~THE SHENIS~

We're sexy and we know it ....

2012-01-31T21:17:00.000-08:00

So for X-mas our big gift from Shaun's mom and dad was a new MacBook Pro... which I have never used Mac before, it has always been a PC, so it was way different getting used to. We were originally going to get an IPAD but thought this wold be an extra bonus for Shaun to take to school and finish up with. So far he has taken it to is study groups and loved not having to rely on the schools computer systems. I LOVE it so far and can blog from anywhere... especially my bed hehehe. The only bad thing about it is that it's not touch screen. Well, I guess bad for Jax cuz all he does is watch YouTube and continually touches the screen hoping it will do what the IPAD does lol. Something really fun on it too is the photo booth. So I thought I'd share some really really attractive and funny photos with you so enjoy:

Me and Cam with bug eyes

Me and Cam with blockhead

me and my boys with alien eyes

Jax thought he looked pretty funny

And found that pics of himself were fun to do

Cam was unsure

I look ridiculous

Chipmunks

Not a joke... he asked to take like 10 pics just sticking his tongue out like this lol

Cam and daddy... chipmunks =)

Bug eyes.... Cam looks amused lol

Well, we are some dang cute people hope this made for a good laugh

New Year.... Comes New Change

2012-01-21T23:08:00.000-08:00

First off HAPY NEW YEAR!!!

I've thought a lot about the choices I made in 2011 and the attitude I had so I wanted to give myself some really good legit resolutions for the year 2012. Everyone always says they are making resolutions, but how many times have those resolutions been meet??? I want to try extra hard this year to put my best foot forward and give change a chance. So here are a few of my resolutions for 2012.

#1- Stay Healthy

Did I mention that I was preggers for the 3rd time?? If you are not caught up in my hectic life, yes.... I am one crazy momma who will be having 3 kiddos under the age of 3! Jax and Cam are 21 months apart and Cam will be 16 months apart from yes you guessed it.... another BOY!!! We found out in August, but have been hush hush making sure everything was going smoothly and that the baby and I were healthy and happy. I even have a photo of the alien like stud :)

I want to make sure that I am on track with eating not only the right foods or nutritious foods but eating accordingly. I tend to worry about getting the kids fed, dressed, bathed, played with and by the time I remember to eat it's hours of time that have passed and that is not very healthy for me or the baby. So I vow to stay healthy while pregnant and after. I have said this with both pregnancies before, but I want to try my very hardest to go as long as I can breast feeding. I want to make sure I focus and maintaing good eating habits and plan out well nutritious meals. The other part of staying healthy would be exercise.... since my due date is May 5th that means it should be good walking weather. I really want to get down to a weight I am comfortable with and all around happy with, I am the only person who can do this. So this brings me to my next resolution:

#2- MOTIVATION

I need the motivation and drive to keep up with everyday things. Whether it be laundry, dishes, bills, exercise, getting the kids out of the house I need to stay motivated and positive. If I procrastinate then all my stress and energy is dedicated to these "to do's" rather than spending that time with family which I crave the most. With motivation I will be able to have more drive to exercise and more energy to play with the boys and not get so tired out. This can be hard some days, when you wake up and feel extra tired or one of the boys pooped all over the crib or one of the boys drops a glass jar of pickles all over the floor... things happen, but if I stay motivated I could get a lot more done and have that valued time that I need and want. I also want to get motivated again with some kind of side hobby, I feel like I never have down time for myself and need this oh so bad. Even if it's something little, or even once a week or month I need a motivated hobby.... any ideas would be appreciated. =)

#3- Think Positive NOT Negative

I tend to get wrapped up in anyones negativity.... this is a hard one. At work my goals for this year are to be more positive than negative. I feel the same way at home too. I can't keep expecting things to go my way and if they don't I can't beat myself up for it. For example with work: Just because after my two days off I come back to work and the project that was left is still sitting there and not done doesn't mean I have to turn into a negative nancy. I can simply ask f it was busy or if there was a reason it was left, instead of jumping to the conclusion that someone was lazy or didn't want to do it. I just have to react positively and things could go much smoother. Or with home, I have to remember that Shan is still in school and working and is a boy and thinks differently than a girl. So if I come home to a messy house it's because the boys were playing, Shaun probably had homework and it's no big deal to just pick up a few toys myself. As soon as that negativity hits it seriously brings down everyone around you so I am going to try and be more positive. =) Last year was full of so many negatives.... a car wreck in January, back pain still continued, My insurance isn't cover Cam until 9 months when they realized they weren't processing him at all on our insurance, wind damage to the house (thank goodness not a lot) so we had to replace some shingles, dishwasher broke (or so we thought), disposal stopped working, heater was not working, camera broke, windshield wipers in our truck now don't have a motor so they stick straight up on the window, tires on both vehicles needed an update for winter, Jax had a bunch of allergic reactions and the list goes on and on and on............... here's a pic of the car wreck last January:

So with all those negatives I just want to be a little more positive and have a better outlook on life and what challenges are thrown our way. Another good reason to stay positive is that it's a great example that I am showing to Jax and Cam. If they see the positive in things, life will be so much more carefree, which it should be for them anyway.

So for now those are my main resolutions I think are most important that I work on. I'm sure I'll have more (maybe little ones) but as for now I believe I can achieve these and maybe even feel better about actually not giving up on each resolution.

So Happy New START to you all! =)

SANTA....... I know him!!!!

2012-01-14T16:26:00.000-08:00

So this years Christmas was super exciting..... We not only got to watch both boys open presents, but Jax was starting to understand who Santa was. So when he came down stairs he was so excited to open what he asked Santa for which was color changing Cars. What's even funnier is that he shook the presents and if they felt light like clothes he put it back and said it wasn't a toy and that it was for Cam hahaha too funny!! So here are some funny pics of the day I didn't get very many pictures, thanks to my camera but here are a couple:

Santa left some good toys

Santa and his deer were hungry and ate some of our cookies we left out

This was left out for Jax from Santa, mom & dad and G-ma and G-pa Edwards

This was left out for Cam

Cam was overwhelmed with all the presents and took little breaks

Cam was so excited to press all the buttons to his noise making toys he pressed them all at once

Jax didn't know what to open up next .... oh decisions ... decisions :)

Thanks G-ma and G-pa Edwards for the Cars laptop Jax LOVES it

Cute Cam in his new winter hat

And of course Jax hates his picture taken and gave me a cheesy smile

Cam came away with a lot of fun stuff

And so did Jax, but the one thing he loved the most was........

His COLOR CHANGING CARS!!!! We also got him the Ramone's color changing station

and for weeks now we have just left it out on our kitchen table and he can't wait to wake up in the mornings and go down stairs and play hahaha!!

Lovin' his Cars

But all Cam wanted to do was eat lol

So after we all opened our presents we headed over to the Netols casa and ate some breakfast and continued to open even more presents, thanks Mom and Dad for everything!

Jax got some more Cars collectable items like a cool Fin Micmisile that changed into 3 different cars

And surprise...... more color changing cars

Cam just sat back and played with all the wrapping paper it was so cute, and he got his most favorite present he is now obsessed with... a soft plush stuffed MOOSE he lays down on it and cuddles with it. It's soooo dang cute!

He even got a talking remote control Lightning

And more cuddly soft blankies, Cam loves soft blankies

He loved his cannonball Mater

G-ma Netols and Cam with his new MOOSE

G-pa Netols and Cam in cute matching overalls with Jax and G-ma kissin' and huggin'

After we opened presents there we went to the Edwards Casa for dinner and games, it was super fun, but I forgot to take pics :( Overall Christmas was a blast and I can't wait for next year because by then Cam will hopefully know more about Santa too!

My little one turned ONE!!!!!

2012-01-13T23:49:00.000-08:00

BORN DECEMBER 3RD 2010
I cannot believe that my baby Cam is now ONE!!! He's not really my baby anymore! This pic was just after I gave birth to this very special boy whom I was super excited to meet! When finding out the gender of Ca, the doctor then informed us that our special boy would be born without a hand, lucky for him Cam was born with half a palm and all 4 metacarpal bones,which means room to grow, and it makes for one cute and VERY strong nub!!! I remember seeing him for the first time and just crying tears of joy and thinking to myself how lucky I was to have given birth to such an amazing thing that had been growing inside me. All that time wondering how he looked, what it would be like to hold him, how excited I was for his brother to meet him.. and thinking all at the same time how I'd ever love another child after having one. Well a new love was born and I cannot even put into words the kind of love you can have for each child you have, I just feel so lucky to have two boys who love their mommy and the best part is that they are all mine! =) He has been a very passionate and loving boy who is always determined to do things at a fast pace.... like crawling, walking and communicating. He has shown me patience in a whole new light, and his willingness to never give up is so courageous! If he can't do something with his nub, say pick up and hold a toy, he will try and try until he finds a way to pick it up and hold it no matter how frustrated he may get. I envy that trait. I don't wanna make this post too long, but I wanted to re-visit some pics and memories of his first year so enjoy and be sure to watch his b-day videos @ the end.

This is my baby boy on his Birthday!!! First attempt at the cake... he just liked the feeling of the frosting!

This is what I get caught up in every day is his big BLUE eyes!

He was only 5 1/2 months here

This is Cam @ 6 months already trying to stand on his own.... lets say it was hard always trying to keep an eye on him because every five seconds he'd be Mr. Evil Canevil trying tricks and dare devil things that scared me.

This is him @ 4 months making me and Jax laugh in the car trying on my sunglasses

Seriously just wanna squeeze his cheeks!!!!!! @ 7months

First spaghetti experience @ 10 months.... soooo CUTE!!!! Loving the hair that was starting to curl!

11 months.... he became mr. sober face and didn't crack a smile unless he felt like it, sounds like someone caught the stubborn trait from mom and dad! hahahaha

His hair is super curly!!! 11 months here

10 months @ Halloween

my cute little tiger .... he was so tired but loved his soft costume and would just lay on the floor in it

Him @ 12 months

playing @ the treehouse wanting to do everything on his own

Love going into his room in the morning to find a crazy haired hyper boy!!!

He is always talking to himself and playing with things in reach near his crib.

Brotherly love, Jax was just helping Cam ride the four wheeler

One year

Love this picture with Great Grandpa Joe, Grandpa Joe and Cam Joseph!!!!

Love you G-pa R.I.P.

I remember Jax not liking this new thing that cried, and ,over and demanded mom and dad's attention. I remember hm asking when Cam was going home (lol)

Miss my newborn sleeping... it didn't last very long and sometimes still doesn't!!!

LOVE this pic Cam was about a month or so and this is when Jax enjoyed watching cartoons with him in my bed in the mornings

Cam's blessing day, baby blues you could melt into!!

First time with rice cereal hahaha 4 months, didn't like it too much at first

3 1/2 months @ his brothers Chuck E Cheese birthday party

Can you believe this chubby guy, this was Easter 2011

For his BIRTHDAY this year we were @ Snowbird for the Annual ES3 Christmas party so it was just a small family affair in our hotel room. He is infatuated with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so of course Mickey presents were a must!!! Is he not the cutest!!!!

Well of course Jax had to test out everything that Cam opened and didn't want to share Cam's own toys with Cam!!! Nice big brother right hahaha!!!

