to eat it.

Ezra was a cute little golfer for halloween this year, I guess my costume was my feeding tube.

Ezra with Grandma Toni.

We took him out trick-or-treating and he loved it. He tried to open peoples doors himself to get the candy and then he would clap with excitement when he put the candy in his bag.
Ezra and his cousin Mac waiting for some candy.

It was so fun to take Ezra trick-or-treating for the first time!

Christmas 2010

2011-01-01T17:03:00.007-07:00

This year was definitely not a traditional Christmas for us since I had to spend it in the hospital, but our families made it as good as it could be. On Christmas Eve, I was surprised with both of our families showing up and we had a little Christmas in the lobby of the hospital where they had a tree. Here I am with all of my nieces and nephews, they all had matching jammies.
Our little family in our Christmas jammies in the lobby of the hospital.Christmas pyramid.
Ezra and Uncle Patrick...I love that huge smile!

Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa Whipperman's. Ezra got a cool scooter thing from Gram and Gramp. I was able to see all the fun later on the video camera, it was so fun to watch Ezra with all of his presents!
They came and visited me after they were all done opening presents with both sides and we opened a few together as well.

Ezra playing with one of his presents, he absolutely loves crawling through the tunnel!
Crawling through the tunnel, love that face!

Considering the circumstances we had a pretty good Christmas! I will most likely be in the hospital until I deliver so Kyle got me a Mac book for Christmas so I have something to do. So now I can try to keep up on my blogging!

An update

2010-10-26T23:01:00.002-06:00

We are so excited for a girl since this will be the last! Now we can have one of each. I am 16 weeks along now and have not been feeling any better, it has been quite rough and I hope I can survive the next 5 months! I had to get a new feeding tube in last week because my other one broke and I had to pull it the week before. I went a week without it and lost 7 pounds so they made me get another one and it was by far the most painful out of all 5 that I have had total. The baby seems to be doing fine so far. I am not officially supposed to know the sex yet until Nov. 17th but my Dr. was nice enough to quickly pull us into an ultrasound room to take a quick look, the baby wasn't in the very best position and he told us not to paint any rooms yet but he is pretty sure it is a girl!

Goodbye Paradise! Goodbye Life!

2010-09-14T17:20:00.003-06:00

Well, Here is where I WON'T be going tomorrow! This is the Marriott Frenchman's Reef hotel where we WERE going to stay in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. I am so bummed and don't know when we will ever be able to return! We had to cancel our plans Sunday morning after yet another painful pregnancy "episode". It is just way to risky and I am too weak to go anywhere. I have had about 5 of these episodes so far and they have lasted anywhere from 7 hours to 22 hours with no warning of when. I am down 10 lbs so far and by the looks of it will end up with a feeding tube soon enough! So, Farewell to you St. Thomas, I look forward to visiting you someday! Also, farewell to motherhood, wifehood, couponing, and everything else in between! Til we meet again in about 7 LONG months!

Snowbird/Wheeler Farm

2010-09-07T15:23:00.004-06:00

A few weeks ago we headed up to Snowbird just to enjoy the mountain air and beautiful surroundings. We hiked around a little and had a picnic.

Ezra liked throwing rocks off the deck.

Last week, Ezra and I went with Mandy and Anna to feed the ducks at Wheeler farm. (Anna didn't really want her picture taken:)

Ezra with the chickens.

The kids and the Pigs.

There were 2 baby goats hopping around so we asked how old they were and they said they had just been born the night before. They were so cute! Anna especially liked them!

The new baby goats.

The kids also got to watch a cow get milked and were able to pet her.

Spring brings new life!

2010-08-19T23:40:00.002-06:00

So I think I have told almost everyone the news even though its still a little early so I thought I might as well post it on my blog! I am CRAZY for doing this again but oh well! Considering the pure HORROR I went through last time I am FRIGHTENED out of my mind but way excited at the same time! It took me 11 months and fertility drugs to get pregnant with Ezra so we were sure I wouldn't be able to get pregnant right away! We were just starting to THINK about trying again and...BAM!!! Baby #2 is due on April 12th (Im 6 1/2 weeks). So far I have just had a little nausea off and on, but haven't lost my lunch yet! Last time I got hit with the pain at 12 weeks so I am going to keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best!

Here is Ezra's response when we told him the news! As you can see he is a little frightened and shocked! He remembers last time all too well...he had the "inside" scoop! ;)

Wish me luck!!!

Summer activities

2010-08-05T13:01:00.005-06:00

We have had lots of fun so far this summer. We have gone to the zoo 3 times, the Aquarium 3 times, swimming way too many times to count, the Liberty Park splash park, The Gateway fountains, Thanksgiving Point petting Zoo and lots of other fun little activities. I was able to snap a few pics along the way.
Ezra loves the fish at the Aquarium.
Ezra and his girlfriend Maddie on a date to The Aquaruim. I love that he is smilling at her!

So cute! This was in front of the penguins but the flash ruined the visibility of them.

You can KINDA see the penguins in this one. Love that smile!

This was at The Gateway fountain. Ezra crawled around like this the whole time (he doesn't like the feeling of the cement on his knees)! His cute cousin Ryder was so sweet and walked around with Ezra and played with him.

Ryder and Ezra.

My little monkey!

