Happy Birthday Wes! 33 years, yikes!

Happy Birthday-September 5

I know this is late but I wanted Wes to know how much we all love him and appreciate him. We are so grateful he was born 33 years ago, and so happy that he is the man in our lives. He is sweet and loving-thoughtful and sensitive. He is the best dad to Jackson and London, and a very sweet husband. Thank you Sweetie for being born, we love you very much.

I'm Out! Yay!

So, I am finally home from the hospital. 5 nights and 6 days-about the same length as a nice vacation and whole lot more expensive unfortunately. Anyway, I am feeling pretty good, but my stomach hurts like a really bad side ache. I have a tube protruding from my stomach just below my ribs on the right side. Nothing is coming out of it. It is capped and if I took the cap off, bile would drip out. I have to have it in for 6 weeks. My mom is staying with us for a while to help out while I heal and I am so grateful for her. I don't know what we would have done without her. Thank you Mom!

Also, I must thank my mother-in-law, Claudia for coming to the rescue because I was supposed to be babysitting my niece and 2 nephews this whole week while their parents are on a cruise. So she swooped in and saved the day by taking over that job for me and I can't thank her enough. Thank you and love you Claudia.

Thanks for everyone who visited me, brought me magazines and sent me flowers; thank you for everyone in my ward who brought food to our house so my family wouldn't starve-or have to eat at McDonald's for every meal; and thank you to all of our friends and family who were concerned.

Thank you to my sweet hubby who visited me every night even though he had worked a long day and was starving and who brought me beautiful roses; and thank you to Aunt Lulu and Uncle Bryan who visited me and helped out by doing whatever was needed, and for Lulu for telling me to go to the doctor in the first place. Thanks to Jackson and London for being good sports through it all.

Here are a few fun pics on my last night. As you can tell, I was feeling pretty good. And I had had a long day with no one to visit me till Wes, Lulu, and Jackson showed up with a Jamba Juice.

Ah, Jamba Juice-a relief from hospital food
Fun times on the wheelchair
me and Lulu-she looks like she works there, but for clarification she is a dental hygientist
Is something wrong with this picture?
Me and Wes in the spot I stayed for about the last 136 hours.

Happy Birthday Mommy

I totally forgot to blog Saundra's Birthday last night. I guess I have been too busy with two kids and a wife in the hospital. So, Happy Birthday Saun and Mommy. We love you so much and hope you get feeling better soon.

I stopped by to see Saundra tonight in the hospital and she is doing a lot better. She is getting out of bed easier and walking around better. We don't know if she will be home tomorrow or Friday. I was able to go back to work today with the help of Saundra's mom who is here watching the kids for us. Jackson and London are happy to have Grandma here with them.

The doctor plugged Saundra's tube that is coming out of her side so now the bile can go into her stomach instead of a bag on her side. She is now on a solid food diet (still low fat) and is able to hold the food down. She looks and feels a lot better.

This is the jam that Saundra made from the Raspberry picking outing we had last week. The jam is way good. She made Raspberry, Raspberry Blackberry, Blackberry, and Raspberry Peach. I don't think I could have found a better girl.

Update Number 2

So in the last four days, I have driven to Orem, Utah fourteen times. I thought I would keep track because it feels like that's all I do anymore, but that's okay because we get to see Mommy. Saundra is doing much better today. They took out her Catheter and her IV and put her on some different pain meds, which doesn't knock her out so bad. She is up walking around a bit but still with a lot of pain. The surgeon came and talked to us today saying she is doing well but won't be home until Thursday or Friday. SAD!!! Jackson, London and I miss her so much. Everyday Jackson tells me how many more nights Mommy will be gone until she gets to come home and he knows exactly the day she will be home. I had to break it to him tonight that Mommy wouldn't be home for three more nights. He didn't like that very much and became very sad. Life has been pretty good to us lately so this has kind of taken us for a spin. I will have more updates in the next couple days. Thanks for all your support.

Saundra Update

Hello everyone. Just an update on Saundra. She was having bad stomach pain Saturday morning. That day we ate at Cafe Rio, which Saundra didn't eat that much and had to go lay in the car. We then went to the pool where Saun laid down almost the whole time because of bad stomach pain. When we got home she went right to bed with the same pain. At nine pm I took here to the instacare in Orem to get checked out. The doctor thought it was her Gall Bladder but didn't know for sure and wanted her to get an ultrasound the next morning at the hospital. Sunday morning Saundra went to the hospital to get the ultrasound and has been there ever since. She went in for surgery at 1 pm and got out at 630 pm. The surgery was only to last one hour but lasted five and a half because of other complications. Her Gall Bladder was full of stones and was removed. The doctor could not believe she didn't have more pain sooner. One stone was lodged in a valve and was working its way through the duct (tube). So now she is in recovery and will be staying three nights, high on morphine. Here is a pic of her before she went in for surgery. She looks a little jaundice because the stone was blocking off the duct from her liver to small intestine. She is in a lot of pain but doing well.