The Birthday song, it's so cute how he plays shy at the end. We just went to G-ma and G-pa Netols house for dinner and cake on our way home from snowbird.

He wasn't sure what to do exactly but the frosting felt cool on his hand he thought

I am sooo grateful to have Cam in my life and love that I get to be his mommy!!! I love you CAM!!!!

Snowbird ... anything funner??

2012-01-04T20:54:00.000-08:00

Our Annual Snowbird ES3 Christmas Party went off with a bang!!!

The first weekend of every December we look forward to it every year, we all stay in the hotel, stay up late and play games, eat and some of us ski or snowboard... although I can't remember the last time I was able to snowboard, oh wait yes I do it was before I started getting preggers with all these little boys of ours, lol. Oh well, it was fun anyway!

.... we had an awesome ice sculpture! And the food was pretty tasty too.

Like always we have some fun entertainment, but this year we were the entertainment and played the "Minute to Win it" games. Me, Shaun, Sheridan, Tiffany and Tammy all got called down to play. So what better way to laugh about what we did than to tape it and re-watch it for more laughs!

First here's Shaun in a race to see who can fan their ornament past the finish line first

He's sooo competitive it makes me laugh!

In tis one since Shaun won he got to advance to the next game which was where you had 12 pencils and you started with one on top of your hand and you had to catch it in the same hand and add on one by one each pencil until you could do it with all 12 pencils. It looked hard...

Since Shaun won again he got to advance for his last chance to win some more money and this game we for sure thought Shaun had it in the bag. You had to pick up all the presents on the ground only using your mouth and no hands... since Shaun works out we all thought it was a no brainer, until it looked like he couldn't even bend over. His pants were a little tight making it more difficult AND he had just lifted legs so the old guy was doing better than him we were dying! hahaha he lost obviously.

This was Tammy's turn, my humorous mother-in-law, and her game was to stack a certain amount of ho ho's on her head with only one hand she almost won!

This was Tiffy's turn and the game was to put a kleenex box filled with ornaments tied around your waist and see who could shake them all out first.... hahaha Zach should be proud cause she won!!!!

Sorry my video of Sheridan didn't upload, which I don't think she minds and no video of my hideous game thank goodness, all in all it was a fun Christmas party as usual and Shaun won us some money! =)

Egg carton countdown.....

2012-01-04T16:21:00.000-08:00

WOW.. I am absolutely horrible this time around, but the good news is that I keep sake better in his baby book than I did on the blog. So I have everything written down and ready to type..... Around August our computer kind of gave out and it took us a while to get a new one and by the time we got the new one I didn't know how to use it hahaha, and I broke my camera!!! So here goes 5 missed egg carton months:

8 MONTHS

8 months in August 2011

weight was about 18.5 lbs. and 29 in. in height

*Sleeping patterns were horrible, he would be up almost 3 to 4 times a night and we were trying everything at this point to help him sleep.

*His favorites treats became those gerber cheetos, that is if his big brother didn't try and steal them, yogurt melts and any kind of cracker.

* He was trying anything we were eating but what he really loved was Mashed Potatos!

*This month was hard because not only was he sticking everything in his mouth, but I had just vacuumed one day and left for work when Shaun put Jax in time out and came back to a blue turning Cam.... in panic he called 911 turned him over to help him breathe as much as he could without lodging whatever it was in his throat further. As soon as Shaun heard the ambulance drive up our circle Cam chocked up what was lodged in his throat. It was a clear plastic seal part of the wrap that a huggies tub of wipes is sealed in!!! I couldn't believe that after I had even vacuumed Cam managed to probably crawl and discover this clear hard plastic and of course shoved it into his mouth!!!

*He got better at attempting to use his nub hitting all the musical toys and disovering how they worked.

*Since the weather was still nice we went swimming a lot and Cam loved it soooo much it was hard getting him out of the water most times.

*He made a lot of tounge and lip noises... tried really hard to mimic mom and dad as well.

9 MONTHS

September 3rd 2011

weighed 19.10 lbs-35% and was 29 3/4in 90% in height and his head circ was 47.3 cm-95%

(guess he has a big head lol)

*We discovered that at night what was waking you up so much was the diaper, wether it be wet or poopy you hated to be sitting in it. I don't blame you!

*You ate EVERYTHING, and you never pulled a nasty face for anything either.

*You started loving any kind of noodle and you always went after your brothers sippy cups. You even hold a sippy and bottle pretty good, unlike your brother who refused to hold one at your age.

*You were so good at standing and walking around stuff that you dared a lot of times to let go and would stand for up to 5 seconds.

*You were kinda sick a lot this month so we didn't get out much

*One thing you went crazy over were animals! Everytime you'd see Tazzy or Major you would get so excited and crawl as fast as you could to get them. (you'd even sit there and let Taz lick your face and mouth, one time you even opened your mouth...eww gross)

*You had your fake cry down to a "T" and would know the perfect situation to turn it off and on! This made Jax a little irritated hahaha

10 MONTHS

10 months in October 2011

weighed 20lbs and height was 30 in.

*Finally you become a semi good sleeper and only woke up once if that.... it was a miracle. Well that and the fact that we were melting butter into your dinner before we put you down to add the extra calories to make you feel full longer.

*You love to eat eat eat!! You tried spagetti, scrambled eggs and your brothers favorite FRIES!!! You both seemed to be in love with fries since your first taste.

*Two of your bottom teeth came poking through and boy are they cute!! Although you did kind of scratch your nub with them =(

*You are standing with no help and even attempt to step here and there but fall back on your bum.

*You are obsessed with pointing a lot at things, not knowing what to do or say but pointing.

*If I could have a tracker of how many people stop me a day and say how adorable you are or how pretty your blue eyes were I would have lost count..... You know how to stop traffic that's for sure. And you play that shy innocent thing really well, better use it now while it still works right!?!

*You say momma, dadda, baba and uhuhuh and love it when we mimic back and forth.

*You went to the Circus with all your cousins and sat still better than your big brother.

*You were a TIGER for your first ever Halloween, just like your big brother. The suit was so soft you just relaxed and wanted to lie down in it.

* Notice your black eye in this picture, thanks to Jax your brother who pushed you off the mini tramp!!

11 MONTHS

11 Months in November 2011

weight was around 21lbs and height was 31 in.

It was impossible for you to hold still for more than 2 seconds, this was the only good pic I could get

*You were finally sleeping good.... but still had a bad night once in a while. It seemed like you had baby terrors that would wake you out of a dead sleep.

*You were difficult to feed at this month. You found it a fun fun game to spit out your food in mom and dads faces. You were constantly blowing your lips together with everything.

*zyour favorite foods became go-gurt, pizza, mac n' cheese, cheetos, and really anything we gave you. You weren't picky that's for sure!

*You finally mastered the turn around to get off or down something so you tried it on anything you could find.

*You started WALKING yay!!!!! It took you till the middle of the month but you did it!!!

*You bacame obsessed with Mickey Mouse and freeze any time you hear or see him, it's so cute!

*You are so funny with your mimics, I will roll a car up and down your arm or across your head and say vroom vromm, so you'll try the same on me. Except you sound more like uhm uhm.

*You are so stubborn, just like your whole family that's for sure, at times you won't even budge a tiny little smile for anyone.

*It looks like your two front teeth are almost down, you have been kind of cranky.

12 MONTHS

ONE YEAR!!!!!

12 Months in December 2011

Weight 22 lbs-30% height 31in. 85% head circ. 48.1- 92%

(so that means he is tall and skinny with a really big head lol)

-Notice we had to bribe you with goodies just to take your pic!

*I get compliments all the time about your pretty blue eyes and your cute curly hair (which you got from your mom)

*You sleep pretty good, depending on when you last ate you get pretty hungry.

*You love to self feed so we try and break what foods we can down for you to feed yourself with.

you like bread, chips, crackers, fries, meats and you LOVE veggie soup you can't get enough.

*You now have all four top and bottom two teeth. You love to eat fruit snacks and it's funny to watch how you chew them up with your four timy teeth haha.

*You are a walking machine.... although you seem kind of bull legged and a tiny bit pidgeon toed... which makes for a drunk frankenstein kind of walk haha.

*You are always trying to pick up stuff like your toy cars and table toys. Maybe you're trying to prove your strength to Jax, lol.

*You love to climb and have gotten very clever and you'll push toys over to the couch or table just to climb up on it and get something you want.

*You now have a defense cry you only turn on when you see us watching Jax do something mean to you, otherwise you blow it off. But you do like teasing your brother with toys you know he doesn't want you playing with you'll walk over as fast as you can pick it up and throw it away from him... it's pretty funny to watch.

*You sure love soft blankies, you can't go without stoping to lay down on one if you see it.

*You and your brother can be pretty silly, especially in the tub. You guys can giggle at each other for days!

*One thing i admire about you is that you never give up, yes you'll get frustrated, but you always keep trying. you are my love bug!!

I am so very thankful that you were chosen to be our child and that I get to be your mom. It's the most fun and rewarding thing I could have asked for! You are a blessing and so very special,

I LOVE YOU CAM!!

Allergies... Smallergies

2012-01-04T15:10:00.000-08:00

If you can remember back to a post i did in July or August when we had to rush Jax to the ER for an ellergic reaction.... well it happened two more times after that. These first few photos are of when he woke up one morning in October and his face looked like he got sunburned everywhere but his eyes and mouth.... unexplainable and so very weird!!!

So after the first incident in the ER we took him to an allergist and ran a few tests.... sure enough he is EXTREMELY allergic to CASHEWS !!! And all tree nuts, and a little to cats and dogs =( ha did great with his tests though .. I am proud of him and his fear of doctors.

SOOOO then again in November he woke up one morning like THIS!!!!

His body was covered head to toe with welt like hives, even in his ears, the creases of his arms and legs, he looked like a completely different kid! Everything was swollen as well...

I don't know if you can tell but i was trying to get a pic of the welt on his leg and in the crease of his elbow.

Can you tell how far the hive sticks out!?!

AND in his ears.......

The doctors conclusion on the last two random hive outbreaks were a simple reaction to a common everyday occurance like a virus or infection. Yeah I'm not so sure I'm comfortable with that explanation, but I guess we'll see his progress or not.

Catch me if you can....

2012-01-02T12:37:00.000-08:00

Some more fun things you missed out on in the last couple of months:

THE CIRCUS!!!!

All the kids and adults went to the "CIRCUS" and had sooooo much fun, the only thing was that Jax and Jett fell asleep by the time all the elephants came out and they were so edited to see them, lol. Other than that they had a blast!

We got some early snow and Jax was continually begging daddy to help make a snowman! So we got some oreos, laffy taffy, and some other candy for the face. they used the witch hat we thought we lost and put that on his head... fun snowman!

Cute Cam was walking in November and his obsession soon became lifting things and here he is in his cute x-mas pj's trying to lift Lightning McQueen hahaha

As brothers you better believe these boys can fight, but cute moments like these are hard to capture in our household. They had a bubble bath where both of them were really hyper and being extra silly. They were making each other laugh so much I couldn't help but take a picture.

It's a boy thing... they wrestle dad, put their toys on dad, and play all the rough and tough games with dad... I think I'd be in a body cast after playing like this with Jax, lol.

