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I am creating a new blog. It is written through the eyes of Dexter. Everything will be him talking and telling us (hopefully) funny stories and things from the eyes of a baby. I hope you read it and become a follower. 

http://mouthofbaby.blogspot.com/

Well he isn't 4 mo anymore

Dexter has grown up so much. He is one years old and is so adorable. He is not walking yet but he can sign things like more all done and of course goodbye. He claps his hand and he can stand freely for about 30 sec. Even though when he realizes it he sits very slowly.

He still has blond hair.  He has the bluest eyes and when he cries they turn to the color of the sky and it is so beautiful. You wouldn't believe it.

We hade his birthday party and was so cute and fun. The theme was milk mustaches and cookies. Our little man is turning one. It turned out great. I was very proud of it.

Appointment info he was still in the negative 5th percentile for weight and he was in the 5th for height and the 79th for head. I guess he has got a big head. 

This is Dexters birthday photo shoot. Isn't he handsome?

        This lower picture is him opening up presents on his actual birthday!!!

Four months

Dexter!!!

Dexter turned four months old on Saturday. He can lift his head at a 90 degree angle. He can coo like crazy. He is reaching for toys, and hold them. He rolls over, and he always rolls to the right, but he loves to play on his tummy. I think his favorite thing right now besides watching TV is talking to his dad, it is so amazing to see him growing and changing so much.

He likes to sleep on his tummy. He still cries every time I lay him down no matter what. But eventually he falls asleep. He is not sleeping through the night mostly he waked two times between 2 and 5 am. On occasion he waked before that. On the other hand he sleeps until 9 or 10 and even if he wakes up early he is ready for a nap shortly after. 

He started rice cereal last week and he was ready he had no trouble at all with solids as in swallowing and stuff.the first time we tried it, it was really watery and that didn't work so great. He really wants to crawl but he can't sit up yet so I think it's a little ways away.

He still absolutely loves o be outside. No matter how upset he is when you step outside he stops crying.

At his appointment he was 25 in long, and he weighed 12.1 lbs. He was in the 5% in weight and the 37% in height and 50% in head size, so he's really smart.

I love my little guy and I am so happy to have his cute face in my life. He is amazing!

Baby Dexter

I am only four months behind but here it goes... 

Side note I am scheduled for an induction on May 30th at 4:00 am.

The day is May 29th, I am nine months pregnant. 6:00 am. I wake up to go potty. I feel weird like their is a baby down there but further down then normal! Weird! So I hang out and I feel some cramping, so I call the doctor on call. He says wait it and and if you loose water come in.  So I time my cramping because after waiting this long I don't believe they could be contractions. They were every three minutes. I watched tv and timed it for an hour and decided it was time!!!

I go down stairs it's now 7:00 am. I'm thinking I've got all the time in the world and the pain isn't bad at all so I go brush me teethe get dressed. I go into the bedroom and a hard contraction hits so I lean against the bed. That wakes Clayton up he says "what's going on?" because I woke him up awhile 10 minutes earlier then he wakes for work at 7:15. So I ever so casually tell him that I think we need to go to the hospital. Well that wakes him up he thinks I'm joking at first then he starts freaking out and he asks me what to wear. I said anything and he was like trying to put on church clothes and then he said doesn't it have to be sanitary. It was so funny. 

We got in the car and drove to the hospital. My contractions got worse as we drove. We went to through the hospital to check in and they took us back and I was dilated to a five already so it really was time. They asked if unwanted an epidural which I did but I wanted to think about it and wait to see if I really needed one. Then the nurse gave me some advice and I decided to get one. So they took me to a labor and delivery room. got me all set up and the anesthesiologist came in did he's thing Clayton liked that part. He sat close and asked the doctor a million questions. I was glad I did it when I did because it was easy to sit still before the contractions got to bad and it was a wonderful labor without any pain at all. We were waiting for the doctor to come and break my water when it just did it on its own naturally that was about 10 am. After that we all just hung out and chatted until it got real. Then we planned on starting to push around 2:00 pm but I was dilated enough yet do we pushed it back which was good because the doctor took a break and didn't make it back until 2:30. So around then 2:45 I started pushing. Dexter arrived at 4:16 pm. It was wonderful. Clayton was very tired. 

He was so cute and he was so angry. He was 7.9 lb, 21 inches long. What a cutie. They handed him to me and I noticed right away that he had a very cute dimple.

My parents were there and his Dad was their for his lunch break and his mother and sister all hung out with us the whole day. It was a beautiful day!

Confusion... Devastation... Part 3

Stop Don't Start Here 

 you must read Part 1 and Part 2 before you read here.

My sister-in-law was going in for her routine appointment. What should have been her 14th week, but because she lives out of town was actually the 15th week. I knew everything had to be okay because I knew God had set it up this way so we could experience this together. I knew with all my heart this was our time to bond in this way.

