We moved and more posts below

So yes, we did move, again! After renting this last year, we decided that it was time to buy a place again. We were in a wonderful neighborhood and ward and they really helped us through the last year. We feel that we were very blessed to be there. I was really sad at the thought of moving. We started looking and after a while decided on a place in Spanish Fork. It was a short sale and so it took awhile for everything to go through but we finally closed and moved on May 15th, the day before the March of Dimes. It was an exhausting weekend!

It is a twin home that was built in 2006. It’s a rambler with an open floor plan that makes keeping track of the boys so much easier. It will also be easier for Zach to get around in a wheelchair. It has an unfinished (but framed) basement with room for a large family room. The backyard (also unfinished) has a lot of room for the boys and we’re really excited to finish it a little at a time. The ward is good and we’re just starting to get to know people but it seems like a good neighborhood. We like that we are close to the freeway and stores so errands are easy to run. It’s nice to be in a place of our own again!

Check out the posts below! There are more posts to come….

Happy Birthday Jaiden!

Jaiden turned 4 today! He was very excited about his birthday and his new water gun. That was all he wanted.

That and the fire truck birthday cake that I was going to make when we celebrated Zach’s and his birthday with family. Well he remembered first thing this morning about the cake and so I had to make it today. I couldn’t find all of the stuff I needed and made it in a hurry with little hands helping me.

Helping hands…

I won’t go into details but it was a disaster. (Not really because of the helping hands, just my lack of preparation…) He still seemed happy with it but I will make a good one for the family get-together.

Happy Birthday!

We went to a matinee and saw UP. It was fun! He also got a couple of new outfits and will get some church shoes as soon as we can find them. Don’t even get me started on how hard it is to find shoes for boys, especially church shoes! I digress…..

He is a smart boy and loved preschool this last year. He knows his colors and shapes and some letters and his numbers. He knows his name and is learning his phone number. He is always asking questions and has a great imagination.

Some of the fun things he says are:

• Mom, I’m just pretending. (Often when he’s doing something he shouldn’t.) This also applies to Zach and Austin.
• Lasterday
• Footnails (toenails)

Okay, my mind just drew a blank but he really says funny things….

We need a gate at the top of the stairs...

Zach has decided in the last couple of weeks that he is ready to move and is figuring out ways to get where he wants to go. He rolls a little bit and pushes himself backwards and rotates. We've been working on commando crawling at therapy and he's starting to figure it out.

One day I left him by the couch and was distracted for a couple of minutes just to come and find him by the stair rail about ten feet away. So yeah, it's time to get a gate!

He has also starting to get into things...

This was where he started...

...and this is where he ended...


He covered that distance pretty quickly because he really wanted my camera!

He still gets really frustrated because he'll get stuck or tired and just really wants to be involved in things.

On Friday, we went to the Spina Bifida clinic at Primary Children's. Everything looked good. The doctors were all happy with his progress. The orhopedist want's to see how he does with putting weight on his feet before deciding if he needs braces or not. He also had a renal ultrasound to make sure that his kidneys are healthy and they looked great. His shunt looks good and he clapped for everyone who came in.

He's definitely growing up and knows exactly what he wants. Today he threw a fit because Jaiden and Austin had a sucker and he wanted one too. He stopped crying as soon as we let him have a taste!

Happy Birthday Zachary!

Yesterday was Zach's 1st Birthday! We really didn't do anything to celebrate but will have a party later this month...

He's doing so well and is really starting to move around. He's decided that he wants to go and keep up with his brothers and is figuring out ways to do that.

Here are a couple of pictures from after dinner yesterday.

The March for Babies

The March for Babies was a huge success. We had over 500 adults plus 100-200 kids. We were expecting about 300-350 total. There was a fun band there (name, name, name...I can't remember), balloons, jugglers, an awesome face painter and other fun things. We had a great time and had a lot of family support too. Thanks again to everyone for coming and supporting us.

A quick update

I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. We moved the day before the March of Dimes and have been really busy plus we've had sick kids this week so I haven't had time to update...

The March went very well and our team has raised over $1,000 so far. Thank you so much to everyone for their support! Here is a picture from the day, more to come (when I've got a few more minutes to post.)

THANK YOU!

I just wanted to thank everyone for their support with the March of Dimes. The March for Babies is tomorrow morning. We are moving to a new house today and won't have internet for a few days so I wanted to say thanks!

We're in the paper

Here is an article from the Provo Daily Herald on May 6th.

Where your money goes
We use your money wisely: 77% of every dollar supports research and programs.

Celebrating Austin's B-Day

We had Austin's little b-day celebration the Saturday after his actually birthday. Grandparents and some aunts and uncles came. It was a lot of fun, thanks everyone!

Carlos helped me with the cake, it was the first time I'd worked with fondant. Thanks honey for staying up so late with me!