Cousin sleepovers are so fun and they were so cute! If you look close at their faces you can see they are nice and shiny with Neosporin because they had just had a scratching screaming fight over a toy. Amazing how boys can just do that and two seconds later be fine.. nothing like girls.

And here was a pic with Santa!!! Jax was so so excited and anxious to go see Santa to tell him he wanted color changing cars haha. We went to see him on Friday before X-mas and he was on a lunch break =( So we had to come back X-mas eve, and the worst part was Santa thought Cam was Jax's little SISTER!!! I guess he is one of those pretty boys, I wouldn't think he was a girl though. Shaun was so upset he wanted to cut his right that day so no one would ever mistaken him for a girl.

These feet are made for walkin'

2011-12-30T22:09:00.000-08:00

The month of November was very exciting.... Cam started walking!!!!! He was only 11 months and started standing really early and walked around everything even trying to stand @ 8 and 9 months. This day he just decided to walk everywhere and stop crawling, I couldn't believe it and I was so excited in the video my voice sounds so dorky, lol. So I have these two funny videos to show you his beginnings, enjoy:

So funny when they start walking, it looks like Frankenstein

Near the end of this video you can see where Jax starts to pick up all his cars afraid that Cam was going to take them hahaha

BOO! There you are October...

2011-12-30T21:45:00.000-08:00

SOOO......

Halloween came and went but was so much fun this year! Jax was so excited to trick-or-treat and get a lot of candy, lol. Cam was still so little it didn't really matter to him, but he did like his comfy soft costume that Jax wore for his very first Halloween too! Jax was a little more difficult to buy a costume for this year because of the quality you get for the age range. The costumes seem so thin and cheaply made, but since we had to choose we chose to be "SPIDERMAN" ... he was scared to put on the mask but as soon as we showed I'm in a mirror how cool and fun it looked he finally liked it. I also got a chance to bring the boys down to West Jordan to see all the Witches @ Gardner Village.. highly recommend taking your kids there during holidays or any time it's so so much fun and so many fun things to se, do and eat!!! On Halloween Jax fell asleep on our way to Grandma Tammy's house to meet up with the cousins to go trick-or-treating and wow was he super ornery the first 15 minutes or so going house to house, so his excitement grew to seeing all the candy he got and eating it all at the house after. A tradition around Halloween is to go pumpkin picking with Pop Pop and G-ma Netols for Pop Pop's birthday. We pick our pumpkins and start carving ..... it was so much fun this year because we had a lot of big pumpkins to carve on. Here are a few fun photos from our October adventures:

This photo cracks me up, because we had been pointing out all the witches and counting them, but as soon as we sit down by one to take a picture he freaked out and started crying hahaha

Cam wanted to go and feel the pumpkins, he was very mad at Jax for holding him there to take pictures

He told me that this was his "Spiderman" pose

Yeah ... I had this HUGE pumpkin to do anything fun and crazy with and all i could come up with was our last name. At least it looked cool though, right?

For some reason I couldn't get this picture to turn around, but I had to get this cute little guys wings.... his blue eyes are just so dang cute! My mom calls him the Gerber baby =)

Missing in action......

2011-11-29T23:37:00.000-08:00

Somedays are better than others with these two, they are already fighting at the bit but have these moments of complete lovingness... they can be so funny together and each laugh is contagious for the other one. This was in August so Cam was only 8 months old.... I know I know I am way behind on all this blogging but I am going to be playing a lot of catch up in the next week or so.....

Both of them have the funniest faces too hahaha

LAGOON DAY for ES3

the Engineering company Shaun works for

The kiddos loved their ice cream and had a blast all eating them together. Me and Shaun have a double side by side stroller that they almost enjoyed more than any of the rides they went on.

All of them are such big cheesers lol

Of course Ryah chose pink and surprise... Jax was nmore than willing to sit in it with her... I think one of the first colors he really knew was pink all thanks to his girly cousins lol

And of course all four had to ride together, can they get any cuter =)

Jaxers and Kess

Cam really couldn't do much but this day he realized how much he really likes ice cream hahaha

Visit to the Zoo beofre thy closed down the Dino parts of the park

Dad and the boys, I swear it was so hot we could have made came a bottle with all our sweat lol

Our summer was fun and so very different with two boys instead of one that's for sure. But it's been a blast!

Funniest thing EVER:

2011-08-07T00:25:00.000-07:00

Jax can't stand when Cam is being noisy in the car and buggs out like crazy. So I decided to be sneaky and see if I could catch him in the act yelling @ Cam to stop.... me and Shaun were dying! He caught me recording him and says cheese and that he wants to see it, no later does Cam interupt and wait to see what Jax does lol

Summa time re-cap

2011-08-07T00:19:00.000-07:00

Well we sure have been super busy parents and have a lot to catch up on, so I'll catch you up pic by pic:

While Shaun was @ one of his softball games and while I was @ work Gma and Gpa Netols babysat the boys for us. I got a frantic call aroun 9pm from my mom telling me Jax was covered head to toe with hives and his face was swelling up. They didn't know what caused it but they rushed him to ER before it got any worse. My dad said he ate stuffed peppers for dinner and after they were watching a movie and my dad was snacking on some cashews, Jax wanted a taste and hated it and spit it out. Well, we think we found the culprit and NO MORE NUTS for Jax. Poor little guy, it was so sad to see him all puffy and sad. The plus side was one of my besties from high school was his nurse Terah (Tisdale) Jones, she took good care of him for me till I got there.

Jax is still not liking the sharing game but Cam I think likes the chase most days lol

My parents got this really cute swing and Jax and Cam both love to swing in it and Cam had so much fun he was giggling and I couldn't help but smile so much my mouth started hurting.

The week of Keslee's birthday we took a few trips up to Pineview and had a blast with the kids. Jax and Kes have so much fun copying each other it's fun to watch. Of course Jax had to sit in a pink chair like Kess.

As we were all sitting there Shaun put Cam in his car seat and gave him his bottle and next thing we knew he wiggled his way out of the car seat and onto the sand and headed straight for the water! We couldn't believe it. Jax hates the water and Cam tries anything to be near it. He had a blast in the sand juast soakin up all the fun.

Ry and Kess had a blast packin Jax in the sand and they all took turns and thought they were so funny, it was so cute to watch.

A couple weeks ago I finally realized that Cam had become a climber and caught him one morning just talkin to himself hanging half way off the crib about to face plant it onto the floor.... I couldn't help but laugh that after I lower the matress in the crib he got board and decided to just sit back and talk to himself in this cute relaxed pose haha

And Jax got so excited to jump in and play with Cam in the crib he asks to be a baby daily just so he can sit in the crib with Cam and play

I don't have very many things that match but Jax thought it was so fun that him and Cam were the same the other day he basically told me to take a "pitcher" of them together. "Matchy Matchy" lol

Baby: Ashlyn was born Sunday July 31

She was sooo tiny only 5 lbs

Oh how I love little babies!!!!

Funny thing, if you ask Jax who Ashlyn is he replies: "Baby Cam Ashlyn" I'm guessing every baby is a baby Cam first hahaha

Me and Mr. Cam, gotta love those baby blues!!!!

June & July Passed right by!

2011-07-14T00:19:00.000-07:00

WARNING: VERY LONG POST!!!!

4th of July

is my FAV!! It's been my favorite holiday since I was little. It was tradition for everyone on my moms side of the family to come for a family reunion and we'd swim all day, go to the carnival and of course my dad's awesome fireworks display. We had cousins and Aunts and Uncles come from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah. When I was in high school for some reason they just stopped. So when I met Shaun my new favorite tradition was spending the 4th in Delta with his dad's side of the family. We"d wake up, go to the parade, walk to the park to have the yummiest navajo tacos and lemonade-ish drinks on the planet, and then hit up the derby. This year was a first in five years :( So we decided to go back to old tradition. My Uncle Lamar and Aunt Stephanie were in town from Oregon, so my Aunt KAtie, Aunt Nellie and Uncle Phil all came down. It was so good to see everyone since I never get to.

Me, Jax and dad... Cam was sleeping :(

Gma Jax and Gpa Netols

Jax, my dad, Uncle Lamar, Todd

Aunt Nellie, Aunt Judy, my mom, Aunt Stephanie, Aunt Katie

and my Uncle Phil

Uncle Lamar and Aunt Stephanie

7 MONTHS ALREADY!!!

Wow Cam is already 7 months and CRAWLING!!!

Baby bable: mamma, dadda, baba and mmmuh mmmuh, well and his high pitched scream lol

Foods: He loves, loves his baby food and can't get enough. Sometimes he'll yell at you that you weren't fast enough to put it into his mouth. He loves sauces, ice cream, baby mums and sucking on breakfast sausage .. it's so funny to watch him do that.

Things he does to his brother: Kicks both legs really hard in the bath and it drenches mom and makes Jax oh so mad cuz it ruins his quiet play time in the tub. He is getting super fast at crawling so Jax thinks he has to save all his toys from super crawler Cam lol. If Cam is hungry or tired in the car he whines pretty good and now Jax will tell Cam to "stop eeeet!" ... "stop it CAMMMM!" Watches every move that Jax does including him dancing, he laughs and giggles. When I am changing Jax's diaper Cam likes to crawl over and snatch Jax's binkie, hey maybe he's trying to help mom and dad get Jax off the binky hehehe.

Things that make him giggle: loves to be tickled, loves when anyone claps he instanlty smiles, when Jax talks to him about 2 inches from his face, we pretend fight his big brother and he likes that, looking out our front window on our red chair... he smiles and laughs every time, as soon as you see him and start walking towards him he lights up and gets real bashful it's so dang cute.

Funny things he does: He loves, loves, loves things on his face,, it can be my hair, a blanket, my bed skirt, or a toy he just really likes to have something right there. He is obsessed with trying to pull himself up on stuff, like if I'm sitting indian style he'll find a way to crawl over me. He won't hold still for one second so diaper changes are a joke... try poopy ones, that's not very fun lol.

I just get so excited for each milestone and can't wait for more he wants to explore :)

Happy news:

Me and Shaun have been happily together 5 years and married for 4 years on June 14th and had an awesome Sushi movie night just us old folks :) Wow how time flies when ur havin fun... and have two kiddos, lol. I love you very much Shaun and can't wait for many more years to come!!!

The sad news:

Grandpa Joe Netols

R.I.P.

June 20th, 2011

Grandpa was an amazing man, he will forever be missed!!!

I'm glad he got to see me get married and come to the hospital for the birth of both my sons, now he can go share those memories with my Grandma in heaven.

Fathers Day was our last goodbye...

After hearing the news Monday morning, I knew it was coming but it still hit me like a ton of bricks!

Knowing that the funeral was going to be in New Jersey, were my dad was born and raised and were my Grandma and 2 Aunts lay to rest, I became really sad knowing I would not be able to be there. My parents really wanted everyone to go but plane tickets were insanely expensive. So they quickly decided that they wanted to drive and take me and my brother with them. When my gpa was in and out the only person he always remembered and asked for was "the little guy" so we decided to bring Jax too. So we headed out for a roadtrip of disaster to try and make it by Friday morning before the first viewing. That was the LONGEST car ride of my life and don"t think I'll be doing it again anytime soon. here are a few pictures from our trip:

Sunday before we left we went to see the Lighthouses up in the Highlands before we left, you can't see it very well in the pictures but behind us you can see the New York skyline. We climbed all the way to the top.