Our 3rd trip to the Zoo was with our friends Nick, Brianna and Maddie!

Our little fam with the Elephants.

Ezra and Maddie on another date. Checkin out the tigers. They even kissed at the end of the date...it was sooooo cute! (At least they had parental supervision:)

Pictures

2010-07-20T16:24:00.012-06:00

I finally got Ezra's 1 year pics taken and I love how they turned out! We also did a few family photos as well. Ezra's cousin Anna came too so we did some cousin pics too. Ezra was so wiggly and just wanted to move around and after a little while Anna was not so cooperative either, but Katie was able to get some really cute ones anyway! To see more of her pictures check out http://www.katietorriente.blogspot.com/. Thanks Katie!

He has a rock in his mouth!

I just want to kiss those lips!

This is one of my favorites! I love the expression on his face!

This one cracks me up!

Same with this one!

Nice pose!

Here are a few family ones!

Cousin pics. It was really hard to get them to both look at the same time!

And a few of Anna.

Such cute kids!

Jackson Lake 2010

2010-07-13T17:16:00.004-06:00

Every year we take a trip up to Jackson Lake WY with the Whipperman side. It is such a pretty lake with an awesome view of the Teton Mountains. The water was freezing so everyone used the dry suit to get in so they wouldn't get wet (I was too chicken to get in)! It got pretty cold at night but we had heaters in the cabins so it was toasty!
Our beach/picnic site during the day.

Grandma Toni with 3 of her grandsons. Ezra, Ryder and Mac.

I love this picture of Ezra with the Lake and the mountains behind him!

He had a lot of fun crawling around on the rocks, throwing them in the water, and of coarse...eating them!

Eating a rock!

Ian and Mac, Kyle and Nash.

My two boys!

We had a campfire dinner with an awesome view of the Tetons.

View of the Lake and Tetons.

Grandma Toni with some of her grandkids and cousins kids.

Of coarse, we had to take our matching PJ's on our trip. All cuddled up on a bed in the cabin!

Ezra with his life jacket and, of coarse, the binky!

4th of July

2010-07-09T13:54:00.004-06:00

Every year on the 4th we go to the Granite parade. This year my parents and Kyle's parents decided to be in it and dress as Grandpa George, Grandma Georgina, Grandpa Jo, and Grandma Jospehine from Willy Wonka. They made a bed and had my brother dress as Willy Wonka and pull them. Here they are before the parade.
All 4 of them in bed.

Willy and the bed.

In the parade.

Anna was also in the parade with her Grandpa Neil and all of her cousins.

Some of the fam watching the parade.

Our little family!

Ezra was enjoying his cheerios with his feet up!

After the parade we went swimming at Kyle's Parents. Kyle and Ezra coming down the slide.

Sawyer and Anna jumping off the waterfall together.

Ryder jumping!

Later that night we went to watch the Sandy City fireworks.

Ezra was mezmerized by the fireworks then he fell fast asleep!

Mandy and Shaun trying to claim Ezra as theirs. They said if we die, they need to have family pics with Ez from early on so he will always think they are his parents! I think they are planning on us getting in an "accident":)

We had a fun, activity filled Fourth of July!

Utah Lake

2010-06-30T20:41:00.003-06:00

This past monday we went boating at Utah Lake for the first time this summer.
Ezra loved driving the boat with Kyle. (Gotta love Kyle's hat:)
I don't know what happened to this picture..it got messed up when I transferred them on to my computer.
Ezra and Uncle Patrick.
That face is hilarious...I guess it was a little bright for him.

Me, Kyle, Ezra, Grandpa Scott, Loni and cousin Mac going for a swim.

Love that sweet face... ...Again, that face!

Monday "Funday"

2010-06-16T16:40:00.002-06:00

Now that Kyle has Monday's off of work, I wanted to take advantage and do something fun. This past Monday we started with swimming at Grandma and Grandpa Whipperman's, then went on a hike up Bells Canyon.

Ezra was loving the waterfall, he kept going through it back and forth and just liked to touch it.

Anna and Ezra.

Grandma Toni, Loni and Mac joined us on our hike.

My two favorite guys! (Ezra actually kept his hat on the whole time, I was way suprised!)

Loni and Mac.

Grandma Toni and Ezra.

My little safari boy!

Later that night, we joined Mandy, Shaun and Anna for take-out Cafe Rio on their front lawn! I love days filled with fun activities outside!

Happy 1st Birthday Ezra!

2010-06-09T13:54:00.006-06:00

I can't believe its been a year already! This was his very first picture, all slimey...kinda gross, I know!
June 9th, 2009 6:29 pm 5 lbs. 4 oz. 18.5 in.
We celebrated his birthday on Monday evening...this is his invitation.

Okay okay stop laughing at my attempt at a cake. I definitely didn't get my mom's cake making abilities and creativity. This is Ezra's own cake to dive into.
I made cupcakes for everyone else.

We had some family and friends over for a BBQ and pool party at Kyle's parents house.

It was supposed to be in the 80's but it got cloudy and a little chilly.

Sweet face!

Now for the birthday cake. He was so cute when we sang Happy Birthday, he looked really confused at first, then when he saw everyone looking at him and singing he got really happy!

As soon as he had a taste of that frosting he couldn't stop smiling!

Starting slow.

