5 months

can't believe this little chub is 5 months!

greyson has finally taken a liking to his walker and exersaucer. he HATES the bumbo, which could have something to do with not being able to breathe when his fat belly is that smoooshed.

 he LOVES his toes

we love you sweet greyson! even though you still are up about 8 times a night, and your mother never sleeps, you really are a joy in our family. i love love love kissing your smooshy cheeks all day, and i love your sweet smiles!

santa made a surprise visit at grandma debbie's christmas party

 totally UN-impressed

 handsome christmas morning boy!! (don't worry, he kept up with weekly tradition and pooped out of his church clothes within the first half hour of church)

 love these kiddos

 yup. he shaved his head. he figured since he's always wanted to, and i never let him (mean ole' me), and they shaved behind his ear for his surgery, he might as well shave the rest off. hmmmm....

 christmas eve jammies

 present time!

 FINALLY...some boy toys

 abs' loot

christmas was wonderful, nate's ear is healing well, and we are all doing great. now is just the loooooooooong stretch of winter waiting for spring (or more importantly summer!).

kissin' cushions

kissing cushions. all. day. long.

handsomeness

abby was a rag doll in her 1st grade performance

 she also recieved this award at an assembly at school...lil smartie!

 one of greyson's bffs. he LOVES his grandpa nielson.

 post-op. yowch.

 gingerbread house/pj day at school

 dance recital time! these girls did so good! emma had 4 dances, cait and abs had 3. good job ladies!

 life is still so crazy i can't keep my head on straight. i am extremely behind in posting pictures, but this will have to do for now! merry christmas everybody!

hospital round 2

the short story: sunday i noticed around greyson's eye looked a little purple-ish and swollen. by monday it looked worse, so monday night i ran him to the pediatrician after nate seemed a little concerned. he said it's not an eye infection, but periorbital celulitis, which is an infection of the tissue around the eye. he said it's a very dangerous infection because if it makes it around the back of the eye it can cause blindness, meningitis, and brain abscess. i went home with a scrip for oral antibiotics. i didn't feel right about it all night, and i was up with him most of the night. by morning it was much worse, so i called the pediatrician again. the nurse talked to him and they said to give it another 24 hours. motherly instinct kicked in and i felt like something really needed to be done...now.  i text a picture to nate (who was at the hospital working). he showed the pic to the infectious disease doc, and the pediatric hospitalist. they both agreed he needed to be admitted, NOW, and get a ct scan and i.v. antibiotics. (did i say this story was going to be short? whoops...) anyways, it ended up not making around the back of his eye yet, but on ct scan they found a mass/cyst in his tear duct that was infected along with the tissue. they said until that all comes out the tear duct (along with the i.v. antibiotics) the infection won't go away. thank goodness i hadn't waited the 24 hours....  !!!!

 happy about life...BEFORE the i.v. in his head. and that hospital gown is just so dang cute...

 they couldn't get the i.v. anywhere else in his chubbalicous body, so they had to use his head

 such a happy camper, all things considered

 owie. so sad

and today we are back home and he looks almost normal again!

thanks to everyone for all the prayers and help with the cheeeeldren. thank goodness for good doctors, modern medicine, and the gift of the Spirit to help and guide our decisions.

five h's

halloween. happiest place on earth. hospital. haircut. hand.

i have SO many pictures to upload, and SO much to catch up on. but we are still alive, and here's a little peek at the last few weeks of our lives. more to come. (and linds...there IS a picture of my hand with stitches in it at the bottom of this post. just a little fyi :o)

halloween sweethearts

surprise trip to disneyland (thanks buns!)

greyson's 3 day hospital stay (thanks bronchiolitis) 

 1st haircut

 why do i think his pouty-face pics are so dang cute?

stabbed scissors into my hand (on accident). of COURSE nate was out-of-town!! had to have some other peeps at his clinic stitch me up.

i really really will post more pics and updates soon! when i have time...ugh.

baking soda, bears, colors

 i can't find any cradle cap treatments that actually work. so i google'd home remedies, and a lot of people said to mix baking soda and water, lather it on, leave it for 15 mins, then wash off. i've done it 3 days in a row and his horrible cradle cap is almost gone! don't worry, it does NOT hurt him...he was already grumpy when i took this picture :o)

 our little bus stop bear...all tuckered out. the mornings are just about too cold to take him to the bus stop with the girls

one last snuggle with great grandma jo before they took off for southern utah. we love you grandma jo! and we miss you already uncle bob and aunt pauline!

matchy matchy...this was as per emma's demand. (yes..she demands things nowadays. no requests.)

took a drive/walk up hobble creek canyon. the colors are AMAZING. the trees look almost fake they are so beautiful.