Sorry my comp. is being weird and won"t let me rotate my pics :(

But here's a pic of one of the lighthouses.

One of the first anchors to land on this coast

We grabbed a quick lunch on the pier before leaving and my dad wanted to show Jax the seagulls. So he threw a fry into the water and a bunch started to swirl around and my brother says: "Good thing you read that huge sign before we walked in that said absolutely NO feeding the seagulls!" Well, at least we were done eating lol.

Jax was so cute, we told him that was great gma and great gpa, so he climbed up and said, " I hug "

My Aunt Gracie and Aunt Franciene next my grandparents

We came one last time to say pur goodbyes before we left.

WOW this place was amazing!!!!

Some of the SOFTEST most deeelish ice cream I have ever had!

Jax liked it too lol!

This church was the church my gma and gpa were married in

It was so beautiful and so neat it was still standing and we got to see it!!!

We also drove by my dad's childhood home which is right next to the bay so we took Jax of course so he could see and feel the ocean. While playing he found a crab... ok ok it was dead but still kinda cool for him :)

He loved it so much he jumped right in lol

And ran up and down and up and down as much as he could, it was really cute to see him have so much fun

This was my dad's home growing up.. brings back a lot of memories!

Now the whole trip Jax was asking to see boats, so we finally went and showed him the boats.

Jax LOVED the boats!!!!

This sunset was so beautiful!

Well while we were walking along the docks a man overheard us talking and offered us a free mini sunset cruise that they were doing for just that night. Well we jumped at the opportunity and while on our cruise as it got darker Jax became board and decided to play dog on my phone. He was laughing so loud it caught attention of some of the other passengers and a couple could not stop laughing and asking how the heck he knew how to use my phone. Sometimes I don't know how he does the things he does on there, lol.

You can see the lighthouses we climbed on top of the hill

His funeral was very pretty:

Great Aunt Helen, Aunt Joett, Pat and my dad

The Navy Salute was really awesome and my gpa would've loved it

My dad got to keep the flag

Grandpa you will be very missed, I LOVE YOU and cherish my time I had with you!!!!

Time Flies.........

2011-06-08T10:25:00.000-07:00

Wow how time flies when you have TWO boys!!! Cam is already 6 MONTHS OLD!

I love watching him grow and develop but more I love watching Jax and Cam start to bond and love each other. It's cute when Jax worries about Cam and climbs into his crib to tell him everything will be ok. And I love when Cam gets mad at me if he can't sit by his broother and watch him be silly.

Some things Cam is doing @ 6 months:

* Rolling and scooting like crazy. You can't take your eyes off him for one second and he is already clear across the room.

* He loves loves loves food.... he can't get enough of his baby food and hasn't disliked one kind yet. Let's hope he's not picky like his brother.

* His laugh is so contagious and I can get him and Jax going and we'll be laughing for an hour straight.

* I love the way he crys when he's tired and as soon as you pick him up he cuddles in tight and closes his eyes.

* He will not hold still in his bath, he splashes so much I need my own towel, lol.

* He fits in Jax's 12 month jammies and Jax fit in them till he was almost 2, hahaha thats how chubbers Cam is.

* He is getting so good at holding his bottle

* He now has a routine of grabbing with his right hand and hooking with his left.

* He loves stroller rides

* He loves books and songs and will instasntly smile at the sound of clapping, lol.

* He's already eyeing the ladies just like his dad and big brother.

* For some reason ever since he was little he has been obsessed with my hair. He'll grab it, eat it, swing it and loves when I tickle him with it.

* I love the way he wraps his cute chubby legs around your side when you hold him.

* He tends to swing his right hand at anything he thinks he can grab, this makes Jax mad because he thinks Cam is trying to steal his toys.

* I love the way he watches his big brother and gets so happy to see him.

* he is almost reaching for you when you want to pick him up

* He gets super super excited to see dad or even when he hears him he gets all wiggly.

I'll have to post this video soon, but yesterday I could hear him giggling SO loud so I peeked into my bedroom from the bathroom where I was getting ready for work and saw him half and half under our bed laughing because the bed skirt was tickling his face. Just like I do with my hair. He was having a blast, so much for toys lol.

Oh and another funny story really quick. So when I get frustrated and maybe sometimes too irritated with Jax and his tantrums I don't want to be one of those moms that says something mean or something I regret. So instead I make this noise sounds kind of like when you grit your teeth together and grunt, I do that a lot. Well on one car ride home from G-ma's house Shaun said that Jax was getting really mad at Cam. Jax was trying to fall asleep and Cam just kept on crying so Jax would yell : "uuggghhhhrrrr stop eeet, stop eeet Cam!!!" Now Jax is starting to do as mommy does and make an irritated sound, lol. Kids will pick up on anything I guess.

Pink String.....

2011-05-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

So Cam has been gettin' pretty good at this whole right finger grab left nub hook thing. He can hold his bottle.... something Jax never did as a baby. He can hold up his toys and suck on them all day long and he's darn good at holding himself up with both hands on his tummy. But there are days when my little buddy will get frustrated....

The other night at Grandmas house he was playing with a pink string. Well as if like routine he grabbed it with his right fingers and then went to hook it in with his left. Since this wasn't a larger mass of an object this became a problem. They said he kept trying over and over and was fussing over the fact that he couldn't get a hold of that dang string. It broke my heart to hear him struggle but as I see him learn and explore it is so amazing to see him never give up on himself. He is so very special and I am so happy to have my little guy with us!

baby growin....

2011-05-11T11:04:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is already 5 months... one more month and he's half way to 1 yr, holy cow that was fast!! I guess that's what happens when you have 2 kids to run and cater to :)

Cam is la la lovin his bouncer, the one G-ma Tammy has an even better bouncer and boy can this kiddo bounce! He is exploring anything he can get his hands on. Yes, his little nub is quite strong and can grab a ton of his play toys. I'm so impreesed at how he coordinates both hands together and each one has a purpose to reach his goal of ultimate drooling, sucking yumminess, lol.

News on Jax-er-roo, he's FINALLY getting some more teeth. this kid barely has any an d now they all want to come in. As you can imagine this = FUN. ;)

boy it makes him one big stinker sometimes though....

One thing he has figured out is how to climb up into Cam's crib. This sometimes makes Cam a little upset when Jax falls on him, but it's truely fun to see how much Cam loves to giggle at his big brother. They love each other so much it make my heart melt!

This is soo cute, he was in a very good mood this day and couldn't stop giggling.

Some things he's doing @ 5 months are:

* smiling and giggling

* watching his big brother do EVERYTHING

* eating rice cereal, but not without shoving his hands in the way every time we put a spoonful in his mouth

* he sits supported (in bumbo or held) but still wants both feet and falls face forwards everytime

* Loves his feet and could suck on them all day along with his hands

* now that he discovered bouncing that's all he wants to do

* scoots so much you can't take your eyes off of him

* can reach and grab anything in front of him

* loves his baths so much Jax hates it, because Cam splashes him in the eyes lol

* loves car and stroller rides... he falls asleep everytime

* is so very ticklish behind hid ears, on his sides and up his back

* has mastered the fake cry so you'll pick him right up

* doesn't sleep as good as he used to through the night :( but takes amazing naps, go figure

* laughs at Jax, sooo cute!

*also just like his brother he loves phones... we're in trouble lol

*he can stand if you hold his arms

* and just like his brother he likes to watch mommy get ready, just stares

* his favorite is to be cuddled in a soft fuzzy blanket, and I love that he loves to cuddle

* and the best is to wake up in the mornign to hear him talking, cooing and giggling to himself

(lately he likes to make that one noise from "the grudge" pretty funny)
* I find it so funny that he is surpassing all of Jax's clothes and barely wears them for too long, those cubby thighs are to die for :)

I LOVE MY BOYS!!!

Farewell.....

2011-05-05T22:17:00.000-07:00

Easter 2011

Well of course we went to Delta and the boys had a blast as always. Jax had so much fun playin with Kes and of course torturing Ryah.... what a tease, lol. We had an adult Easter egg hunt the night before and as always Tammy (Shaun's mom) was super creative and had glow in the dark eggs with money and candy prizes in all of them. It's still funny to see Shaun's child come out because he can't handle waiting to see what's in them. The next morning the kids opened up their baskets and what's funny is they could care less what fun toys were in there, they wanted candy. And Cam's basket had more fun stuff than Jax's so the kids played with Cam's baby toys most of the morning. We were missing Whit, Jake and Jett though :( It's ever the same without everyone. But we took some super cute pics of the kids... so ADORABLE!!!

Keslee, Cam, Ryah and Jax
Jax of course lovin his cars

OUR FAREWELL

We LOVE you Diesel!!!

We came to the sad conclusion that Diesel needed a better home :(

We didn't have the time to play and take him on walks or show him the love he really needed while working two jobs, going to school and raising two little ones. He was the BEST with Jax and Jax loves him to bits which made it even harder actually putting him up for sale. He went to a very nice owner and when the boys are a little older and we are outta school we are DEFINATELY getting another just like him! We'll miss you Diesel!!!

Egg-citing

2011-04-18T22:10:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went to Palm Sunday church with "pop pop" aka G-pa Netols.

I took Jax and his cousins Kaycee and Taylor. After church we came home to a big breakfast and egg dying...but Jax wanted nothing to do with it :( Hopefully next year he will want to be more involved, instead he took his train sets outside to play and had a ball. After eggs the kids opened their Easter baskets from G-ma and G-pa Netols. Cam LOVED his basket full of toys, they are all things he can put in his mouth of course lol. And Jax couldn't get enough of the candy in it, although I saw dad eat most of it :) It was a good weekend.

Cam the man lovin his basket...

oh guess who's eyes are closed again...YEP every pic.
I better just get used to him smiling like this lol.

AND......... as a parent you dread those times when your child gets hurt or someone breaks their heart, well we experienced panic when Mr. Jaxer was playing with dad and Diesel in the backyard. Dad threw Diesel a bone and as he was running for it his leash came around right under Jax's feet, right outta the movies type slow moe, Jax falls onto his back hitting his head on the cement. We watched him like a hawk the rest of the day only to wake up to a HUGE fluid filled bruise/mountain bump on the side of his head. Being the cautious parents we took him into the E.R. and the doc gave him CT scans, MRI's and what not to make sure nothing internal was going on. To our relief Jax was just fine. You just never hope to come to that moment but
better safe than sorry right?

Cereal?..... yes please!

2011-04-11T22:30:00.000-07:00

Cam is now 4 months and getting bigger

length: 26 1/4 in. 90%

weight: 14.7 lbs. 45%

head circ: 43.2 cm. 75%

Cam's weight has dropped a little due to getting really really sick, but we are trying to change that for sure. We are now starting CEREAL yay.. I had to take pics it was so funny, lol.

In his bumbo about to eat his cereal

His reaction was way different than Jax's because he actually liked it

I call this face "mmm that's not bad"

"Oh just kidding... this isn't milk, so how do I swallow this stuff?"