Still smiling!

Diggin in!

Making messes!

All done!

Clean up time. He thought it was so funny when I was spraying him with the water (It was nice and warm)

He couldn't stop giggling!

Present time. He got so many fun things for his birthday!

Of coarse, his cousin Anna had to help too!

All the loot!

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us! We had so much fun!

St. George

2010-06-03T15:03:00.005-06:00

We headed down to St. George for a quick trip after Memorial Day weekend. We planned a little hike up Red Cliffs but when we got there it had JUST closed for road construction. Notice the sign says June 1st-August 1st...it was 10 am on June 1st when we got there...we were pretty bummed!

So we went home, got our suits on and took Ezra to a nearby splash pad. He had lots of fun playing in the water and crawling around.

My little swimsuit model...love the pose!

After the splash pad we headed back to the clubhouse to swim...Ezra's 2nd love. Of coarse, his 1st love is me:)

Later that day, we planned a bike ride on the Quarry Trail but when we started biking the trail, there were stairs and rocks that I didn't feel comfortable taking Ezra on it safely. So we put him in the backpack instead and turned it into a hike.

It was about a 2.5 mile easy, scenic hike.

At the end of the trail there was a really pretty view of the valley.

The next day we decided to take our bike ride on the Virgin River parkway. We rode for about 4 miles and turned around cause Ezra started to get really tired and cranky.

We stopped under a bridge so Ezra could get his feet wet in the river.

Some pretty scenery.

Later on we did the splash pad and swimming again.

We had lots of fun taking Ezra down to enjoy the outdoors.

Kansas, Foreigner and Styx

2010-05-31T00:57:00.002-06:00

Me, Kyle, Mandy(my sister), Shaun (bro-in-law) and Patrick (brother) went to the Kansas, Foreigner and Styx concert on Saturday night. We all wore rock band shirts and bandanas so we would fit in. All the guys also wore wigs. Shauns wig was the best! people kept asking if they could touch it and took pics of him. Kyle is wearing his favorite Karate Kid bandana...classic! He always has to pull a face!

I thought Foreigner put on the best show.

Styx finished off the night.

There was definitely lots of other entertainment besides the bands. Gotta love the pink mohawk.

There was lots of this...awesome!

How about the milk jugs! Pretty sweet!

Weird videos!

2010-05-22T17:10:00.004-06:00

My brother, Patrick, is always up to something crazy or weird. Here are a few videos of him I thought were kinda funny! He is such a nerd!

Crazy Sleeper

2010-05-13T23:55:00.003-06:00

Ezra has entered the crazy sleeping positions phase. The last few nights when I go check on him he is always in some wierd or cute position so I thought I would get a few pics.
I think it is so cute when babies fall asleep with their bums in the air!
This is the most crazy one! When I put him to bed the other night I heard him get up and start playing around in his crib, after about 20 minutes it went quiet so I went to check on him to make sure he was covered. When I saw him I was a little shocked...how in the world could anyone sleep like that? He was completely bent in half with his face straight down on the mattress! (I was a little freaked out about it too, Im glad I checked on him quickly!) It's like he just got tired, sat down, bent over and fell asleep.

Cute!

He also seems to flip upside down in his crib lately...maybe I should just put him to bed upside down so he will end up the right way.

Not a sleeping one but after his nap the other day I heard all this banging going on in the monitor. I went in and he had gotten a hold of his monitor...I love the little smirk under his binky!

Bubble Boy

2010-05-04T17:32:00.002-06:00

I got Ezra a bubble machine for the tub and he loves it!

This one just cracks me up...whenever he is diaper free he scratches his bum constantly. He has all these little scratch marks on his cheeks...such a guy:)

Day at the Zoo

2010-04-28T12:09:00.004-06:00

Yesterday we took a trip up to the zoo with Mandy, Anna, Nic and Cooper. It was the perfect day for the zoo, the sun wasn't out so it wasn't hot at all. There was a little wind here and there but not bad at all.
Kyle and Ez checking out the geese.

Elephants. (Ezra has been drooling tons so I have to keep his bib on constantly or he will soak his clothes!)

Kyle and Ez, Nic and Coop. What cute Dads!

The big Rhino

Watching the Penguins.

Ezra loves to walk...and he loves his cousin Anna as you can see by his huge smile!

The Kids.

Ezra really wanted Anna's churro!

Nic and Coop, Mandy and Anna, Me and Ezra getting ready to leave. The kids and Nic were spent!

Problem Solved!

2010-04-23T14:05:00.003-06:00

I got a gate! I figure the only sure way of keeping him away from those stairs is to get a gate up ASAP! Luckily I didn't have to buy one, I have been reaping the benefits of my sister having a baby first:)! Ezra LOVES his walker...he is constantly plowing through anything and everything on the floor and rams into things, backs up, and continues running around!

Just love this little face (too bad its a little blurry)

Swinging with cousin Anna.

He has so much fun swinging! As you can see by the huge smile!

Swinging together.

Love the happy face!

A few fun facts: At 10 months Ezra is belly crawling all over the place, has 2 bottom teeth and 2 top teeth popping through. He blabbers a lot and loves to say da da most. He growls when we ask him what the bear says, waves hi and bye, plays patty cakes, gives 5, loves to walk with us holding his hands and is a swimming machine!