Picking Raspberries

This evening we went Raspberry and Blackberry picking. We had a lot of fun in the nice cool evening. London and Jackson loved it. London helped Daddy pick blackberries but none of them made it into the bucket because she ate them all. We had a great time.

London-16 months

August 22, 2008-London is 16 months old! She is such a sweetie and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. Love you Londie-lou-who!

Park City

We went to Park City with my parents and Lulu and Bryan last weekend. We rode the Alpine Coaster-it was so fun and very fast. Then we had icees and went home. It was really fun to hang out with our family.

Eating our icee-we all shared and Jackson wasn't too happy about that.
Jackson and me on the coaster
Grandma and Grandpa with the kiddies
Grandpa and Londie--she loves running her fingers through his hair.

Share a Smile Triathlon-August 23rd

I finished my first triathlon and I had so much fun! I swam 1/4 mile, biked 10 miles and ran 5k. I really enjoyed it and want to do it again next year. My parents came down to support me and Wes and the kids came too. I was so glad they were all there. My sister ran a 1/2 marathon that same day and she did great! We had lots of fun. My mom decided to run with me at the very end. She is such a good mom. And I wanted to especially thank my friend Lindsey who got me to do it in the first place and helped me out with training.

Jackson's first day of Preschool!

Jackson went to his first day of preschool today. He was so excited and looked so handsome. He would not let me walk him to the door. He wanted to do it all by himself. This is the necklace he made today out of straws and beads. He was so pleased with it. He is such a sweet boy with a lot of will power. We are so happy to have him in our family. We love you Jackson!

Jackson's Chores

Last Sunday Jackson came home from his primary class with a list of chores he could do around the house. So the other day, he woke up and completed everything on the list, which included:

1.Sweep the floor: He pulled out the broom and swept back and forth (not very helpful, but very cute)

2.Fold your clothes: He pulled his clothes out of his drawers and folded them, then put them away.

3.Clean up your toys: Our basement had toys allllllll over and he cleaned them all up by himself and put them in all the right places. I was so excited!

4.Make your bed: He made his bed very nicely.

5.Take out the garbage: He had the most determined look on his face as he walked out the front door. I said, "where are you going?" to which he replied, "I'm taking the garbage out!" Then he dragged our garbage can all the way to the street. I tried to explain that it wasn't garbage day, but he wouldn't have any of that. It was so fun to have him help so much and be excited about it.

I will really have to thank his teacher!

Random

Wes, London, and half of Dave's family-Dave, Sarah, Abby, Hannah-at the Nye family Reunion

August 16, 08.
Daddy and London-I had a sucker in my mouth as I was taking this picture and it was all London could focus on.
I love taking pictures of messy babies. I think it is so cute!

Our wonderful garden!

Look how pretty our front yard is. Wes does such a good job of planting the flowers and watering them and making them look good while I relax and read my book. Isn't he such an awesome husband?
Pretty tomatoes from our garden.
Our garden-the strawberries aren't doing too well, but it is their first year. The corn is tall, but has no corn husks on it as of yet. We think we will not get any. But the rest of our vegies are doing quite well. Wes planted our garden and takes care of it. He is quite the greenthumb.
Jackson and our apple tree-they are just starting to get some color on them.

Girly Girl!

Today as I was cleaning, I noticed London getting into the drawer where I keep her headbands. A few mintues later I caught her in front of the mirror being all girly. It was so cute to watch her.

It is Finished!

Yea, we finally finished it! It was a hard weekend and the beadboard took a lot more work than I expected, just cause I had no idea what to expect. Thank goodness for my awesome husband who did an great job and worked so hard on it. He also had to deal with me-telling me and showing me what to do every step of the way. Sometimes I felt like such an idiot and I am sure I did some pretty dumb things-you know, like not knowing what a block plane is or not knowing the difference between a jigsaw and a skillsaw, or not knowing how to caulk a hole. But all in all it turned out pretty great! And thank you very much to Dave-Wes' brother who makes the beadboard and gave us a really good deal on it.

London's future room
The Family Room
Jackson's room-I love his beadboard. I was worried, but it turned out great!
Pre-carpet, cleaning up
Jackson's first night in his new room!