Ramblings....

I know, still slacking on the blogging! I've been kinda busy and stuff! I took the boys (except Jake) to the zoo on Friday. We met my mom, Nichole, McKenna and Brodie, Marci, Austin and Jackson there and it was such a great time! Here are a couple of my fav pix from that day:


The giraffes are always my favorite and I couldn't resist snapping this shot.....

Me and the boys outside the entrance......

Our zoo crew! Well, except for me, but SOMEBODY'S gotta take the pictures!

It was a great day and I totally enjoyed it! I love the zoo and can't believe I don't take the kids up there more often....

Next project: sign Jax up for swim lessons and sign me and Hayden up for swim lessons.

My three sons

Feet big and small and I'll claim them all!

My three sons

Yup, still slacking on the blogging thing, but we'll give it a go today. It's kinda been a busy few days, at least since Saturday!

Saturday we had t-ball in the morning, took the boys for pictures in the afternoon and recovered that night. Sunday was Mother's Day and we went to Shane's mom's, then headed for Nephi so we could BBQ with the fam at Aunt Lori's and then hang out at Grandma Phyllis's for the rest of the afternoon. Monday after I took Jax to preschool I had to run to Provo to drop some stuff off at my doctor's office and then we went to Nephi to see my mom, since I hadn't seen her since she'd been home from her cruise. And then yesterday was Jax's kindergarten orientation and I had to go to the grocery store.

So today I'm just trying to catch up on everything! The laundry is overtaking my bedroom, I need to get Jake's birth announcements mailed and I need to organize some scrapbooking stuff for Jake. We've had a couple of all nighters this week. For some reason, Hayden's been eating stuff that doesn't agree with him and it most often doesn't agree with him at about the same time that Jake is up and wanting to eat. Luckily Jax sleeps like the DEAD so we don't have to contend with him and we can tag team the other two.

All in all, life is good; busy but good and strange. I love being home, but I miss work, but I want to be with my kids, but I crave the adult interaction I have at TOSH, but I want to volunteer for kindergarten, but I want to be back in the office with Bill and Chandra and the rest of the gang. Pretty topsy turvy, right? I guess for right now, I'll just take things a day at a time and we'll see what happens next.

Luvs to everyone!

Randomness on a Thursday night

Okay, so I've kinda slacked on the blogging for the last week! I've really been enjoying my maternity leave! But this is what's weird about it; generally speaking, isn't maternity leave for first, recovering and then bonding with your newborn until it's time to go back to work? I am bonding with Jakers, but really I'm bonding a lot more with Jax and Hayden. Hayden even more so than Jax! I was afraid I would be a crazy person trying to take care of all three of them, but I'm not that crazy! Sure, it gets kinda wild sometimes; like when Hayden is climbing on the kitchen counter trying to find fruit snacks and Jaxton is trying to sneak out the front door to go next door to Corbin's and Jake is crying for his bottle. But mostly we're having a great time!

Jax is playing t-ball again this spring and loving it!

His t-ball games are a scream! He has a really good coach who is incredibly patient with all the kids and they just have a lot of fun! Jax is always really eager and excited to play and every day he asks if it's a t-ball day.

My next plan is to enroll me and Hayden in Kearns Rec's Parent and Child swim class. Jax is already a little fishie in the water and I'll probably put him in swim lessons later on this summer, but Hayden doesn't quite know how to handle the water yet. I figure it's about time he got into fishie mode!

I have another goal for this summer, too. It occurred to me earlier this week while I was at a funeral. I know, weird, but that's how it happened. I don't care how often I have to go to Nephi or how long it takes, but by the end of the year I hope to have life histories done for my grandparents. I know it's morbid, but sometimes you've just got to plan ahead. And if any of you out there have pointers about the best way to go about this, I'm all ears!

Wish me luck :D

How many people does it take to feed a newborn?

Evidently at our house it takes one mommy and two big brothers....

Mostly it's okay, but sometimes the boys fight over who's "turn" it is. And then things get a little wild and Mom has to break it up and take a "turn" all by herself so that Jakers gets fed! Jax is pretty good at it; he knows how to hold the bottle steady and he always asks, "Does he need a burp yet Mom?" Hayden mostly likes to help because Jax is helping, but he gets distracted pretty easily and then the bottle falls out. Hayden does better when Jax isn't around to fight over it with.

So far, both boys are adjusting fairly well to having Jake at home. I wasn't really worried about Jaxton adjusting; with him I was more worried about him being "overly helpful" and trying to pick Jake up by himself or change him, but so far he's been really good. I was really worried that Hayden would have a hard time not being the baby any more. I'm sure there's going to be bumps in the road, but so far, Hayden is pretty good. As previously documented, he likes to help feed Jake and he likes to give him his binkie and he'll run to get a diaper or a blanket, which of course he fights with Jaxton over! He even does pretty good with being "soft" with baby. He likes to come over and give Jake a kiss on the head and the he gets so excited and he'll point and say to whoever is around "Baby!"

So, second "normal" day at home things are going okay. I feel pretty good; sometimes too good! I start in on doing laundry or cleaning stuff up and then realize I'm hurting. Last night I went for a walk (just down the street a couple blocks) and I got so frustrated that I was winded and hurting. Shane had to remind me that although I'm not pregnant any more, I did have surgery less than a week ago! And I can't overdo because then I'll really be down and unable to function. So, we agreed that I will do what I can, but when I get tired or start to feel sore, I stop and rest. Laundry will get done, the house will get cleaned, the little "projects" I want to get done while I'm home will get done, but it doesn't all need to be done this instant. It's more important that I'm okay and the boys are all taken care of!