Then we got a phone call from my Dad "We are still at the hospital I don’t know what is taking so long but I’ll call you back as soon as I do." I ran down stairs and started to pray, everything has to be okay God wouldn’t do this to her not again and not while I was pregnant it would be too much, he couldn’t do this, he couldn’t make it this hard. I was so scared I just cried and cried. Until we got another call from my Dad “We are going to an imaging center they can’t find a heartbeat”. I lost it I locked myself in my room waiting to hear. I kept telling myself there is no way God would do this to us again. There is no way we could lose this baby not now and not like this.

Devastation: Apparently God can and would do that to us (I say us as a whole family unit, because that is who it affected). My sister-in-law found out that day she had lost her second baby. This time it was the week of Thanksgiving, great timing right, well I don’t if you can say it was better than the last time she found out but at least it wasn’t her birthday again. There is never a good time for news like that but to make both times memorable date like a birthday and thanksgiving and both in the same year, you may not recover. I don’t think anyone can blame you either.

The hardest thing in the world is to be so excited for something you wanted so bad your whole life, while having a broken heart, knowing that someone else has a broken heart, knowing your whole family has a broken heart. Feeling terrible for your best friend, feeling no one, because of our aching hearts can share with you with full joy, knowing every time she sees you she’ll break and every time you see her you just wish it would have been different, wish you could fix it somehow.

 How can I not be happy, I am having my first baby, I am pregnant, I am in the place I have always wanted to be my whole life. On the other hand how can I be happy now?
 

This was hard for everyone to experience but it was very hard for me to watch our friendship change because of it. We are gaining it back and it has been smoother than I expected but I wish it hadn’t happened this way at all and I hope through all of it we can stay strong and keep what we have as friends and grow as sisters. I hope that even though it is so hard she will love my baby and me after all is said and done, in a way she would have without this trail.

I know that God didn't do this to us. I know there was a reason for this trial. We have already found the reason now we just get to keep on going. It is still hard and I think it will always be hard but I know that things happen and I know that through our faith we can keep going.

Blessings... Part 2

Clayton and I started to see someone about our fertility in June we waited for his new insurance to kick in so I could go to the Doctor that I wanted. We went through some tests and more tests. We found out the problem which is an entirely separate post I will post one day. And my wonderful Doctor did it by September of 2011 we were finally pregnant.

This was great news I couldn't keep from anyone but I tried really hard and was pretty successful for as long as possible. I waited a whole 8 hours to tell Clayton I thought that was amazing. I had not planned on telling anyone until our first appointment which was Nov 7. That didn't work out so well I decided I couldn't handle that and I came up with a cute way to tell our families at least they needed to know. They were all very excited.

Then I told my dear best friend and she was crazy excited more than anyone else. She and I were on our way to the temple and she was screaming that was awesome.

A few weeks later more great news. My other most-dearest friend in my life my sister-in-law decided to let us know she was also pregnant this was even better than just being pregnant, even better then sharing it with my other friend. It was now a triple pregnancy and I was so excited. This was going to be wonderful us pregnant together and she was only two weeks ahead of me. Our babies would be best friends and cousins. The only thing I wanted more then to be a mom was to go through this wonderful experience with her as sisters.

It was so fun we would joke about smells during Real games that no one else could smell and we were so happy. I was so happy to have my two closest friend’s right there with me blissfully pregnant.

Trials... Confusion... part 1

Have you ever been going through something that it makes it hard to see what other people are going through? 

I had this problem.

This is a three series post so bare with me… I am about to bare my sole.

In April of 2010 Clayton and I decided we were going to add to our family. We were ready to start trying to have a baby. Well for a long time that did not go very well. It was really hard on because as everyone knows all I have ever wanted in this life is to be a mom and I would have done it at 19 if I had just had a husband. Now I had one and was getting worried I had waited too long. I was 26 when we started trying.

Trial: I was 27 when my best friend, decided she was ready too of course it took her what seemed like to me one second from the decision to start to actual conception. 

Confusion: This was really hard for me. I was not sure why I was having so much trouble and how it is just so easy for someone else. I was excited for her and at the same time devastated and miserable.

I really had to think, and decide what I wanted in this moment. I could either me sad that she was pregnant and I was not. I could act how I wanted and how I felt and just stop talking to her, or I could get over myself because she was my best friend and I did not want to miss out on this wonderful blessing. What would that do to our friendship and was I willing to risk something great because I was hurt.

I chose to get over myself because I loved her so much and really wanted to be there. I did not want to miss out on this great experience she was having I wanted to stay her best friend. After I made the decision it was easy to be there for her. There were days where I was still wondering why I didn't have that yet but, now I truly was happy for her. 

Since last time

Let me catch up up...

Clayton and I both have new jobs.

Clayton works for a great company called Tera-flex, where he works in the machine shop and makes parts for Jeeps mostly off-roading jeeps.

I substitute teach for the canyon school district and I nanny for two cute families both with twins. One two year old twins a boy and a girl. And the other with infant twins both boys.

We are living in my parents basement apartment, and have been for about a year.

