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!

Home and doing well....

Waiting to go in, in his cute hospital pajamas.

Right after the surgery, he just wanted mommy.

We got to come home this morning. Zach was on oxygen all day yesterday and last night but this morning did pretty well. The nurses were great and we really appreciate all they did. Except for some annoying worker at 1:30 in the morning when they brought another baby into our shared room (Grrrr), even though there were other empty rooms, and the worker had no consideration for the fact that we were sleeping. He was chatting loudly away and banging things and in general putting himself at risk for a tongue lashing from me, especially when he woke Zach up. We finally SSHHHushed him very loudly and it finally clicked that he was being a jerk. Other than that, they were all great.

Getting some much needed rest.

We got home just before noon and headed straight to the doctor for Jaiden and Austin because they were sick. Then we went to Wal-Mart for the cough medicine and other "necessities" then came home and everyone had a nap. Thanks so much to Carlos' mom and my parents for all of their help, we really appreciate it.

Getting ready to go home.

I should be sleeping...

I really need to go to bed! Zach is doing well but is still on the oxygen. He's just having a hard time keeping his oxygen levels up on his own. He hates the thing in his nose! He's sleeping right now and we hope that we have a peaceful night but should be getting another baby in the other side of the room soon so we'll see how that goes. I almost had a panic attack at the thought of sharing the room with someone. I went and walked around and went up and down the stairs a few times to try and calm down. We're on the fourth floor so I was definitely out of breath if nothing else. The RN was really nice and was going to try and see if there was a private room for us but I told her it was okay and I'm sorry I'm such a psycho freak when it comes to people and privacy. She was very understanding and just having someone validate those feelings helped me to calm down enough. I'm hoping the just don't wake Zach up!
Thanks for the prayers and the thoughts, we really appreciate them. He should be able to go home tomorrow but I don't know what they'll do if he is still needing the oxygen. Okay, now I'm falling asleep...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

In the Hospital

We decided that it was best to replace Zach's shunt so they operated early this morning. Things went well and he will hopefully just have to stay overnight. He was a really sad boy when he woke up and all he wanted was food and his mommy. He was in quite a bit of pain so they ended up giving him morphine and he's sleeping now. He also has a little bit of oxygen because his saturation has had a hard time staying up. Overall, he's doing well. He was actually pretty "happy" after they first gave him the morphine! ;)

Happy Birthday Austin!

Austin is 2!

We'll celebrate on Saturday but I was able to get some cute pictures of him today.

He is such a sweet, thoughtful little boy.

He can play quietly by himself for a long time.

He likes to sit and read books by himself and he loves to dance and sing.

He gives great mmmuuuaas (kisses) and has the sweetest little voice.

He is such a little guy and about as stubborn as they come.

He can be very serious or very silly and everything in between.

We love you Austin!

March of Dimes video

I really don't know how to post this video, so click on this link to see this video about the March for Babies. Thanks!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=505726784184&oid=52868052311