7 months. wow

So 7 months ago today i was very anxious, nervous, excited and in a lot of pain. That night we were to go into the hospital at midnight. For those of you who know blake this was way past his bed time. My mom and dad were on their way down, so they could take care of Brody. I remember all of the feelings, will he be healthy, will he struggle. (just thinking about it gets me choked up, no comments Lin & Cap) He was delivered in 15 min. He had the cord around his neck, but thank heavens they were able to get it off.

He had to be in the nursery for a couple of days with iv's

and oxygen and then he had severe Jaundice (19.9) He was one point from sending him to St. George. He spent 5 days in seclusion trying to get his points down.Then he had to sleep in the Bili Bed, a suitcase with lights more like... AND NOW>>>>

He is a very energetic, happy, strong little boy. A part of our family puzzle that wouldn't be complete without him.

He is a great little buddy for Brody and already Brody is very protective of him. I know that they will be the best of friends. I love my little "monkey" and i look forward for all of the fun times to come!

Thinking back about bently's life, it just makes me marvel at the miracle of life. I can't believe that Bently is healthy and happy. I am so incredibly blessed. I have three wonderful little boys (blake still acts little) in my life. I can't wait for Disneyland, vacations, waterparks, fishing, camping, soccer, scouts, and all of the activities that comes with boys.

Gone Fishin'

So we finally went fishing. It was the perfect day, except for our little brody was quite emotional. He only got a little nap the way up to the lake and that was it. so i think that was why. The boy has got to have his naps ya know. Anyway a couple of days ago we went and bought brody his very own "Spider man" fishing pole, for learning how to go potty. (which is still going farely well) I don't think he was all into the waiting part of fishing. as soon as blake cast it out he wanted to reel it back in, lets just say there were a lot of tears involved.

It was so beautiful up there and the leaves had started to change, which is why i love fall. anyway, we wanted to go camping here so bad but the weather stopped us a couple of times and now it is starting to get so cold at night. But today was an eye opener for me about how it would be with Bently camping. He was a little pill, he wants to just crawl on the floor everywhere and be free, but of course up there you can't so i don't know how it would be roughing it in the wilderness with him. He was such a little stink. But anyway we can't wait to go again.

PS No fish were harmed during this outing, or CAUGHT.

Getting excited over pee, who would of thought

So let me just tell you how the last two days have been......WONDERFUL. Not even kidding. brody just amazes me. After we got the potty, we were doing great. he stayed dry all morning until he pooped. he came over to me and said. I pooped on the dragons (explanation, these particular pull ups have dragons on them that disappear when they get wet). I said "do you still need to go?" "yep" so we ran and he pooped!!!! The rest of the day was great. Today i laid off the nagging and would ask occasionally and not push him to go. I was in my bedroom and bently and brody were inthe living room. i heard brody say to bently in his jumper "i am going to bathroom" then he walked down the hall and yelled "mom going to bathroom. wanna come?" i said "yeah i will be there in a minute" When i got there he was done peeing and was excited. he had peed on his pants because he couldn't get it in the potty. so it went everywhere. his face was a little freaked but i said it was ok and made a big deal about him doing it all by himself. He has done it twice and stayed dry all day. With only one poop incident in the diaper. He was at a friends house and scared to go on the potty. I am so proud of him. He is so smart and getting so big. I even think blake was a little shocked when he told him he was going to go to the bathroom. We just can't believe how fast he has picked this up. Keep it up Brode.

Success... well sorta.

I have started potty training with brody. first day was saturday and it was ok. I sat with him for 50 min. he peed once and no poopies. I was impressed. but the next day we had lots of tears and screaming fits. Also brody falling asleep on the potty. So i was a bit discouraged. well today i decided i would just wait a week and try again. but after reading my friends, sisters blog I read about the ups and downs that her little boy was having. I guess that i just thought it would be easier (ya right.) So i put brody on the potty again today. he kept saying "bummy hurts. bummy hurts" so i lifted him up and saw a ring on his bum. this particular potty has a removable bucket and the crease leaves this ring on brody's bum. so a little light went off and it hit me... he was associating going potty with pain. WELL NO WONDER. so we made a trip to walmart and gesome neccessities.

So we found this new potty. "Cushy Tushy".

Don't forget Diego underwear.

And some candy for the candy dispenser.

So When we got home we went inand sat on the potty. Brody didn't go. so i decided to put the underwear on him so he could feel what it was like to have pee on him. And of course two minutes later he peed his pants. So we went back into the b-room and tried to pee. nope not happening. so we had dinner in new clean underwear. yep you guessed it he peed again. i said see it is yucky to pee in underwear. and made a big deal about it. so we ate dinner in a pullup and all of a sudden he starts wiggling and looks at me in a panic. So i make a dash into the b-room. He had to go so bad but just held it. He would say "i am to sared (scared)." I said "there is nothing to be afraid of. I am right here. it will be ok" and then after about 20 minutes and persistant requests to go lay on the couch. he went pee. yay!!!. So we started screaming and jumping and he helped me flush it and we washed his hands. and got two candies. YES. and then brody says "that not sary" so cute. Needless to say he has gone pee 3 times this morning. I am so excited. But i decided that for about a week i am just going to have him in pullups and work on him wanting and telling me to go pee. Right now it is me saying do you need to go pee? and us running in there. So i feel alot better. wish us luck with that.

I just had to post this pic. This is what happened literally two minutes after not looking. I was laughing so hard. cute.

it is happening...

My baby is crawling. Today he took 3 "crawling" steps. I couldn't believe what i was seeing

Seriously Brody was 9 months old. bently is 6. I don't think i am ready for TWO mobile kids.

I guess i better start baby proofing. ugghh

Paragooona Lake

This sunday we decided to get out of the house and go to paragonah lake. It was very beautiful. The lake has a lot of fish, and crayfish. We saw turkeys and some deer. We even got so see a buck in the velvet. That is a first for me. Blake was really excited about the crayfish. i guess when he was little he used to catch them by his house. So he decided that they (brody and him) would go up on sat and catch them. bently did really well, but started to get sleepy. we can't wait to go up and go camping. It is so fun to find more and more stuff to do.

6 months and a haircut

So last week my baby turned the big 6 months. He weighs 16 lbs and 10 ounces 30%, and only 25% in height. No surprise there. But anyway he is doing really well. He likes to suck on his hands, get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. He loves his big brother. Loves to jump. He is getting so big.

As you can see his hair is growing like crazy on the sides. and he has a super cool mullet in the back. so we thought it would be time to give him his first hair cut. So heather came over and we did it. I have to add that this half smile looks just like my dad. My dad always does this smile when he thinks that something is funny. love it.

i could tell that he was wondering what was going on, but he did so good. he didn't squirm to bad and I think it turned out sooooo cute. thanks heather.

Here he is all done. I love it when they start to get hair and you can style it. He is so adorable and i just love him to pieces. He is starting to get so fun and i can't wait until my two boys, make that three can play together.

I just had to post this pic. This little kitty brody stole from my mom's house last year. i got it for bently to play with and he LOVES it. he gets so excited when he sees it and just smother it with baby kisses. But of course the scatter brain that i am left it at my moms house.

I had to show this pic too. bently isn't the type that will cuddle to fall asleep. he has never been that baby. he just can't get comfortable. well i was working with my sis in law on a quilt and so my mom was on bently duty. I look over and what do you know. bently is sound asleep on her shoulder. I love how his whole hand is in his mouth. so stinkin cute.