Chubby Bubby

I know he is still so small but he has CHEEKS!  It is so good to see the weight on him. 

Update:  We saw Dixie yesterday and he is now 7lbs. 5oz.  WOW!! A pound in a week.  We got the okay to go to small family gatherings and to go for a walk.  YEAH!  I am looking forward to the fresh air.  Also we are starting to do trials without the oxygen and that is going really well.  Hopefully we will be off oxygen in the next week or two.

We will keep you all updated and again thank you everyone for your support and prayers.

 

Happy Birthday Lizz!!

Our Little Princess/Diva turned '8' yesterday!  It is hard to believe that it has been 8 years since we brought her home from the hospital and that in a few short weeks she will be baptized.

Her birthday proved to be a little different this year and she was so grown up and understanding.  Usually we have at least the families that live here over and a couple of really good friends but with her new baby brother we are restricted on visitors.  She was so understanding and I am pretty sure she still had a GREAT birthday.

 

Today Grandma Suzi took treats to her class.  (Thank you, Suz) Pretty soon our lives will be somewhat normal and we will have to make it up to her but for now she is just a happy go lucky little girl.

We Love you Elizabeth!  You really brighten up our lives.

(She loves Hannah Montana if you couldn't guess)

 

Shane Cameron Pearson

Shane was born on August 7, 2008 at 10:55 p.m.  He surprised us all by arriving 6 weeks early.   Shane weighed 4lbs. 14 oz and was 18" long at birth. Because we live in a rural area our hospital does not have a NICU so Shane got ride in a Life Flight helicopter just hours after he was born.  The Life Flight team from Primary Children's arrived just 55 minutes before Shane's arrival.  After several hours of preparing him for the flight he was off to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo.

        

He spent two weeks in the NICU at UVRMC.  What a rollercoaster.  He went from being intubated and on an oscillator(breaths 500 times a minute), to a CPAP, to room air his first day there.  Later that evening they put him on a small amount of oxygen through a nasal canula because he was struggling just a little bit. Shane also had a little Jaundice that required a few days of Phototherapy.  It looks like he enjoyed his suntan. haha.

After two weeks we were able to bring Shane home to our family.  He came home on a trace of oxygen and an apnea monitor.  Which we will most likely have for a couple of months. 

We have been home from the hospital for 2 weeks and Shane is 4 weeks old and still 2 weeks away from his due date. He is doing so well.  This past Thursday he weighed in at 5lbs. 14 oz.  He continues to require a trace of oxygen.

Thank you to all our family and friends for your support and prayers through this time in our lives.  It was so nice to have the visitors, lunch and dinner dates as well as the phone calls for his continued progress.

We Love you all!

 

Extreme home makeover

Ok I will try to catch everyone up.  Six months ago we moved out of our home with the intention of selling it.  After one renter and a shortened lease we have decided that this is the home and neighborhood we want to raise our family in.  We have started making some improvements that it needed to accommodate our growing family. 

I will start with the kitchen.  As some of you may know it had WONDERFUL pink tile.  To our surprise under the pink tile was green and yellow linoleum.  So Pretty.  Of course the linoleum had black tar paper on top of hardwood.  After a failed attempt at removing the tar paper we decide to visit the local Home Depot and we found some beautiful Pergo and better yet it was on Clearance.  Cameron did an awesome job.  Thank you hubby!

BEFORE:

DURING:

 

 AFTER:

Didn't it turn out beautiful.  I am soooo excited.

Check back for more updates.  There are lots more photos.

 

Rainy Days

We were sitting in the house on Sunday when it just  started to rain.  I caught Lizz and Stockton playing in a puddle across the street.  The rain was making bubbles in the puddle and they were popping them.

After awhile it started to pour and the gutters were full and Sean joined in the fun.  The kids had so much fun.  Oh to be a kid again.

 

Summer Carnival

 

This was  at our Ward party last night.  They rented a bounce house and a huge blow up slide.  The kids ran up and slid down as fast as they could.  Top picture:  I wasn't sure if I would catch Sean going down or not.  In the bottom of the picture you can see Parker, he loved it.  Bottom:  Lizz going down the slide and Stockton going up.

 

One of the other items they had at the Carnival was a 2 player basketball hoop.  This is Sean and Jeff with a couple of onlookers having a contest.  Sean was doing really well.  If you look at the picture closely you can see the ball.  It turned out to be a really weird action shot.  I am not sure I have completely figured out my camera.

Father's Day!

We are so thankful to have Cameron as the Father of this family! As I grabbed everyone to get a quick shot they can’t help be silly. I had made Peanut Butter Blossoms a couple of days ago and Cam was quick to share his stash that he had hidden (on top of the fridge). If you look closely in place of Lizzie’s smile is a cookie.
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there.