My Worst Nightmare!

2010-04-11T23:05:00.003-06:00

Ever since I got Ezra a walker it has been my worst nightmare thinking about him going down the stairs in it. I have been SO SO SO conscious about blocking the stairs with his carseat the very second I put him in it (the rubber on the bottom keeps it from moving, until I get a gate). Im sure you know where this story is going!!! Well the other night we had a bunch of our families at our house and with people coming and going up and down the stairs it got moved several times. We failed to mention why we had a carseat in the middle of the walkway! I was cleaning up the kitchen a little and all of a sudden I heard my Brother-in-Law yell and run...(I don't really remember what...I think I went into shock! I knew....it was happening...I heard a big crash and tumble! I went running with absolute FEAR filling my body...NO NO NO, that CAN'T be Ezra...I NEVER leave the stairs un-blocked!!! This was what I saw...except obviously Ezra was IN the walker at the time! My Bro-in-Law barely missed him and saw him go down, he flipped over a few times and landed like this.

This is my usual barricade.

He screamed for a few minutes and seemed quite tramatized...as was I! He hit the side of his head on the baseboard on his way down and got a big rug burn on his chin from the carpet at some point.

Back to his happy self. I was so worried he would have some sort of head injury but I checked his eyes and he was acting normal. It could have been so much worse, as I had imagined it over and over in my head.

Battle wounds!

I think it took me way longer to recover from it than him! He is my little tough guy!

Snow Day

2010-04-10T17:28:00.005-06:00

A few snow storms ago we slept at my parents house so Kyle could have quick access to Snowbird in the morning for a sweet powder day. I took Ezra out to play in the snow and he seemed to have a pretty good time. First I put him in the swing and he loved it.

Then we made snow angels:)

I plopped him down in the snow and he seemed to be having a pretty good time, until....

....He tried to crawl and this happened! He was not too fond of the cold snow all over his face!

These are just a few random pics I just took off my camera...

Anna and Ez playing in the pack n' play while we were up in Snowbasin a few weeks ago on a ski trip.

Just thought he looked cute wrapped in the "magic" red blanket on our bed so I had to take a few pics! I call it magic because when we had a hard time getting him to sleep we would wrap him in it and he would instantly fall asleep!

Bathtime fun! Anna made sure she put a "3" under her name since she is 3.

Catching up

2010-04-02T13:43:00.003-06:00

I am trying to keep up with blogging since I don't scrapbook so whenever I unload my camera to the computer I like to post some pics. These were from a few weeks ago so I figured I better get on it so I don't get too behind. I even have more on my camera that I have to unload.

He loves to just stand and hold onto things!

Last week, (When we thought it was spring!) we went with some friends to Gardner Village to enjoy the warm weather. We walked around and let the babes look at the ducks, birds, fish, and Geese. (Thanks Heather!)

Ezra loved the Goose, I really wanted to let him pet it but I wasn't about to let him get his finger bit off. He kept trying to walk to it whenever I set him down.

Our friends Briana and Maddie.

Swim swim swim!

2010-03-31T19:05:00.005-06:00

Ezra has been in swimming lessons for the past few months and he LOVES it! He does so good under water and loves to splash and kick. I throw a toy away from him in the water and he goes crazy kicking and swimming trying to get to it(of coarse I have my hand under his belly!)...it is so cute, I love to watch him and play with him in the water! He is my little swimming champ!
The under water photographer was at our last lesson so I had to take advantage and get one!

It looks like the Nirvana album cover but I think my baby is way cuter!! (And more Modest:)

9 months old

2010-03-11T11:26:00.002-07:00

My sweet little boy is 9 months old!!! I can't believe how fast time goes! We took him to the Doctor yesterday and this is how he weighed in... 19.1 lbs=26%, 28.1 inches long=48% and head is 60%! I can't believe how healthy he has been considering all odds were against him while I was pregnant! Here are just a few of the things WE went through together...30 lbs lost and starvation during pregnancy, multiple medications including narcotics, risky surgeries and procedures done several times during pregnancy, and his 5 week early arrival. Pretty much everything your not supposed to do during pregnancy was done and he had not one problem or complication! He is my little miracle baby! (I didn't have any current pics to post and I found these on Kyle's cousins blog from Kip and Emily's wedding so I had to steal them...Thanks Katie! To see more of her awesome photography and Kip and Emily's wedding check out her site at www.katietorriente.blogspot.com.
My 2 handsome guys!
Me and my baby!

Waaaay overdue Christmas post!

2010-03-05T23:26:00.007-07:00

I left my camera home on Christmas this year so I had to wait and steal these from my sisters blog. These are what the Whip/Romero clan got for Christmas jammies this year!
Our little family. Mom, Dad & Patrick.

Ian, Loni & Mac....Gpa Scott & Gma Toni.....Kip & Emily.

Shaun, Mandy & Anna.

Playing the Christmas bells on Christmas Eve. A fun family tradition.

Mary, Baby Jesus, and a Wise Man!

Christmas morning at my parents house.
Priceless Anna!!! Nothing like the face of a child on Christmas morning:)

Ezra's first present opening experience, he just wanted to eat the paper!

Temple Square. One night when Kyle was working, I tagged along with Mandy, Shaun and Anna down to see the lights. It was freezing so I had Ez bundled up to the max and he slept almost the whole time we were walking around!