Cam is now:

*LOVING to watch his brother, he won't take his eyes off of him *loves his baths and likes when I wash his hair he holds completely still

*He has achieved the fake cry... I thought for sure I had a few more months before that one started up

*He's scooting and moves like crazy, I can't take my eyes off of him

*He also rolls from side to side but is too chubby to roll all the way over, lol

*He loves to make loud high pitched noise almost like he's singing

*He is so tickelish behind his ears I do it all time just to hear him giggle

*He can frown at the drop of a pin

*He loves to be in his diaper free from clothes

*He is grabbing everything

*Loves to eat his hands, both of them, his nub is a little easier to fit in his mouth though lol

*He's now sleeping only in his crib and finally got back to sleeping throughout the night

*Jax gives him loves all the time and wants to lay by Cam and talk to him, Cam eats this up every second that Jax allows haha

*He loves to try and stand up and lock his legs

*If he could he would eat his feet all day long

*most of all he STILL loves to cuddle and be walked

Look who's 2!

2011-03-31T22:05:00.000-07:00

My baby

JAX-ER-ROO

turned 2!!!

Wow, time flies when you have two kids, lol. I can't believe my baby turned 2, where did my first born baby go? He woke up and had a fun filled day planned. He started off with a few gifts in the morning which he was fine to play with the rest of the day.

This kid LOVES cups of any kind so what could be better than a CARS and Toy Story fun cup?

and of course more cars....

Than it was off for his party @ Chuck E Cheese!!!

He loved this ride with the doggy, he rode this about 8 times not joking.

So we cheated a little bit... Jax had fun doin it, lol.

This was his favorite accessory, he wore this for days at home

Then it was meet Chuck E Cheese time.......

He was in awe.... he wanted to hug, high five, and sit with Chuckie himself. He might not look that excited, but trust me he was SUPER stoked to sit with him.

Quick family pic, minus baby Cam

He was hillarious on this horse

Thanks to everyone that came... especially with all his cousins Ryah, Kess, Jett, Kaycee and Tay!!!

Cam had a good time getting smothered with love from his Aunts :)

The next day we went to G-ma and G-pa Netols for cake

this is where I asked him to smile.......

what a handsome little devil, lol. and BIG EYES!!!!!

Woody!!!

He loved us singing to him we sang 3 times lol

Look what he got from G-ma and G-pa Edwards

And we ended the day with funny faces...I love my boys!!!

All in all it was so fun celebrating my baby's 2nd b-day and I wish he could stay my baby boy forever.....

March MaDnEsS!!!

2011-03-25T09:32:00.000-07:00

March is a VERY busy month for us. First we had Cam blessed on the 6th by his "paca" Edwards. It turned out great and Paca gave a great blessing. We have pretty much been sick all month long so when I took Jax in for his 2yr check up I found out Cam was 14 lbs....... and looking back at Jax's baby book, Jax weighed in @15 1/2 lbs. at 6 months old.. that's the difference between the two, lol. Jax weighed 24lbs. which is 15 %percentile. He is still tiny and stayed the same height. He still only has 10 teeth, his 2 front 4 bottom and top & bottom mollers.

Let me tell ya, he is QUITE the handful of BOY!

from upset to...

his fake chessey smile to...

his ne-ner-ne-ner face!

Cam sure took after Dad and has the most gorgeous blue eyes =)

And now his hair has started looking like a little Jewish cap, or a tupee if that's how it's spelled. It looks pretty funny.

I never knew how sad it was to hear a baby so small cough so hard, it's been pretty

tough having two sick kids and being sick @ the same time. It's not very fun and

not a lot gets done around the house.

Here's our little Fam minus Jax of course, he was running around playing with all the kids.

What a little stud, can you tell his top button is undone? There was

no way that cute little chubby neck was fitting in that shirt, lol.

Finally after days of misery and snow and sickness, we got out and played for an

hour @ the elementary playground. He had a blast!

One day he will swing just like a monkey from those

He loves his bike but still doesn't know how to use the peddles so Dad has to push him around, lol.

This is just another crazy morning with destructive Jax

Right after I took this picture Jax put his feet right on Cams head, he

still finds his ways to get any attention good or bad.

2011-02-24T23:27:00.000-08:00

TwO mOnThS!!!!!

Ok, so I am way late on this post but better late than never right?

I love love love that Jax and Cam are becoming best buds! Jax is so funny when he tries to baby Cam. He wants Cam to do everything he does whether it be watch TV, play fight or read a book. I happened to catch them at a really cute moment here while they were watching playhouse disney one morning. Jax wanted to cuddle with cam and even hold hid hand, lol.

Here is where you can really tell that Jax looks like mommy and Cam looks like Shaun!

He is growing so very fast

At 2 months Cam is:

*12lbs. 13oz. 75 % percentile

* 24 1/4 in. 80 % percentile

* he is getting so soooo big that I am already moving up to 3 month and 3-6 month clothes

* He is tight in size 2 diapers

* He has already learned how to tease mom and dad

* His most ticklest spot is behind his ears

* He loves to be held

* He has rolled from his tummy to his back

* He can grab at things and even pulled on one of my hangers but couldn't figure out how to let go, lol.

* He still holds his head really well

* He giggles and coos A LOT it's so cute!

* He knows mine and Shauns voices to a T and it can change his attitude instantly... like when I come home from work and walk into the room and say "hey buddy" he insatnly starts to kick excitedly and smile so big.

* He loves the TV and watches things very closely

* He likes to watch Jax play and gets happy when Jax talks to him.

* He didn't even wear his small baby shoes he is already wearing shoes Jax didn't fit into until 4 or 5 months

* He totally relaxes into his fleece blankets

* Has discovered when he kickes his legs in the bath it makes noises and splashes water (he loves a bath)

* He is still my cuddle bug and loves to sleep with you more than in his own bed, hope that doesn't last like with Jax!

* I think he will have my curly hair..... what he has of it lol

* I like to sit and listen to him coo to me and try to figure out what he is thinking with his baby facial expressions, they are so funny sometimes

Some recent fun:

To keep Jax entertained we recently went for a Saturday full of swimming fun, something not inside since all this horrible weather stuff has been going on. All the kids had a blast and of course Jax was Mr. Cautious the whole time.

He stayed on the sides for most the time

Cutie pie :)

Cute Kessie Poo

Jax and Jett...that boy could live in waterworld for sure!

My handsome boy all dolled up for church...... we def need to stay strong and get rid of those BINKIES!!!!!!

Family pics...

2011-02-12T10:01:00.000-08:00

After much needed Family pics and almost 2 yrs since taking them with Jax here are some fun pics of the boys and me n' the hubbalicious ;)

And I wanted to add in the worst mommy crisis day so I can show Jax what a little monster he can be lol:

Jan. 11, 2011:

- I woke up and fed the boys breakfast, had to force feed Jax his daily pill and he got so mad he threw his gogurt down our carpeted stairs. Which was blue by the way :(

- After shampooing the carpets the night before from Jax throwing down dads gatorade all over the floor in our family room. I was vacuuming with carpet powder to make it fresh and after making it over to the stairs I realized that I didn't hear Jax. I found out why when I saw him playing in the carpet powder like sand dumped out everywhere.

- Fridays are garbage days and we had a lot of garbage that still needed to be thrown out so I went into the garage to get my shoes and heard something crash at the bottom of the stairs...turned out to be Jaxs' snow globe. Shattered everywhere into little peices and water piles I missed the garbage man.

- By then I was so fed up I thought by giving Jax a bath and giving him lunch would make him tired. So I got him cleaned up and dressed with shoes and everything. As I was draining his bath to make Cam one he reached too far over to get his toy and fell in...FULLY CLOTHED!!!

- So I got him dressed AGAIN and went to do his hair and he tried to put my toothbrush in the toilet and almost fully succeeded.

- All in all it was a rough day that could have been made into a movie or book who knows lol. But I want this to always remind Jax of how he had his moments of driving mommy crazy :)

OnE mOnTh!!!

2011-01-17T14:46:00.000-08:00

ONE MONTH

Some cute things Cam is doing @ one month:

*Grunts more than I have ever heard a baby grunt

(sounds like a dolphin, horse and Lamb, lol)

* Loves to hold his head up and look around the room

*Has made a couple cooing noises

*Follows your voice really well

*Kicks his left leg really hard and fast when he gets uncomfortable

*Laughs so cute, in his sleep, but it's still cute

*Has smiled twice awake but has the cutest smile when he's sleeping

*Sleeps better when cuddling with you, which I LOVE!

*Eats like a pig.... no joke

*Started to show some chubby rolls on his thighs...so cute, and has started showing a double chin (I have always wanted a chubby baby)

*When he is awake, he's very alert

*So far it looks like he is going to have blue eyes

*He still has a lot of hair and it's stayed a little darker

*He didn't stay in newborn diapers very long and graduated to a 1 diaper quick

*He LOVES his baths he just relaxes

*He loves to watch Jax play

*And most of all I LOVE HIM and I'm so glad to have both my boys in our lives

Annual Xmas Party

2011-01-17T14:31:00.001-08:00

Another year, another Xmas party, BUT this year Jax was able to walk and play on the blow up toys by himself and what would be classic skating without skating. Jax skated for his first time and..... hated it lol.

Jax found, of course, a game with car racing

All the kids loved that rope thing in there so I caught Jared and Ryah havin a blast

Cute Kess loved to chase and be chased

Jax had so much fun hitting the pinata

Kess just can't get enough of baby Cam and ALWAYS wants to hold and kiss him it's the cutest thing ever.

Ryah won a prize from the kids fish pond

Cam givin us a BIG yawn

Since Jax hated skating he took a major liking to all the skooters lying around.

All in all it was another fun year at our Anuual Classic Skating Xmas Party!!

jingle jingle jingle

2011-01-17T13:18:00.000-08:00

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house.......

MOM and DAD

were way too excited to put stuff together!!! This year was fun for Jax knowing how to open presents and getting to watch his excitement was soooo much fun!

Our pretty tree on Christmas EVE

What could be better, both Lightning and Buzz

Perfect for daddy to teach Jax how to hit homeruns :)

CARS? Who would have guessed

Jax, and Dad of course, had a blast with his remote control car and loved chasing Diesel all around the house with it too, lol.

A bike that looks like a motorcycle.... blame dad for this!

What a wonderful gift.... a LOWES gift card. A gift card? It's what I get to use it for..... to re-do my kitchen YAY!!!!

Cam just sat quietly while Jax and dad opened presents

It was hard for Jax to open other toys when he was so distracted by his CARS toys, all he wanted to do was play with "nightning" and"chek" aka lightning and chick, lol.

Then it was off the Gma and Gpa Netols house for Xmas breakfast....

WOW Jax couldn't ge enough of his CARS car! He sat on this the whole time pressing all the buttons a million times each, lol.

Mr. Cam gettin a little fussy.... all he did was sleep and EAT..this kid sure can eat!

Jax and cousin Kaycee

Me, Haylee, Tara and Denae aka Janae according to my mom that's what her name was on everything...oh how funny Gma Netols can be!

Cousin Tay, Gpa Netols and Jax just playin around and dancing

Then it was off to Gma and Gpa Edwards for our traditional gingerbread something contest and fun fun auction.

This year it was gingerbread TRAINS and me and Shaun went with a red and green theme this year..nothing too wild. This years auction was a blast as usual and me and Shaun came out with some great stuff, Thanks Craig and Tammy!!!

