Time has gone by so fast. When I first had Shane I remember thinking 2-3 weeks in the NICU was a really long time. when we were in the car to come home I told Cameron that is seemed like a long time but it also seemed like a short time that we were in the hospital. It is so weird how fast time flies. The picture on the right was when we first brought him home and just barely over 5 lbs. the picture on the left was taken yesterday and pushing 10 lbs. I am so happy to see how big he has gotten.
For FHE this week we carved our pumpkins. It was about 7:30 before we got started so we were pretty sure we were in for a long night but it went rather smoothly and quickly. Shane was even in on the fun. I think he enjoyed being out in the middle of everything.
Stockton wanted one with fangs and blood.
Elizabeth had a hard time deciding what to do but after drawing it up on paper first we ended up with a "Princess" pumpkin.
Sean wanted to spend a little more time on his but it was getting late and ended up with a great pumpkin that looked almost as scary as he was.
Shane even carved a pumpkin. Ok, so I helped a lot, but it was the kids idea for the features I just cut it out.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
So a couple of weeks ago at Elizabeth's baptism we had Shane in his carseat and in tow the oxygen and an apnea monitor. It is always an ordeal to go anywhere. One of our friends who also had a baby asked us why we didn't order a wireless baby. Of course we laughed and I replied that they took the last one. :)
Well as of last Friday we are officially WIRELESS! The oxygen is off and on Thursday evening we received a call from the Drs. office and they told us that our last download came back clean and we can be done with the apnea monitor. I was so excited I had to show Cameron by turning off the machine. Ok, I was so nervous turning it off that I turned it back on for one more night. I know sometimes it would be easier just to leave it on but we will slowly get back to normal with our perfectly healthy baby boy.
What a special weekend we had. We had planned for months to combine these special events. With the early arrival of Shane it seemed we may not have been able to continue with the plans. Elizabeth was so excited for her baptism I could not bear to ask her to wait so we continued to plan on it. As for Shane's blessing we jumped back and forth on what to do. At first we thought we would try to do it the same day but then not so sure we wanted to impose on Lizz's special day so then we thought we would just wait a couple of months to bless him, but then we had so much of our family planning to be here we decided to go ahead and bless him as well.
On Saturday the 11th Elizabeth was baptized and it was so special. Thanks to my sis-in-law I was able to have some great pics of this special day. ( I forgot my camera, duh!)
On Sunday the 12th we blessed our special little boy Shane Cameron. Because of him being premature we decided to go ahead and bless him at home. It was wonderful and I have to say the spirit was so strong in our home that day. I did have my camera this day but of course the batteries were dead. I got a few before it completely died but some were from Candy ( Thanks Candy).
We had most of our families here for these two special occasions and it was so wonderful. Thank you all so much for coming.
Bekah and Jereon traveled from Florida and Rachel came from Maryland. Also my Uncle Shane, Gail and his daughters Whitney and Mckenzie came from Idaho. What a distance for all of them to travel but we are so grateful. We also had Carson, Angie and their family and Todd, Candy and their family come from up North. Mom came from Price and then of course all of our family that lives here.
We are so thankful to have such wonderful friends and family. Thank you to all of you who traveled so far to share these special occasions. It meant so much to us.
I know it is just barely fall and I am calling these fall sports. Close enough right? I wasn't able to get to as many games as I would have liked this year but I did get a few pictures.
Sean (#3) just finished his last year of flag football. He is a super fast runner and just loves football. He talks about playing in the NFL and would love to play for the Denver Broncos someday. I love his dreams and ambitions.
Bottom picture: Sean about to make a touchdown before his flag was snagged.
Elizabeth (#12) played her second year of soccer. I know she loves to play but sometimes I think it is more social for her. At least it is some form of exercise even if she was chasing boys rather than chasing the ball .
Again I did not get many pictures because I wasn't able to make it to as many games.
Conference proved to be very rewarding. I feel all of the talks were designed for me and my family and all the trials we are or have recently faced. I know several of you that feel the same way. I know the power of prayer is a very important part of Conference and the preparation for the talks.
On a lighter note, the kids were able to enjoy some of conference. Getting them to hold still long enough is always a challenge. When they did hold still they did really well until the last half of the last session and then their exhaustion got the better of them.
Note: This is the older two children. Rarely do they have a nap.
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