1 month check up

Last week Reagan had her first month check up. Everything went well we are finally jaundice free!!!!!!!! She is now 8lbs 1oz. and is measuring 21 inches long. We are suffering from alittle bit of that baby achne but we are still cute as ever. This check up was the easiest next month it will be time for shots (ouch). It seems like that we were doing so well with our nights and days when it came to sleeping. Now we are so backwards some days and then there are some when she will not sleep much at all during the day. I think it is because the kids are getting restless during the last few weeks of the summer and are a bit to loud. But in just 7 days school starts and then we can try and get on some sort of schedule. I can't wait!!!!!!!

FHE

This week for family home evening we took a few things from the Book of Mormon and had the kids make their designs out of food. Boy did it get messy but they sure that fun.

This is suppose to be the tower where King Benjamin spoke by: Ian

The tent where Lehi and his family slept by: Olivia and Patrick

People being baptized(waters of mormon) by: Madison

Liahona by: daddy(sean)

Book of Mormon by: Paige

Could it be Harry?

It is finally here!!!!!!!! It has seemed like forever since the last Harry Potter movie came out with them bumping the release date back another 8 months. Olivia got to go this year to the midnight showing with Madison and Patrick. I even decided to go with Reagan (she slept through it all). We were hoping that the kids would stay awake this time until the movie was over. Patrick and Olivia made it through about an hour into then movie before they fell asleep. Madison dozed off for a few minutes. By the way if you have not gone and seen it yet I recommended that you do it soon. We can not wait until the 7th movie comes out next November were we will be bringing the kids again hoping that they stay awake.

"All mine."

Reagan and Aunt Victoria

Olivia and Madison

blanket-check, popcorn-check, drink-check now where is the movie

"I'm so excited!"

"Candy I need more candy!"

Happy Birthday Patrick

Daddy put the trick candles on his cake.

This is how it came out

Gave Patrick the icing and said go for it.


When they say time flies by boy does it. I can not believe that Patrick is already 9. Normally I just go out and have them pick out what kind of cake they want at the store and have them do it for me but this year we let the kids do their own cakes. We gave the icing to Patrick and told him to put what ever he wanted on it. I still have not figured out what he was making. He said that he just put stuff on it to look cool.

Halloween to early

Jaxon decided to combine scuba diver with Yoda.

Paige, Reagan, and Kinsley

Reagan's first bath

All clean and ready for bed.

"I'm cold hurry and get me dressed."

"I don't know about this."

Reagan before her bath

*did not know that the pictures would load in the wrong order.

Fireworks

For me and Reagan's first family outing we went to see the fireworks for the 4th. Of course we did not have all our family this year because 4 of my children were in Florida with their Nana. We really missed them but we know that they had a wonderful time. Reagan of course slept through the whole thing. I thought that she might not like all the noise but it didn't even bother her one bit. Paige loved them ever time they would go off she would just laugh and say how beautiful they were (literally every one). Jaxon just watched for awhile and then had enough and wanted to go home. Overall it was nice to get out and spend time with family and watch the fireworks.

July 4th pics

Paige telling Kelli how beautiful the fireworks are

Jaxon and Daddy

Paige playing with Eli

Not yet Jaxon it is not dark yet

She slept through the whole thing

Reagan

Reagan in the "box" to try and help with her jaundice

Loves the pacifier thank goodness

On our way home from the hospital

I am slowly getting back

I can't believe that it has already been 3 weeks since Reagan was born. It has been a rough couple of weeks for us both. When we left the hospital her jaundice level was 8.5 and we went in for her check up two days later and it was already up to a 19.5. So we were told just to the sun by the window when she is sleeping and come back on Monday for a recheck. We went back on Monday and had her foot stuck again (we are up to 3) and she can not get the machine to read it so she sends us over to the hospital to have the test done again (#4) and she is stuck again by this time her keels are bruised. We get the results and it is a 21 so they want to see us back again the next day. So Tuesday we are back at the doctors and I get stuck with the same nurse as the day before and she sticks her again (5) and can not read the results so she tells us that we have to go back to the hospital and have them do the test again. Sean was with me this time and I am glad he was because I started to get into it with this nurse. I am already hormonal after giving birth I have not had time to rest at all or recover and they keep sticking my baby's keel and she screams every time they do. I tried to tell her to wait a day and let her have a break but she kept going off that it is probably off the chart and that she was getting frustrated with this and we needed to go back to the hospital (6). So off we go and I am in tears the whole way. So we go and get the results and it is a 18.5. Which it had gone down but she did not think that was good enough so we had the light brought to our house. I felt so awful every time I had to but her in it because you have to put this band over her eyes and it really looks like I am being cruel. And then of course she screams and that makes me feel worse. Well we were told that we had to go back to the hospital again on Wednesday and not to the doctors so she will only get stuck once that day. And the result came back and it was a 16.4 and so we finally got the jaundice under control and it was coming down!!!!!!!! She is now as of a week ago 7lbs 6 oz. we have not gotten back to our birth weight yet but she has been gaining weight since we dropped from 7lbs 14oz. to 7lbs 2oz. So now that she is finally doing better I can now work on myself in trying to recover which has not be easy. The what you call "blues" with this one have been harder then any other pregnancy I have had. It is getting alot better now. I will post new pics soon as I get them off my camera.