Riding trax. Mandy and Anna in the background.

My little Santa in his sleigh.

My little present.

Wolf Creek Colorado

2010-03-03T17:25:00.007-07:00

Last week we went on a quick ski trip down to Wolf Creek ski resort in Colorado to meet up with our friends Nic and Cat Dewsnup. It was going to be such a quick trip that we decided to leave Ezra with my sister cause we didn't want to drive 8 hours with a baby, ski, and drive back 8 hours again with a baby(Plus, who really wants to SKI with a baby:)). The whole family was supposed to go but with a few bumps in the road it ended up just being me, Kyle, Patrick(my bro), and Kyle's parents. We left on Tuesday afternoon, skied Wed and Thurs, and drove back Thursday after skiing. Everything was going fine until the drive home... Kyle, Scott(Kyle's Dad) and I somehow caught some kind of stomach bug and all 3 of us were throwing up the whole way home! It was the longest 8 hour drive ever!

Hiking the ridgeline. Toni, Nic, me, Patrick

Riding the lift.

Kyle hiking the ridgeline.

Getting ready to drop in.

Our ski lines...yellow is Patrick, brown is mine, blue is Nic, and red is Kyle.

This was the first time I had left Ezra for very long and I missed him tons but it was nice to get 2 ski days in without having to worry about him, he had so much fun playing with his cousin Anna! Thanks Mandy, Shaun, and Anna! And thanks for the fun trip Nic and Cat!

4 posts in 1

2010-02-16T17:38:00.004-07:00

This year was the girls turn in our families to plan a Valentine's date. So my Mother-in-Law came up with pretty much the whole thing and it turned out great! We got babysitters for the kids and went to Rodizio for dinner. This year Cody (Kyle's bro) and Eliza were here from PA so they were able to spend it with us!

After dinner, we headed up to the Parrish's house (Some of our parent's neighbors) where they have a ballroom in their home and we had a friend come and give us ballroom dancing lessons! Here we are showin off our skills!

I just had to post these pics from last year, I have been reflecting a lot this past few weeks. Jan 26th marked the day of my first hospital admission due to my horrific mysteriously painful pregnancy! I started off Valentine's Day in the Hospital and was lucky enough to get released that day after 3 whole weeks of testing and procedures to find nothing wrong with me! The pain continued but they never knew why! So here we are on the morning of Valentine's Day last year!

And here we are on Valentine's evening after I got out of the hospital last year!

Okay, now that I am done reminiscing...! My brother-in-law Kip just got married on Feb. 11th. My camera was almost dead and I ended up not even getting a pic of Kip and Emily so I stole this from Katie's blog who was their photographer! Thanks Katie!

Just a few pics of us at the temple and the reception! I got Ezra the cutest little suit. He looked so handsome!

My talented mom did their cake. She has no bakery or any professional tools, she just likes to get creative with cakes. She actually has done all of the Whipperman kids' wedding cakes except ours(she had plently of other things to worry about:) Plus she has done a few other peoples wedding cakes too! Here is the finished product!

Next post...Ezra's swimming lessons! Me and Ez go to swimming lessons every week for the past 5 or 6 weeks. Here are a few shots of him working on his floating and dunks! He just loves the water and it has been so fun!

Final post...swinging! I took Ezra out to the community swings the other day and he loved it. I just wanted to post a few pics of his cute mug!

My Savings!

2010-02-01T23:46:00.002-07:00

Okay, so since October I have been big into couponing and I was just so excited about my last trip to the store I just had to share it! I had a HUGE cart full and when I went to check out I was getting nervous about how much it was going to cost. Well, the total came to $220.88 and I started to sweat, so I handed over my fresh values card and the total dropped to $117.84 so I started to feel a little better. Then, I handed over my huge stack of coupons and the total came to a whopping $74.16!!! I was so excited! That is a 67% savings!!! I saved $143.32! This is what I got!

2 loaves of bread
1 gallon milk
apples, romaine lettuce, cucumber
1 can enfamil formula
4 bags shredded cheese (for the freezer)
2 bags mission tortillas
5 bags lunch meat
8 yogurts
4 boxes capri suns
6 boxes kleenex
3 bags solo plastic cups
1 bag solo plastic bowls
1 sour cream
5 boxes cereal
3 apple juice
1 grape juice
4 boxes kraft mac n cheese
4 boxes delux mac n cheese
5 boxes quaker chewy granola bars
4 boxes fiber one granola bars
10 sobe life waters
1 box of butter sticks
2 cans green chilis
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can cocoa
2 hershey bars
4 philadelphia cream cheese(for the freezer)
and I think that is it...I got 89 items for $74...that only $0.83 per item. I highly recommend using coupons!

Now on to my favorite little man!

We got to have Anna spend the night the other night and Ezra just loves his cousin! He is always happy when she is around! I just thought this was a cute pic of them taking a bath!

Ski Free after 3

2010-01-13T18:58:00.002-07:00

On New Years Day we headed up to Alta ski resort to ski free after 3 pm. We bundled up Ez and strapped him to Kyle!
Shaun and Mandy(my sister) have taken Anna up a few times and made her a harness so she could ski easier. She did really well but got a little tired towards the end!
Feeling the exhaustion!

