Overdue Post

I'm really long overdue for a good post with some pictures. Our wireless wasn't working and I didn't want to try to post with dial-up...it's just too slow. So, now that the wireless is working again, I can post pictures and update everybody on our life.

We had a very good Easter with my parents in town. On Saturday, we went to the Ward Easter Egg Hunt and Mason had so much fun picking up eggs.




On Sunday, we did his Easter basket and he was so excited to see a Lightening McQueen kite...even though he doesn't know what a kite is! The boys did so well to wait on the stairs while we got things ready for them to come into the family room. The first thing Mason said when he came in was, "Mom, What did the Easter Bunny do in here?"




While my mom was in town, the boys and I went to Grandma Wall's home and stayed with them. We took Mason to see the ducks one afternoon and we ended up feeding seagulls because the ducks weren't hungry. Peyton enjoyed being outside even though he had to stay in his carseat!





Peyton went to the Cardiologist a week and a half ago and she told me that Peyton looks like a completely different child from the one she saw in the hospital in January. He was kicking his feet, talking, and laughing for her. He is doing so well that they don't need to see him again for three months! It's so fun to see him doing things that he should have done months ago. He's picking things up really quickly. He now weighs 17lbs. and he might actually hit the 20lb. mark by his first birthday!



We took Mason to the park the other day and I got a couple cute pictures of him playing!



Last night, we were all sitting on the couch and Peyton started to cry. I asked Montana where his binki went and we both started looking all over for it. Mason started to laugh at us and he couldn't even stop to answer when we asked him if he knew where it went. And then we realized that Mason was holding it in his other hand and laughing because he took it! Well, that's it for now! I'll post again when we have more fun things happening!

I've Been TAGGED!

*For some reason, this post won't display like I want it to or how it looks when I preview it. So, good luck with reading it!

I don't really care to be tagged but I guess now there will be a new post on my blog since I'm so good at updating...HA HA HA! Lisa tagged me back when Peyton was in the hospital and I never did it cause I just couldn't find enough time to do it. Hopefully I will be able to finish this one!

A- Attached or single: attached
B- Best Friend: Montana
C- Cake or Pie: whichever has chocolate in it at the time
D- Day of Choice: any day that I can sit around and do nothing
E- Essential Item: chapstick
F- Favorite Color: pink
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Gummi Bears!
H- Hometown: Orem, UT.
I -Indulgence(s): books, chocolate
J- January or July: depends on the mood I'm in...right now, July, cause I'm ready for the warmer weather!
K-Kids: 2 boys - Mason and Peyton
L-Life is incomplete without: family, friends, the gospel
M- Marriage Date: January 17, 2004
N- Number of Siblings: 6 - Jeremy, Justin, Shelise, Ashley, Eric, Trent
O- Oranges or Apples: oranges
P- Phobias or Fears: I hate spiders...especially when I find them in our apartment all the time!
Q- Quote(s): "With God you can move mountains, but don't be surprised if he hands you a shovel."
"If all else fails, please follow the instructions."
R- Reason To Smile: two very cute sons and a wonderful husband
S- Season: Spring.
T- Tag Five: Shelise, Ashley, Lisa, Ariana, Karen
U- Unknown Fact About Me: My nose is crooked...and I have never broken it!
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Oppressor of animal
W- Worst Habit: According to Montana, I am too anal about everything.
Y- Your Favorite Food: chocolate
Z- Zodiac: Scorpio

Egg Decorating!

Monday night, after we had our green dinner, we jumped right along to the next holiday, Easter. We decorated eggs for Family Night. Mason loved it, as always. Within about the first five minutes, he managed to spill the green dye all over the table. Thank goodness for newspapers and napkins. Here are some pictures of the event.





This is how Peyton enjoyed the egg decorating extravaganza!