All in all, things are good, even the waking up at 2 or 4 in the morning to feed and rock my sweet son.

Love you all!

Jake's first night at home

It's so wonderful to be home! Jake did so good last night! He went to bed at around midnight and slept until 4am! A quick bottle and diaper change and he went right back to sleep until 8:30. Right now he's snoozing on his blankie just as content as can be.

So far Hayden's been okay with having a new baby in the house. He likes to come right up to the baby and say "Hi baby" and he wants to help with everything. He likes to get diapers and wipes and Jake's binkie. He's very eager! Jax is coming home later today, so we'll see how that changes the dynamic, but for right now, it's nice to be home!

I feel pretty good today; not too much pain and I'm not very tired either. Thankfully, Jakers let me sleep pretty well last night! Tomorrow will be the real challenge when Shane goes to work, but I think we're going to be just fine :D

Talk to you all then!

Baby Jake at 1 day old

Here we are, second night in the hospital and both Mommy and baby are feeling great! Today brought lots of visitors which was fun! The Grandmas brought the boys over tonight for a visit and it was so good to see them! I know that sometimes they drive me nuts, but I was really missing my boys today!

Baby Jake is amazing! He's eating really well and hasn't been really fussy at all. We're still trying to decide who he looks like, but it's hard to say. He's built a lot like Jax, but he pulls a lot of Hayden faces! Guess we'll just have to wait and see....
Anyways, here's some new pictures of him from today; you guys tell me, who does he look like?

Love you all!

Pictures of Jacob

Baby is here!

Good morning my friends! It's almost been half a day for me at this point! Baby boy made his debut at 7:46am today, weighing 9 lbs 8 oz and measuring 19.5 inches. Both mother and baby are doing VERY well! Right now Daddy is in the nursery giving him his first bath and I'm just settled into my bed; comfy, content, a little sleepy, but already in love with my newest son. After a little back and forth chattering and spending a few minutes alone with my son, we've decided to name him Jacob David Adams. Jacob after Shane's grandfather, David after my great-grandfather. It really seems to fit him and we're already calling him Baby Jake.

I promise to post pictures later on today :D But for now, know that all is well and good! Love you all!

Build A Bear

We did this before when I was pregnant with Hayden, and it was so fun that we had to do it again! We took the boys to Build A Bear so that they could pick out a teddy bear for their new baby brother! I admit, Jax was much more into it than Hayden, but he had a good time too, as you can see from the pictures!

Jaxton pushing the foot pedal to stuff Baby's bear

Checking to make sure he's stuffed just the right amount!

Hug test from Hayden...teddy bear passed!

Afterward, Jax insisted that teddy bear needed a bath before we got his clothes on him and Hayden agreed!

We got him all stuffed and clean and Jax decided that teddy bear needed to have "doctor clothes" just like the ones that they have to wear to the hospital. A fun night and now we're down to just one more night! I can hardly believe it, but at the same time, I feel like we've been waiting for April 22nd FOREVER! Anyways, keep checkin on us on Wednesday! We're scheduled for 7am and have to be to the hospital at 5:30am Wednesday morning, for goodness sakes! Won't it be fun to get four kids up at that hour for the drive???

Good night kids, love you all!

It's really spring!

Hello my friends! Here it is, Sunday and it's been a gorgeous spring weekend. Yesterday was a busy day, but fun (mostly). Shane's aunt took a bad fall this week and she's in the hospital. We went to visit her and took the kids. She's okay, but it's going to take a lot of time for her to be back to normal. So, we're sending good thoughts to her.

Before we went to the hospital it was Jax's first t-ball game! Now, I LOVE t-ball; it's a riot and the kids are just so cute! Jax's team is the Zebras (how funny is that! The kids picked the name) and they have the bright slime green shirts, as Jaxton calls them. They play on the fields behind the Olympic Oval out in Kearns.

It was about what you could expect for t-ball; all the kids run to wherever the ball is, nobody remembers to run to first base after they hit; sometimes the kid hitting the ball would then chase the ball into the outfield. It was a scream! The weather wasn't too bad, a little windy, a little crisp, but nice.

Jax loves t-ball, he gets right out there, hits the ball, he chases the ball. It's so fun to see!

It was pretty interesting to sit there at the ballpark. It hit me when a plane flew over head on its way to SL International that I've spent a lot of Saturdays, in Salt Lake, at a ballpark, with the planes flying overhead. Sometimes it was blistering hot, sometimes it was very cold, but it was always fun! It just seemed to me an odd sort of symmtery that as child I watched my dad at the ballpark and now I'm 31 years old and I'm still at the ballpark on a Saturday with planes flying low overhead and now I'm watching my son play ball. Ever since we've moved here, both Dad and I have been struck with the fact that he spent the first part of his life within blocks of where I'm raising my family now. Sometimes it's a strange old life.
Anyhow, that's what we did yesterday. Obviously, there's no baby news and at this point I don't expect anything to happen until Wednesday, right on schedule! So, my blogger friends, make sure you check in with us Wednesday morning! I promise to update and post pictures as soon as I can. Until then, enjoy this gorgeous weather and get outside! Love you all!