The Update

2010-12-27T23:43:00.000-08:00

JAX:

A couple of weeks before cam was born Jax was having high high fevers of 104 and feeling really crappy and throwing up, we took him into the doc and they told us he had "Astomatidis" (sp); which is where they develop fevers with blisters in the throat making it difficult to eat and drink certain foods. Well almost a week went by and he was still having high fevers, this was now going on two weeks in a row. We knew something had to be wrong so Shaun took him in the ER which a doc there thought he might have had another ear infection. Turns out that doc was wrong and our regular doc sent him in for testing. He got bloodwork and urin testing trying to find out what was wrong. We finally got our answer to the fevers and aches. It was bacteria in his urine which meant more testing. So just recently we took Jax in for an ultrasound of his kidneys and a surgery to see what it is that is going on in his kidneys and bladder. Turns out he has severe reflux of the kidneys and now we are on our way to see a specialist to see what our future holds for mr. Jax. Wish us luck!

Here's the cutes thing ever, these four cuties wanted a movie night @ Gma Tammy's so we set out a blanket and pillows, they each had their blanky and sippy and their own bowl of popcorn! It was so precious seeing them all enjoying the movie quiet as can be, I can't wait for more movie nights!!!

CAM:

Cam is now 3 weeks old

HE:

*sleeps
*eats a ton!
*makes funny loud sounds (like a horse)
*looks like he might get blue eyes
*is an expert at giving us the blue steel look
*cuddles a lot
*and did I mention he SLEEPS so much I have to wake him for feedings!!!

Surprise!!!

2010-12-27T23:27:00.000-08:00

It was a good surprise for Great Gpa Edwards!!! He turned 70 and our whole family was there to celebrate with him. It was funny, Shaun and Griff almost gave it away the day of. We all told him that Griff and Jerica were performing an Xmas program at the school.... he thought it was weird on a Saturday but went with it. He was floored and so excited to see everyone there for him. We ate and told old stories it was a blast!!! Can you guess what most of his stories told we about??? Yep HUNTING!!! They were pretty funny though, we love you Gpa Jim!!!

To make sure he was there after us we let Jax ride with him and told him I forgot to get juice for his sippy cup... that made it easy for us to et ready for his arrival.

Shaun, Jax, Gpa, cam and me

Great Gpa Jim and baby Cam, soo cute!!!

Gymnastics Winter Showcase

2010-12-27T22:54:00.000-08:00

Can I just say how grateful I am that we got Jax into Gymnastics! His big motor skills have improved so much! He now isn't scared of trampolinesand he can climb a ladder, crawl through things without being scared, he can jump and tumble and isn't afraid. Jax is a very cautious boy, he still is cautious but going to gymnastics has helped ease any fear he might have had. He loves singing the songs and loves the parachute a lot! It's also helped him to follow directions by his instructor and he is good at following but he is a boy lets face it!, he'd much rather watch the older girls tumble and then chase after them, lol!!! He does run to the beat of his own drum, and let me tell ya it's a fast one and hard to keep up with!

This is circle time where they start out with songs to loosen them up

Jax likes to do certain things over and over if he really likes a certain part, here all he wanted to do was climb up and slide down....

Ryah and Kes are so so funny to watch too...Kes tries everything Ry does

There's Mr. Jax jumpin away

Jax loves the bar...he tries so hard every time to reach his feet up

These girls love to jump too!

Here's the Santa balance beam

Mr. Jax

Ry Ry

This is where they finishd with their "Tada Tada" and smiled at their parents...Kes didn't want to smile,lol.

You guessed it, another blink pic I hav so many I'm used to it!!!

I wasn't fast enough with Ry, she did he"Tada Tada" too fast

This was a great way to end the year and showcase to friends and family what they have accomplished so far in their classes. It was so much fun and we can't wait for classes to start again in 2011!!!

Disney on Ice

2010-12-27T22:42:00.000-08:00

DiSnEy On IcE!!!

So Gma Edwards treated all us kids and grandkids to an eventful day to disnay on Ice. We were super excited to take Jax and see his reaction. So it started out with Mickey and the gang...full attention, then the Lion King semi attention, Little Mermaid full attention, Lilo and Stich..lost it who even cares about that one anyway, and then Peter Pan he was so thrown off by Lilo he was mad, tired and hungry!!! Let's just say we won't be goingto anything like that soon. Dad was happy to take him outside to calm him down which meant he got out of watching it too!!! All in all it was an eventful funfilled day, Thanks Tammy!!!

All the characters together

Family photo op..... Jax once again not interested!

At least he got some cotton candy lol

Absolutely upset I even tried taking pic together all he wanted was his "nandy" candy!

His flounder hat was a hit though!!!

He loved the "fisies" in the Little Mermaid.. at least he liked something!

Elder Hare's Farewell

2010-12-27T22:14:00.000-08:00

So I missed out on posting our cousin Dil's farewell. We all went down to Delta and had a great family get together to wsh Dil good luck on his Mission to South Africa. Now we have 2 cousins on a mission from Delta, we can't wait to have them back already!!! Here are a few pics... that will make you all laugh, lol!

All the grandkids with Gma and Gpa Edwards..can you tell how fun it is for Jax to take pictures!
Jax and Jett only wanted to play with the drinking fountain, they both took turns pushing the bar down so they could each drink some water...it was funny watching them trying to figure it out.

All us girls

sher, Gma Jeanie, Tif, Brooke, Whit, Tay, Ciara, Tori and fat prego me :)

Oh how cute here's our missionary with the kidos...once again Jax is fightin' the pic takin'

Jim, Tori, Dil, Jax, Shaun and oh yeah chubby prego me :)

GOOD LUCK DIL WE'LL MISS YOU!!!!!

Baby on board!!!

2010-12-08T15:16:00.000-08:00

CAM EDWARDS

DECEMBER 3RD 2010

7LBS. 8OZ. 21 IN.

5:06PM

Me and Shaun on our way to the hospital...can't you see Shauns excitement?

He was so so long, if you look close you can see is super long toes too!

Proud daddy, he would never put him down

Me and Cam meeting for the first time, I cried because he was so beautiful!

The moment I saw him was love at first sight I am so excited for Cam to join our clan.

First Family picture, I guess this is how it's going to be from now on, one person looks here, another looks there, someones eye are closed..you get the point, lol.

His eyes were so wide open he was so alert for a newborn

He had tons of dark hair, of course Shauns hairline and looked so different from his big brother Jax. The only thing I see the same are their eyes.

Great Grandpa and Grandpa Netols

This was our first night home and cousin Ryah could not wait till she saw baby Cam. She was in awe of him and kept telling him to wake up so she could give him a toy. She also told Keslee to be careful when she got up on the couch with her. All the kids are interested in his hand and Ryah did not like when he cried she covered her mouth with both hands in fear he was really hurt. It was so darn cute!!!

When Jax and Cam met at the hospital, Jax did not like the fact that I had another baby in my arms. He wanted nothing to do with him that night. So this was Jax's first time holding his baby brother and he was obsessed with his hand and says "ouch" every time he touches it or sees it.

Jax aslo wants to be involved in everything Cam does, when he sleeps, gets his bum changed anything. It's so cute to see him love his baby brother.

And here is our cute big brother happy as can be!!!

We love our boys so so much and can't wait to see them grow together!!!

Halloweenie!!!

2010-11-29T23:00:00.000-08:00

This year our cutie was a monkey and our dog Diesel was his "nanna" Again Jax hated pictures and worse he HATED that we painted his face brown. He couldn't even look at himself in the mirror without getting sad or scared. It was hillarious and the video below shows just how nervous he was about the face paint.

Not happy!

Here with Aunt Tay Tay

Trick or Treat

Too bad it was pouring rain or else they would have loved going

door to door for longer, but we could only get to a couple before

the little guys froze to death.

Kept picking at his face

Snow White, Monkey and the Burger

He didn't even want to look in the mirror

Pumpkin pickin'

2010-11-29T22:56:00.000-08:00

We try and get together with Grandma and Grandpa Netols every Halloween time to pick and carve pumpkins. This year wasn't any different and Jax had a blast picking out his pumpkins with Pop Pop...... oh he is just so big!!!

Tiger RAWR!!!

2010-11-29T22:53:00.000-08:00

Here's a cute video from the Zoo!

Thing 1,2,3 & 4!!!!

2010-11-29T22:45:00.000-08:00

Grandma and Grandpa Edwards went on a cruise this year and on their way back home they stopped in Universal and Tammy couldn't pass up these shirts!!! So we finally got theirpics done and boy was ths a treat.... Ryah wanted to play, Jax didn't want to be held, Jett was annoyed and Kess was easy to please and make laugh. So enjoy our little picture session we sure did!!!

Zoo Fun!!!

2010-11-29T22:28:00.001-08:00

So in Aug. we finally went to the ZOO!!!! It was extremely hot and unbarable attimesbut Jax loved the animals so it was worth it. It was so much fun to see Jax's reaction to different animals. He loved the monkeys and tigers the most. The monkeys entertained him well and he was fascinated by how they ate their food, since we made it right at feeding time. And the tigers loved to roar at themeven though they didn't hold still and somewere sleeping too. Here are somepics of our adventure:

My handsome boys!!!
Jax and Dada

Jax and Momma, you could tell he was sick of pics by now

Please notice the shoes he was wearing.
Can I just say I had to match every summer outfit with those things

because that's all he would wear. He loved those crocs!!!!

In the gopher holes with dad, he wasn't sure if he liked it.

He has this obsession with drinking fountains and wanted to stop at every single one.

There were two monkeys that kept fighting each other andit made us all laugh!

This was so cute but he hated taking the picture of course

If you close up on the pic you'll see Jax crying to death, the sound

that camefrom this thing scared the heck out of him!

At least we caught a real pic of and elephant though......

Our trip to the Zoo was a blast, can't wait to do it again in the

spring with both my baby boys!

Fall...has fallen

2010-11-11T16:40:00.000-08:00

Yes I am terribly behind due to room changes and computer access.... here are some updates really quick without pics sorry I'll post some soon.

- Jax's room is 100% ready to paint and put his brand new CARS twin bed together (thanks grandma Tammy)

- All that needs to be done to Cam's room is to paint the letters same as Jax's were and than paint Jax's letters too

- I still need to pack my hospital bag to get ready...only like 3ish weeks left yay :)

-Jax last Friday bonked his poor head on our nightstand leaving a devastating goose egg the size of a grapefruit! I guess I will be more carefl during our tickle fests :(

- Cam has really been super active which makes me happy to know he is in there and ready to get out and see us already.

- Jax is expanding his vocabulary amazingly fast.... which means I need to watch what I say during my roadrage moments, lol. he repeated to word idiot thanks to me!

- We signed Jax up for gymnastics with his cousins Ryah and Keslee and to be honest... we are so glad we did! since the first few weeks his social skills and big motore skills have grown so so much. I know it sounds funny but he's not scared of tramps anymre and he jumps really well. He climbs the ladders, crawls through tubes, and loves the parachute. I am so proud of him he really is growing and now all I have to worry about is him flirting with all the older girls there.... he's in aww of the mini tumblers, lol.

- I am so huge I could pop.... I can't believe all the things I am still doing and all I have is three weeks left... wow I am really proud of myself haha, but at the same time I wish I could get a back, foot and neck rub each day but that is all in my dreams!