Also, we took Peyton to the doctor the other day for his RSV shot. He weighed 16 lbs! I'm thinking he might not be too far off from the 20 lbs by the time his first birthday comes around and hopefully we will be able to change the car seat. But, if he continues to be as short as he is, he'll fit in the carrier car seat for a long time! While we were at the doctor, I asked about starting cereal since he's now 7 months old. The doctor told us we could try. So, we went to the store and bought some and Peyton seemed to do alright! Here are some pictures of his adventure!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We followed in tradition again this year and had a green dinner. We had green eggs and sausage, green waffles and green orange juice. We also made cinnamon rolls for Montana to take to work and we frosted them with green frosting. Mason enjoyed his meal while Peyton enjoyed his swing! Enjoy the pictures!

The Dinosaur Museum

The other day, we took Mason and Peyton to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point along with Mason’s best friend, Ty and his brother Jordon! The boys thought it was so cool. They loved all the dinosaur fossils and Peyton thought it was cool to look around and see things other than his home. We took lots of pictures and I thought I would add them to this post. Mason and Ty were also able to uncover fossils in the sand. Enjoy the pictures!

The Boys

So, I don't really have anything new to report, so I'm just going to post pictures of the boys that we took the other day. They were being so cute together! Enjoy!

The Cute Boys

It's been a long time since I updated so I figured I'm probably due. I'm attaching a few pictures of the boys. Ashley came down this last weekend and stayed with us and she did Mason's hair one day. If you ask Mason what it is, he says "It's a faux hawk!"

He now asks for his hair that way everyday. We gave him a haircut last night and we might be able to do his hair that way but maybe not...sorry Ash! Today we tried to put Peyton in the walker. He doesn't really hold his head up and he's so small that even on the shortest setting, his feet still dangle. It was really cute though!


And then Peyton is just so cute that I had to add another picture!

Peyton is also back on the oxygen because he has a cold and it helps him to breath a little easier. We are also giving him breathing treatments with the Nebulizer. Just one more thing to hook him up to a few times a day! He is getting big and growing well. He had his 6 month check up yesterday and he weighed 13 lbs 7 oz. He still isn't doing much but that is to be expected. We are hoping that he will roll over in the next little bit. Anyway, I've got to get to some boys! Enjoy!

Peyton's Doctor's Appointment

Just an update on Peyton's appointment this morning with the cardiologist. It took us almost 2 hours to get to the hospital this morning and we missed his appointment but they still saw him. They are taking him off his blood pressure medicine, he is done with his two addictive meds that we have been weaning, and we are taking him off his oxygen! He is doing just fine without it but we will keep it around for a few days just in case. He also didn't throw up this morning after we fed him. We are changing his feeding schedule so that he gets most of his milk in the night while he is asleep and it will be continuously going in him through the night. That means that mom and dad can actually sleep again! So, all is looking good. The day continues to get better so hopefully that will keep up with the appointment for Peyton's helmet this afternoon. Our prayers go out to Justin and Shandy at this time and we pray for a speedy recovery for Shandy. We are thinking of you all the time!

No More Hospital Pictures...

...for now! Peyton is home and doing well. He will not take a bottle so he has a feeding tube. We got a pump for his food last night and it is so much easier to hook him up to that then having to hold the syringe up for 45 minutes to an hour while he eats! We met with a speech therapist yesterday about his eating and hopefully she will be able help to teach him again. She believes that right now, he is associating eating with throwing up because he has been doing a little bit of that. Most of what he throws up is mucus and not his food but it still can't be fun! He is on oxygen and it's not real fun to make sure you never step on the cord...especially for Mason who thinks it's a toy! And I can't begin to tell you how many times I have tripped over it even when I know it's sitting right in front of me. We go to the Cardiologist tomorrow and they will do a chest x-ray and an EKG. We are also going to the helmet guy tomorrow to have Peyton's head scanned again. He hasn't had his helmet on since Saturday because it was giving him sores on the side of his head. And his face is red and blotchy because of the tape and things to hold his oxygen on and his feeding tube in place. But other than that, he is doing great. It is fun to have him home...although I don't sleep much at all! He laughs and smiles and is a pretty pleasant baby. He is on 8 different medications and they are scattered throughout the day from 8AM to midnight. It's a good thing I keep track of them or else I would probably forgot most! Anyway, I've rambled on long enough. Attached are a few cute pictures...Enjoy!