Go Anna!

Ezra was pretty good the whole time but got a little wiggly on the lift cause he was zipped in Kyle's coat and it was a little tight!

All bundled up!

All tuckered out!

Patrick and Natalie left their snowboards at home and borrowed some of our skis so they could join us at Alta!

Can't wait until we can strap some little ski's on Ez!

Ezra's 6 month pics

2010-01-04T14:49:00.004-07:00

At the last minute I decided to get Ezra's pictures taken for his 6 month milestone a few weeks ago. Here are some of my favorites! This one is my very favorite, I just love that little smile and bright eyes!

He wasn't looking at the camera but oh well!

Love the close up!

Gotta love the drool!

Love the laughing ones!

Now for a few funny ones!

Always has to taste everything! I had to keep taking it out of his mouth between every picture!

Going for the mouth again!

This one cracks me up...he looks like he is doing a sexy pose!

Whipperman/Romero Christmas Card

2009-12-21T13:10:00.000-07:00

So last Friday my parents and Kyle's parents were up to something and would not let anyone come over to their houses. I was home alone with Ezra while Kyle had to work and wanted to go up to my parents house so they could keep me company. Well, they told me "no" and said "sorry, we have plans and you can't come!" I was like, "Oh fine, be that way!" So I just hung out with Ez, wrapped Christmas presents, and watched Christmas cartoons!
So Yesterday, Sunday, we had our families over for dinner and while at the dinner table, our parents presented us with THIS!

This is what they were up to! Making a Christmas card from the 4 of them! They bought themselves matching footie jammies and had a hay day taking pictures! Can't wait to see what they come up with next year!

Family Pics

2009-12-17T12:58:00.001-07:00

Last week I decided that we needed to take family pics since our 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY was on Dec 12th and Ezra just turned 6 months (and we needed a Christmas card picture). We had about 20 minutes before my brother had to be to work and Ezra had a Dr. appt. so we ran up to the old dam by my parents house in the FREEZING weather and quickly took a few shots. You can see Ezra started to get a red little nose after a minute...we tried to keep a blanket on him between background changes but he didn't seem to mind the cold! Here is what we got!

It was hard to get his attention and we were all so cold so we just took the pics and got back in the car as fast as we could. It was in the teens that day....brrrr!

I can't believe we have been married for 7 years already! Crazy....we are an old married couple! It has been the best 7 years ever!

Random post!

2009-11-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

Anna and Ezra! These two kiddos are so cute I just had to post a few pics of them!
Anna loves to pose or make funny faces for pictures!

Another Anna pose! Ezra's a little distracted!

Yet another Anna pose!

And another Anna face!

I love his little smile and bright eyes!

We celebrated my moms birthday at our house a few weeks ago. We had Pizza, cake, and ice cream. This is my sad attempt at a cake!

The gang just hangin out at the party!

We gave Ez green beans for the first time yesterday and he LOVED them! He makes such a mess when he eats!

Whenever I would come in with the spoon he would jump forward at it!

The next post is also a new one so be sure to check it out too!

Park City

2009-11-30T16:30:00.000-07:00

The second week in November my family headed up to Park City for a week to stay in my Parents timeshare. We just relaxed, swam, ate, shopped, and browsed around main street.
Patrick and Kyle walking down main street.
While we were there, we celebrated my Brother Patrick's 21st Birthday!

Ezra just hangin out in his bumbo in his jammies!

Kyle, Shaun, Patrick, and my Mom just hanging out at the condo.

We went to Kimball Arts Center on main street to see a Lego display...it was pretty amazing! It was all done by one guy.

This is all made of Legos including the floor, furniture, picture, easel, and fruit bowl! It was pretty cool!

This was also amazing!

Us standing by the giant lego sunflower!

I really liked this mirror image!

Patrick standing by one of the lego guys!

Ezra found out he likes to eat his toes!

Ezra and his cousin Anna in their P.J.s at the condo!

Aunt Mandy and Ezra hangin at the condo!

All bundled up ready to go out into the cold Park City air!

Anna all ready to go swimming! I love the goggles, no pants, and medical bag!

Halloween and Homecoming pics.

2009-11-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

Ezra and his buddy Cooper in their dragon costumes!
Ezra as a spider (he got the dragon as a gift so of coarse he had to wear both!)

Our little family! Kyle as the Karate Kid(his hero), me as a Witch, and my little spider!

My Dad as Pinocchio(minus the nose), my Mother-in-Law as the Hulk, and my Sister-in-Law as the Scarecrow(her little boy Mac was the Cowardly Lion but I didn't get any pics of him:(

Patrick as Alice Cooper and Natalie as a Pirate!

Random....just hangin around! I just love that little face!

This one too!

THE HOMECOMING....Waiting for Elder Romero to arrive...we didn't make a banner so on the way to the airport I made a sign on the back of his flight itinerary! We mixed it all up and this lady kept trying to correct us as though we didn't know it was wrong...it was pretty funny!

Nic(friend), Me, Shaun (bro-in-law), and Loni (sis-in-law)

Siblings...Mandy, Patrick, and Me!

I had been wanting to go get pics taken of Ezra in his halloween costume but instead I just decided to get some things I had around the house and take my own...they arent the very best but they are cute anyway!