- Now I am so focused on making sure Cam has a good welcoming and everything he needs is ready to go, I can't wait for Jax to see him too!

srry there aren't any pictures I'll figure out something soon

Double Di Di

2010-09-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

Wow does Jax know how to make us laugh! He gets really wild @ night time lately and does some pretty funny stuff. He thought that putting both di di's (what he calls his binky) in his mouth he was Mr. Comedian. Here are some funny pics and a cute little video to go with. Moments like these are my favorite!

It's ladies night, oh what a night!

2010-09-20T11:53:00.000-07:00

Just last weekend me, Michy and Melissa got together one last time before Melissa goes back to Alabama and Michy's early B-day din since Melissa wouldn't be here. We went to Pei Wei for Michy's first time and she loved it and of course it wouldn't be us if we didn't get ice cream too!!! Then we went back to Michy's apartment to check up on her decorating, she isn't much of a decorator, so we gave our insight and made Casey take our pictures. He hates taking our pics! Thanks Mich and Mel it was a blast and I'll miss you Melissa until we see you again.... rain check for a Halle and Jax playdate!!!

We don't know why Melissa kept her hands like that but it made us laugh way too hard!

This one is for you Melissa~!!!

Oh and one of my growing bump =)

Then a couple of weekends ago Tammy (my Fav mother-in-law, lol) treated us girls to dinner @ Red Rock down town, way yummy I reccomend it to anyone, and then to a concert up @ Thanksgiving Point which featured John Schmidt. He is an amazing pianist and who would have known a comedian. It was so so much fun and all I can say is that I married into the best family EVER!!! Thank goodness Shaun had all sisters.....I never knew what it was like and I'm loving it!

Us girls and our cousin Brooke form Delta

(Tiff, Whit, Tay, Brooke, Me and Sher)

Momma E and Whit...she kinda looks intense

Poor poor Tay broke her ankle in her Davis Volleyball Tourney the day before

And me and Sher

Life as we know it....

2010-08-31T00:54:00.000-07:00

I had my 25 week check up and my doctor was able to find a pediatric Doctor who specializes in hands. This was very very exciting news. This means me and Shaun will be able to meet with him and discuss options for our baby Cam when he is born. We will know if he needs surgery, or how much therapy depending on his case. Other than that his heart rate was great and I seemed to measure just right. Although my migranes seem to be getting worse and I think that has to do with stress.

My job has been very stressful lately. I just feel like there is so much to be done and not enough time to do it in. Then I come home and want to finish all these tasks I set to do. We decided to keep Jax's room how it is and give it to Cam. We turned our office into Jax's room.... well right now it's just a bunch of clothes and an empty dresser and desk. Since Jax is SO SO SO obsessed with CARS the movie we decided we want to have a CARS theme for his room. Shaun is gung ho on getting him a cars bed. Anyone know where to find one for cheaper than what Toys R Us is selling it for?

As for Jax he is now 17 months old and doing the funniest stuff:

- Watches CARS @ least 4 or more times a day.
- Got two of his moulers in
- Is still recovering from dual ear infections
- LOVES his blue crocs, he has to wear them with everything!
- Wants to feed himself with a spoon and fork
- Still loves his binky...any sugg. on how to wheen him off?
- Starting to imitate stuff we do and say
ex:
me: "Diesel go outside and go potty!"
Jax: "Go side des go!!" aka(go outside diesel go)

- He loves to make everything go vroom vroom
- Any second he can he dances to whatever he hears it hillarious
- He loves to push Ryah's buttons and make her scream
- He throws everything
- He wants to sleep with me and Shaun every night...which is bad!
- he gives loves out of nowhere (I love this) and he'll just cuddle and hug you
- He wants to open the garage, close the garage and get in the truck himself
- He loves his drinks, that boy can drink 10 sippy cups full of anything and still want more
- He gets so excited to see daddy and diesel wrestle and wants to throw the ball and play fetch
- He is starting to copy everything Ryah or Kesslee does and with me he doesn't want me to do it, he wants to do it. (i.e. laundry, dishes, drive, brush my teeth)
- He loves to brush his teeth
- he flirts like no other
- And now he blows you kisses

I love my little Jax and couldn't be happier with what I've been blessed with, yes times are hard but if you laugh and dance and make the best of what you can ,then good will soon come your way!

Baby CAM Update

2010-08-21T10:52:00.000-07:00

Mmmmk, last month, July 22, in these first set of pics #1 was a pic of his hands together and if you look closely you can see his bottom hand is present but not the top, #2 pic his skelitol face and #3 pic is proof he is a boy.

20 weeks

In these next set of pics, Aug. 19, the top pic is of his arm to wrist...apparently no hand at ALL. He might have an inch or half an inch past his wrist but really there's not much you can guess until he is actually born.

24 weeks

Now right here is his other arm with a hand and fingers clearly present.
The doctors are going to be seeing me frequently just to keep a careful critical eye on my little guy and his growth.

All I have prayed for is to keep him healthy and so far he is healthy and couldn't be more part of our lives in such a special way. I am happy to know that he has such an amazing big brother who will be watching over him and protecting him.

God has sent us this precious child knowing that we will love and care for him as we would have any other child. I can't wait to meet him so I can give him one big hug and one HUGE kiss!

LAGOON LAGOON!

2010-08-21T10:29:00.001-07:00

We had our Annual Lagoon Day for ES3 and had so much fun!

Of course all Shaun wanted to do is play the games and win all the prizes for the kids

and show off his mad skills throwing a ball... who would've guessed right?

He won them the blow up bats and the kids had a hay day hitting them on all of us lol

Then there were the rides..... Poor Poor Jaxer, if I would have only known that he had dual
ear infections at this moment I would have realized why he hated it so very much. He was just so upset with every ride, poor guy maybe next year will be fun for him.

The only ride he didn't cry on was the one where they "drove" the cars. Hmmm cars, does this surprise me, not one bit. He LOVES cars and anything to do with them.

Although at first he was nervous.....

We went to Laguna Beach fir the first part of the day and the water was SOOOO cold we didn't even play in the water. Jax just pushed around a tube for his entertainment and loved it and thought he was so funny.

So I thought I would include some funny and sad crying video, but what kid doesn't cry at one point right?

Mr. Jax crying on the ride, I wanted to get him out so bad!

This was hillarious, Jax was having way too much fun with the Laguna Beach tube, so cute!

And DIESEL was his name OH!

2010-07-28T22:12:00.001-07:00

Ok, so we have been searching and searching for the right dog for Jax and baby Cam to grow up with. At Lake Powell Jax would not leave our Uncle's dog Lucy alone and she was great so we knew we should keep on looking. Well my stipulations for a dog were: NO big, NO shedders and HAS to be great with kids!!! Well Diesel sure is great with Jax ... the big I'm now used to but the shedding is going to take some time I think. The first night I was madat Shaun for getting us into a big dog. But I have fallen in love with how well he is house trained, potty trained, good with JAX and is already protective of his owners. Jax loves him and can throw all the toys he wants at him, climb all over him and Diesel doesn't even care. Shaun has already made that owners bond with him and showes Diesel who's boss, lol, they wrestle and play fetch all the time. He is a great asset to our family and I am so happy we have him!!!

Jax givin loves

Jax will sit right next to him and play

aww what a cute face =)

shakin his ears

BIG & STRONG

And now I don't have to use the vacuum as much when Jax drops his food, lol!!!!

Who's got the NEWS?

2010-07-26T11:25:00.000-07:00

IT'S

BOY!!!!!!

Baby CAM it is!

I am so super excited for another little boy, Jax will have a boy to rough house with and play sports with and be best buds with. And something super special with Cam is that he is going to have something most babies aren't born with. He is going to have what is called transverse limb disfunction. Where Cam will have a perfectly normal left hand, he will only have part of his right hand. Instead of having little fingers they will be nubs. Doctors don't really know for sure why this can occur, it's .69% out of 1,000 this can occur in the whomb. The doctor couldn't get him to move very well so we don't know exactly how much of the finger limbs he'll be without. So they are seeing me in a month to see if they can see things a little better.

It was a little scary to hear this news at first, but then I realized I am so lucky. He will still crawl, play sports, write and be as normal as he can be. This is truly a blessing that has been givin to me and Shaun. I will post some of the ultrasounds later.

Lake Powell!!!

2010-07-20T10:09:00.000-07:00

LAKE POWELL

PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!

This was the houseboat we would hang out on all day long and played on the beaches around it
The day we left, it was very sad :(
But isn't the background beautiful?

His sound was "oohhhh" he loved throwing the rocks

Sher and Ryah splashin' in the water

Of course JAx and his boats, although he didn't have the hang of them in the water, he just chucked tem everywhere, lol.

Cute chubby Kess

More beach play

Funniest story EVER!!!!

So this little girl is Lucy...prob 2nd or 3rd cousins, something like that.

Anyhoo, he would try and try day after say to get her to love him back. He would see her run after her and hug and kiss her, well Lucy never wanted loves so she'd cry really hard, well JAx got offended and would cry back but still try and hug and kiss her. It was the funniest thing ever, I'll have to get the video. But this day Lucy decided in her heart to love him back and Jax got his hug and kiss, :)

But then tried to deny her too, lol.

July 15th was kesee poo's B-DAY!!!

so we celebrated with some cake, she was being a little shy

Me and Jaxers @ the dock

Jax loved the boat

oh the Jet Skis were hillarious, one time he loved it and this time he hated it and cried pretty much the whole time

Jax and Aunt Tiffy on the tube he was so mellow the whole time

Sher and Kess, Gma and Ry Ry and Tiff and Jax

daddy and Ryah

makin mommy laugh

PRESH!

Daddy and Jax

Gpa Rich, Jax loves all the Grandpa's!!

This was Jett climbing into the dog cages one morning before we went boating, don't know how he did it but he sure got stuck too, lol!

Tay and Brooke in their beautiful cover ups, lol they are pretty cute!

This is what happens when the boys play hard!

LAKE POWELL was fun, I miss it already!!!

HAPPY 4TH!!!

2010-07-19T22:40:00.001-07:00

Oh America the beautiful, I sure LOVE the 4th of July it's pretty much my favorite holiday EVER!!!!!!

Our family tradition is a fun filled time in Delta, every 4th!!! Let me take you through the fun we have each year!!!

First we spend time playing with all the family, cousins, aunts uncles...the works!

Then it's off to the parade...it was Jax's first official time he got to run and grab candy. It was so fun to see him interact and enjoy it!

Ry Ry sure loved helping with putting the candy in the bag, Jax did whatever she did

After the parade we walk to the park and chow down on the most delicious Navajo Tacos you could ever imagine, and this drink called the "Texas Twister" it is like a lemonade with fresh lemons and limes oh my it's to die for!!! Then we sit around listening to the bands play and horrible singers sing, lol. This year we wanted to venture out for the kids to play and we even got to pie Uncle Carey in the face, Ciara had the honors of doing so. Sorry I didn't get pics of the park fun.....

Then it's off to do girls and guys stuff, us girls went to Eclipse and the guys golfed..of course!!!!

Then it's our favorite part of all...... THE DERBY!!!!!
I couldn't believe how glued Jax was the whole time..... as soon as those cars started their engines he was hooked.... he sure is a boys boy!