Lucky us we are going on a cruise in November to the Caribbean. We get to go to Honduras, Belize Cozumel and the Grand Caymans. Wahoo...

Apartment? Or No Apartment?

Clayton and I are apartment shopping. Well we found these great apartments and we absolutely love it. We are just hoping we can get into one. They are two bedroom and 1000 sq feet. They are so awesome.

Or we could stay in the basement at my parents for free that is what we arw paying now.

What should I do? Any advice? Save money and stay here or break free and pay rent to strangers?

Random thoughts

Clayton is working the grave yard shift tonight that stinks really bad. I had the worst migraine all day today until now. How does that work? I could not even function all day and now of course it is time for bed and Bam its miraculously gone. What the ghetto... ha I have not said that in about ten years.

Fishing...

I have decided just today that I really like it when Clayton goes fishing, and it has nothing to do with getting rid of him. You see he has a number of hobbies snowboarding, rock climbing and he'd love to be a biker but all of these things are very expensive hobbies. Fishing however is a once a year fee of $26, that pretty much it since he already has all the gear he could ever dream of and because it is Fly fishing and he catches and releases I do not have to deal with the smelly fish at any point in time. Clayton is fishing right now and I am happy to pay for his license and to have the house to myself for just a little bit. Much longer though and I start to miss him.

An update on Name?

I did it, well mostly did it. I changed my name on the legal things like my social and drivers license and at the bank but everything else all my credit cards are still under my maiden. i guess we will see how long this process really takes if you don't make a huge effort to accomplish it.

Work

So I am sure by now you have all found out about my job at Buttons and Bows preschool. I started a new path in January that has lead to some great things. I started at this preschool as a Teachers Aid, which was basically helping the lead teacher with responsibilities. Then just after 2 months I was given the opportunity to Lead tech one day a week for the whole month of March. During this time I was offered a full time lead position at the sister school in Holladay that started in June. I am happy to say I love it. not every part of it but I love it. I just found out as well that while I am currently teaching the 2's, I will now be moved up to the 3's a transition I am looking forward too. 2's are the best but they only get easier as they grow and the curiculum gets more chalenging for me as well as for them. I can not wait to see what other fun things come my way at this fun place.

Newest member of the family

We bought a dog. I know we are crazy. He is a very cute puppy and as soon as I can get a picture on here I will. His name is Max and he is a black lab. We are very happy about having a new member of the family.
Clayton thought if he bought me a dog maybe I would not want a baby anymore but it did not work. Too bad we are not in any position to get a dog let alone a child but I promise I will let you know when we are ready.
I hope you check this sometimes because I never add too it. I will try maybe with a new baby (puppy) I will have something to write about.

New Job

It has been a long time sorry. I wanted to let you know that I got a new job. Most of you know this but in case you don't and you care. I am now a preschool teachers aid for a two year old class. I am loving it. I am finally working with other people Adults I should say. I like having people to talk to. I am having so much fun there. The Children are wonderful, not perfect of course they are children, but I still love them. I am really enjoying this new change and I hope that I can stay there for a while and become a teacher and learn more about the preschool process.

Chrismtas

I really love Christmas time. I still have not gotten my tree yet. I can not wait until I get one though to light up my house with all those beautiful lights and colors. Christmas is a great time of year. It brings families together and you all know how much I love hanging out with family. I am so excited for the rest of the month.
Christmas is wonderful!

Name?

So I still have not changed my name yet. Not because I am not going to, but because I can not find the time. How did you people have the time to sit at the social security office for like two hours to change your name. And then go to the DMV and repeat the whole process. It is just crazy. I have not even had time to write my thank you cards. So by the way thank you for coming and for your gifts. With school and work I am only home a few hours a day and I either studying those hours or spending time with my husband. If anyone has any advise on how to accomplish all these things without going crazy and still filling like you accomplished something let me know.

Love

I love being married. holy cow. Best thing ever. Clayton and I have been married for 5 weeks now and we are so happy and more in love then we have ever been. I love my man.
How come I only heard bad things about being married. You guys are crazy. Even if we are fighting I can not stop loving him. I am very excited for our future and what it will bring to our lives.

Rash...

Clayton and I have been married for three weeks on last Thursday. Things are going wonderful. I am having a hard time getting my homework done because I'd rather hang out but that is about it. Sunday we had Chinese food with my parents, and now I am being punished for it because. I have a rash all over my body. We assumed it was a food allergy because nothing in my life is different other then eating the Chinese food. It is every where and it itches.
It started yesterday morning. I thought there is a spider in my bed, because I had like four bites on my leg. Then by 5 o'clock yesterday it was all over my stomach and my back even my face was rashed out.
I had planned on making to class today and I slept really well all drugged up on Benadryl of course, so I thought maybe it was gone. Oh no it was worse. We went to some random doctor that could fit me in and he assumed we were right about the allergy, but I am thinking he just agreed with us since he could not figure it out either. He gave me Prednisone and told me to take it for ten days. I really hope this works because I look just aweful. It looks like I have a really bad burn or a weird birthmark all over my body.