He's coming home!!!

2009-10-22T11:18:00.001-06:00

My brother Patrick is finally coming home from his mission in Costa Rica. His plane gets in tonight at 11:10 pm, so that stinks that its so late! My Dad went down 2 weeks ago to get some missionary experience and to pick him up. They have been able to travel back to a lot of his areas and do lots of fun things. My brother was released to my Dad when he got there so my Dad was his Sr. Companion! They couldn't get on the same flight home but they arrive only 9 min. apart so thats good. Plus they both have a layover in Texas, but one is in Dallas and one is in Houston...bummer! Here are some pics from the last 2 weeks and the last 2 years!
My Dad and Patrick with some of the people!
The day after my Dad got there they went and bunjee jumped. My brother had been planning it for months and since he was released to my Dad it wasn't against the rules anymore!
Patrick's Jump!

Ronnie's jump!

My Dad checkin out the view!

Patrick with some members...he is holding a bird.

He has always wanted a monkey so every chance he got to hold one, he took!

The beautiful Costa Rican shore line!

Swinging on a natural swing over the ocean!

A baptism.

We are super excited to see him tonight! We have all sorts of fun things planned for this weekend but we ran into a small little bump...my Niece, my Mom, and I all caught the Swine flu!!! Luckily its a very mild case, but still! Kyle is sick too but he tested negative for it and he was sicker than me...go figure! Luckily Ezra is not sick so we just hope he doesn't get it! I have been washing my hands 400 times a day and wearing a mask when I get somewhat close to him. No Ezzy kisses for me...its killing me!

Kyle's 29th Halloween Birthday Bash!

2009-10-11T15:16:00.000-06:00

It was Kyle's 29th birthday on October 7th so I decided to throw him a little party with family and friends. Ezra was really good while I slaved away in the kitchen all day.
I tried to get creative and make spooky treats, these eyeballs were made of lemon jello, cream cheese, pineapple juice, and marshmallows...they weren't too bad but not something you would eat a lot of!

I made his cake into a Jack-o-lantern...I just used a bundt pan and made 2 cakes and put them on top of each other to make a pumpkin! It was really hard to frost so it didn't look too pretty!

Kyle getting ready to blow out the candles...I only put like 9 candles on it cause I was too lazy to put 29!

Some of the fam just hanging out!

Preston, Cassie, and their two little boys.

Nick, Brianna, and little Maddie.

Our friend Nic was a lone man...his wife and baby were out of town!

Our little family!

We had a fun day! Thanks to everyone who came and shared Kyle's birthday with us!

Ezra's Blessing

2009-10-06T09:01:00.001-06:00

I know this posting is a little late but we blessed Ezra on September 13th. After the blessing we gathered and ate food at the clubhouse.

All the family and friends who came.

My grandma got Ezra a blanket and had his name and birth info embroidered on it.

My cute little man in his little tux!

End of Summer Activities

2009-09-19T12:26:00.000-06:00

Mac and Ezra wearing their blue striped terry cloth outfits boating at Echo Lake. What cute cousins, they must have called each other! I love Ezra's little grumpy face!

Last weekend we went hiking up to Mary's Lake with our friends Nick and Briana. We took our subway and ate lunch at the Lake and enjoyed the view. Don't Kyle and Nick look like Mr. Moms with the babies strapped to them? Maddie and Ezra are only 2 weeks apart.

Duck Creek Family Reunion

2009-09-10T13:54:00.001-06:00

Over Labor Day weekend we headed down to Duck Creek for a Romero Family Reunion, which is in the mountains above Cedar City. We rented a cabin that sleeps 16 and there were 26 of us (including babies). We had tons of fun just eating, playing games, and just hanging out relaxing! Thanks to my Aunt Leona who planned the whole thing! She even made a "Romero Family Reunion" banner for the front of the cabin!

Kyle and my brother-in-law Shaun headed up to Brianhead to do a little downhill biking. Kyle endoed and hurt his hip so he was done after one run. Some of us headed up to Brianhead later just to hang out and hike around.

Hanging out at Brianhead!

On the way back from brianhead we stopped at this pretty lookout to take some pics!

My brother Patrick was the only one not there out of our whole extended family. He is on his mission in Costa Rica and we didn't want him to miss the family pics so I went and got a cardboard cutout of him, his head ended up being a little smaller than life size but oh well, it was fun having him there anyway!

All of us hanging out playing games!

Since we were all together we decided to have family pics taken. I snapped a few of my own but my cousin Anthony, who is a great photographer, took a whole bunch that I will be getting later.

My grandparents and all their grandkids (including shrunken head flat Patrick)

I LOVE this little face!

Since Patricks head was a little on the small side, I thought it would be better to take some pics with Anna and Ezra since they have smaller heads. I made him a body with some pillows and snuck him into their room while they were sleeping! I have to say it looks pretty good, ha ha!

Patrick has never met Ezra, but he has some pictures with him:)

We had a great time and hope to do it again next year!

Ezra's Photoshoot

2009-09-08T12:58:00.000-06:00

I finally went and got Ezra's pictures taken a few weeks ago by Kyle's talented cousin Katie. She did a great job and I love how they all turned out. Here are a few of my favorites.

Thanks Katie!

Caught red handed!