He was so tired too that he caught a second wind of energy and was bouncing off the walls hillarious laughing and making us all laugh!!!!

This is the best family pic I could get for you one of us is closing our eyes in each of them, lol

Cute Jerica and Jax just when the sun went down

We had barbeques and fun, that's why we love Delta

Couldn't leave out these cute two... Jax and Kesslee only 4 months apart

Hope your 4th was just as fun!!!

1 & 2.....

2010-06-28T00:39:00.001-07:00

~RY RY turns 2!~

wow, 1 flew by to 2 for Missy Ry Ry! Sher and Jer put together a cute pink party for Ry before they left on their cruise, it was so much fun and Ry was of course making everyone laugh!

She was way to cool to even smile for us all.... everyone tried and she just wouldn't budge, lol!

She got tons of dress ups and jewelry which is perfect for her cuz she loves all that stuff right now. She wanted to put everything on right then.

This was funny, we were all sitting upstairs finishing up dinner and Ryah taps G-ma on the shoulder to show her the cute new outfit she had unwrapped all by herself. She wasn't going to waste any time waiting for us all to eat, she was ready to unwrap!!!!

Goin' to the Chapel...........

2010-06-28T00:23:00.000-07:00

Uncle Jimbo got HITCHED!!!!

It was beautiful inside but as you can see not outside. You'd think in JUne it would be Nice weather.... Utah!!!! Anyhoo, Jim and Tori got Married June 16th, which just so happens to be Shaun's Birthday too. We had fun @ the wedding and JAX sure had a blast too!

This was the only pic out of 6 that turned out ok... Shaun hates taking pictures with me!

As you can see he has no problem smiling normal with his friends!

Jax was so cute playing with Ryah and wanting to dance with her...they both had a blast!

Grandpa and Grandma Edwards... Jim's mom and dad :)

They looked so cute!

Jax and Dad hangin out on the balcony

G-ma was sure makin Jax laugh pretty good

Of course Tay jumped @ the chance to get in the pic.... it was a reinactment of the pic in their uniforms but Tay was much younger !

This was their best, they had already been taking their pics all night long with the wedding cameras.... hope Jim & Tori enjoy those fine pics, lol!

and here is the lovely bride on her important day!!!!

CONGRATS JIM & TORI!!!

Tori, welcome to the best family ever!!!

3 Years & Counting...

2010-06-28T00:02:00.000-07:00

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

June 14, 2007

Love you babe!

This year I wanted us to have fun!!! So I surprised him with a fun date night @ Boondocks Fun Center. We did some mini golf and then hit the batting cages. Before the fun I treated him to all you can eat SUSHI.... I know what some of you are thinking and yes I know you can't eat sushi while you're preggers but there is an exception if they are cooked rolls. So I had 2 delicious cooked rolls that were to die for. This place gives you all you can eat Sushi for only $18 and the rolls are huge, amazing and oh so delicious. I wish I had taken a pic of our order before we ate it, lol. After our fun we cooled off with some Coldstone ice cream, yummy!!! All in all, it was so nice to go out together just us two and relax. So here's some pics of some of our fun:

Yep, you better believe I got "A HOLE IN ONE!!!!" and the funniest part of it all is @ Boondocks you have this wheel to spin with fun tricks and games to play while golfing. Shaun spun the obsticle block one where he could stand anywhere he wanted to block me while putting. Well I wanted to beat him so I swung hard and to both our surprise I got a hole in one. Believe me, I was shocked too! lol, we had quite the laugh!

He went for so long he gave himself the most gross blood blister...ouch!!!

Decided I was kinda liking the batting cage helmets, lol!

What a stud, I had so much fun with you babe...I love you SOOOOO much!!!!!

The best 3 years..... and can't wait for more to come :)

OH SNAP!

2010-06-07T10:52:00.000-07:00

RIDDLE TIME.......

what is better if it's cooked longer?????

Can't guess?......

here's another one....

What has eyes and ears but can't see or hear???

still stumped?!?

I'll tell you now......

IT'S A:

A BUN-IN-THE-OVEN!!!!!!

YEP! I'm officially PREGGERS!!!!!!

A baby is better, meaning healthier when cooked longer

and

my baby has eyes and ears but can't see or hear YET!

fun game huh!?!

I'm due DECEMBER 10TH!

so now I can start posting pics that I look fat in but no just preggers so here they are:

~TAY"S SWEET 16~

shhhh...it was a surprise :)

Me, Tay, Shaun and Jax @ her surprise b-day bash @ Flippers Gymnasium

Her REAL cake..it even had her pal Hannah Montanna, lol!

Jax loved her party and the chalk that was there

This was har fake cake...a distraction!

Dinner @ Tepanyaki

She wasn't happy she thought no one cared that it was her big 16!

See, not her happy self if only she knew that we had a huge party with all har friends planned she would have been more than happy to smile ear to ear!

We love you TAY!!!!

We went for some fun campin'

Char with her doggy DJ

Dad was tickling Jax

Craig and Tammy both with their eyes closed lol

Family Picture 2010

oh how presh!

Jax likes to wrestle

Here is where my pics got all jumbled up so sorry if it's confusing:

MICHY AND CASEY'S WEDDING MAY 6TH!!!

the beautiful cake

Here's our totaled car just one pic of the many! :(

Griff's baptism in Delta

Jax loves whatever food Griff was holding lol

our cute little fam @ Michy's wedding

Jax loves the playground

So darn CUTE!!!

He loves to drive

This is when you know dad is tired and has nothing better to do when watching Jax,

this was during finals week when I asked him to please keep an eye on him so I can finish papers!!!

He used my purple tape, how rude

(it's not very strong Jax got out of it 3 times, Shaun liked to see his reaction)

Mr Man

The happy couple on their way to the honeymoon suite lol!

How pretty I did her beautiful hair as well, lol :)

Gorgeous dress!

All the girls can you tell who needs to get a little sun!?! I haven't seen it in 2 years!!!

Michy's last time as a single lady lol

Mandi and my white face hehehe

me and Tara

BFF!!!!

SO HAPPY FOR MY FAVORITE TWO!!!!

Don't worry, I'm ok

2010-06-02T11:25:00.000-07:00

Wow, I don't think I have ever gone this long without an update. I was hoping to include some picture but I am running out of time so i'll just catch you up on things that have happened and add pics a little later.

My JAX:

He started walking at 13 months he was very stubborn and wanted to walk on his own time, I don't blame him since we were trying to make him walk everywhere. lol, he is absolutely the light of my life. Dad thought it would be hillarious and oh so cool to give him a mohawk while mommy was at work and couldn't stop him. And I'm talking this mohawk was a strip of hair front to back. He is so cuddly when he's in the mood, which I take full advantage when he is. He says so many things I just wish I could understand him,lol. He loves loves gushers right now, they are his go to snack..he doesn't even chew he just swallows the whole thing and wants more and more. He has four teeth, two on the bottom and his two front teeth but you can't see the top ones cuz they are still coming in and plus Jax smiles weird and puts his bottom teeth on top of his other teeth it's pretty funny. I just love him to death!!!

My BFF:

Michy got married May 6th I did her hair for her and let me just say she was a gorgeous bride!!!! I couldn't be happier for the two they are so adorable and have the cutest apartment. Oh and I must document that Jax smiled at her 6 times and even let her hold him. This is a new record considering he'd burst into full ontears every time he saw her or she tried to talk or hold him. NO JOKE!

SHAUN:

My hubby has started his new engineer intern job and has been liking it he just wishes he were further along in school so we felt like there was an end to the tunnel we are traveling through. Oh and last Tuesday we got in a car accident the lady hit us so hard from behind, we hit the car in front of us and the car hit that car in front of them. Good news is everyone drove away, Bad news we got towed!!! Our car is totaled, it got smashed in between two cars and couldn't survive. Jax is fine, I'm fine and Shaun thought it was so cool he wants to enter a car durby!!! So now we are on the hunt for a new vehicle :(

ME:

I'm stressed to the max with work and new classes for pharmacy certification! Worrying about school next semester, tired and need a week break lol! I would tell you another thing but I have a picture that says it better than any writing so I'll be sure to include that in all my photos too.

I'll post pics soon, sorry blog world I'll be better!

hmmm

2010-04-21T15:39:00.000-07:00

Guess I should've listened to some of the songs all the way before I put them on my playlist... sorry guys. Lesson learned, lol! :)

Drill Team Reunion

2010-04-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

~WJ LA JETE'S!!!~

Love love love these girls! This was one of the funnest nights EVER!!!

Thanks to Deens and Cynth for puttin it all together for us! Missed all your faces and it was so great to see all of you! This must become a tradition or something!
Best coach EVER!!!! Deens you are part of the reason I am the way I am,
I learned everything from you!!!

Oh cynch!!! My little preggers girl..... sorry again for interupting every

time you talked lol!

Cynthia, me, Deena and Ali!

~Much love~

Me and Kylee-O miss your face girlie!

Me and Hunter.... wow we have gone way back, too much time lost not keeping in touch!

Me and Lindsey

F.Y.I. Deena made a buddy system for the team my sophomore year. She had the older girls pair up with the newer girls like big sisters. Can you believe that Linds was my actual BIG SISTER! Crazy huh!

Me and Kenzi

Another fun fact, she was my first roomie ever as part of the Drill Team @ USA summer camp! Boy was she wrong about me being shy, lol!

Kristi, Deena, me and Meg

You know what?.... dinner @ Chili's was not enough so we continued our night with a magiccal game of bowling. Wow, we had too much fun!

Never pose next to Sarah...I look like the cow in the pasture next to the fence, lol.

Kylee forgot her socks so she got these cool bowling socks, who wouldn't want these cute things!

Me Sarah and Kylee pretty much kicked the other girls butts!!! :)

Yep, that's right I bowled 100!!! Not that it's the greatest but I beat everyone else!

All in all memories were reminised upon, new memories were made and friendships are still living on! I love all my drill girls can't wait for the next one!!!

Hip Hop Bunny Bop!!!

2010-04-13T11:52:00.001-07:00

~HAPPY EASTER~

Here is Jax's cute little basket of goodies, he LOVES books so that's what the bunny brought him. :)
For some reason he really likes those small annoying wind up toys that go round and round, he can play with those things for hours!

Boy oh boy is my baby boy getting big!!!

Dream Job!!!

2010-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

Ok so as most of you know I am still in the process of getting my degree ONE year left, I am determined to be a high school teacher , but my true passion is DRILL TEAM! I had my opportunity come a knockin' but all at the wrong time! I am so conflicted! I am so busy with school still, I live up in Layton, and I work full time at a great benefits job and have an in on getting promoted within this next year...... and the job would be a Drill Team coach @ Copper Hills!!! UGGHHH!!! Why can't this happen to me next year.. all I want to do is snap my fingers and be done with school, Shaun have his dream job and me with mine. Plus all those hours I'd have to spend down there would take away from Jax...ahhh I feel so heavy! I need a major message right now these nots are like the hunchback of Notre Dame!!! Just thought I'd vent to you followers gald to get it all out! Oh and P.S. I still can't lift my left arm this is day two and I am going insane!!! Literally CAN NOT LIFT my arm!!! I have to go see a doc.