2009-08-30T13:56:00.000-06:00

So I was at my moms helping her in the kitchen. Ezra, who was on the couch, started to cry so my mom went to rescue him. I continued in the kitchen and it went suspiciously quiet, then my 2 1/2 year old niece comes over and tells me that grandma is painting Ezra. So I quickly go to the other room and this is what I found!
This is what happens when you leave my mom alone with a baby and a 2 year olds paint markers. Good thing they were non toxic:)

So my sister wanted in on the action too! She felt he needed more hair than Anna was giving him!

The finished product! Poor little baby, or should I say little man, he had no idea how silly he looked:)

Cute little Ezra!

2009-08-27T16:31:00.000-06:00

Just out of the bath. So fresh and so clean! Ezra loves his bath time, he always just sits there so content and has never cried while in the bath.

Ezra smiles so much, especially in the morning and I can never get it on camera. I caught a little one here finally!

Ezra with his silly and adorable cousin Anna who is 2 1/2.

Sleeping so peacefully.

Sitting in his new glider with his puppy.

Introducing Ezra Steele Whipperman

2009-08-20T12:45:00.000-06:00

Ezra was born 5 weeks early on June 9th, 2009 and weighed in at a whopping 5 lbs 4 oz and was 18.5 in. long. I went in for my biweekly non stress test to monitor the baby and while I was laying there my water broke. They wheeled me down to L&D and I was dilated to a 3 and the contractions started getting worse. I had to wait a little bit for a room to be cleaned but as soon as I got to my room I was able to get my epidural right away. I slept for a few hours and when they came to check me I was complete and dilated to a 10. We had to wait for the Doctor for an hour and the NICU nurses to come. Once everyone was there I pushed for 7 minutes and Ezra was born at 6:30 pm. My water broke at around 11 am and he was born at 6:30 pm...Not too bad. The delivery was the easiest part of the whole pregnancy!

After he was born, the NICU nurses rushed him to the NICU because of my horrible pregnancy, all the drugs I was on, and his early arrival, he was very high risk for having problems. After an hour they brought him back because he had NO problems and was perfectly healthy and thriving! Right after birth he had a little bit of a fever but that was it! It was a Miracle how healthy he was!
He is 1 month old here. He has a little dimple.

Month and a half old.

I tried to take some pics of him at my moms a few weeks ago and got a few cute ones, but I recently went and got some professional ones taken that I will get back soon and will post some.
He is 2 months here.

My HORRIBLE pregnancy!

2009-08-20T11:12:00.000-06:00

To make a really really long story short, I was super sick from 3 months on, but the wierd thing was that I had severe intermittent epigastric pain along with severe nausea and vomiting that would come in "episodes" for hours at a time then I would feel perfectly normal! I had to stop working and go on short term disability because I could not function! I spent a total of about 2 months in the hospital from 5 or 6 different stays and had to go to the ER 6 or 7 times. They took out my gallbladder WHILE I was pregnant, I had 2 EGD scopes down my throat, a HIDA scan, MRI, several ultrasounds on my organs AND the baby, TONS of bloodwork done, IV after IV, was put on SEVERAL medications including narcotics, had a PICC line(which is a long term IV line that goes to my heart) and had a feeding tube for the last 2 months of my pregnancy. I lost 20 lbs during my pregnancy then an additional 10 after. Home health would bring me IV fluids, IV meds, and tube feedings so I could manage my care at home, which they only allowed me to because im a Nurse. I learned how to start IVs on myself pretty quick, I was the Nurse AND the patient, too bad I couldn't get paid for it...ha ha! The worst part is the Doctors have NO CLUE what was wrong because all the tests came back normal! I had several GI specialists, Maternal/Fetal medicine specialists, Internal Medicine Doctors, Interns, and Residents who would come in and tell me they had no idea what was wrong. Oh and my gallbladdder was not the problem so they took it out for nothing! So because there was NO explanation for the EXCRUCIATING pain I was having, I started getting treated like a drug seeker when I would go to the ER. The pain left after I had the baby so we figured it was pregnancy related. Then three weeks ago I woke up at 3am with the SAME pain...it was back out of nowhere! I went to the ER 3 times and spent 5 days in the hospital. They did another EGD, colonoscopy(never thought I would have one of those at 27:), 2 CT scans, gastroparesis study, MRI, and more bloodwork, and still NOTHING! They sent me home with another PICC line "in case" it came back. The pain came and went the whole week and hasn't come back since. Oh and Im going in for an Endoscopic Ultrasound next week. Who knows if it will ever come back or not...its a mystery! I need Dr. House:) So thats the short version, sorry its still so long!

I know these are hideous pics but I will post a few anyway!

In the hospital with my feeding tube.

My PICC line in my arm and feeding tube hanging out of my nose.

The day I got released after 3 weeks, it was Valentines

Day and Kyle brought me a big basket of presents.

7 months pregnant, this was the last picture I got, I never

got around to 8 months, which is when I delivered.

Hello blog world!

2009-08-20T01:42:00.000-06:00

I am finally joining the blog world thanks to my sister who has been bugging me to start one since she started one! Now that I have a baby I figured why not? So hopefully I will be able to figure out all the frills of blogging! If anyone comes across this blog that I dont have as a contact, leave me a comment with your blog address so I can add you.