Friday, March 16, 2012
Samuel's 9 month Update
Samuel is now 9 months old. His corrected age is about 6 months old. He now weighs 15 lbs 9 oz and is 25 1/4 inches in length. He's doubled his length since his birth. He is progressing well. He is a little bit behind developmentally but not by much. He is rolling all over the place, laughs, smiles and makes fun noises. He always has his hands in his mouth and is so fun to play with. He sleeps through the night now as of about a week ago or so. It's so wonderful! He'll sleep anywhwere from 6-12 hours at a time. His naps during the day are pitiful but I'll take it if it means that he sleeps through the night. He was given the go ahead to start on solids anytime and the go ahead to go out into public places in about a month or so. We are excited to be able to go to church as a family and take Sam to the grocery store and do all of the normal daily activities with him. We are so blessed to have him here with us on this earth and thank Heavenly Father everyday for blessing our lives with the children we have. We couldn't have asked for more.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
80's Double Date
Last weekend my sister-in-law, Kareena and I had a double date planned for our hubbies. The theme was "The 80's". Morgan was in heaven! He loves the 80's! We all dressed up and made pizza, did an 80's trivia game (Morgan won), and watched the old version of "Footloose" with Kevin Bacon. We had a blast!
The guys and the babies. You gotta love Noel's face.
The group shot.
The Watkins Family. Chris (my brother), Ty and Kareena.
The girls.
The couple shots.
A little smooch action.
Making pizza.
Me with my cute lil' Sam.
So Noel lately has been a pouty lil' thing. The terrible 2's are definitely present. She slams the door, cries, whines and is quite sensitive. We are trying to keep her more busy which is easier to do because the weather has been so beautiful. We have found that that helps a lot. Well, sometimes when she pouts, she'll go in another room and fall asleep in random places. In this picture Noel happened to fall asleep in our closet sitting up, using one of my shirts as a pillow and putting her head on our laundry basket. A few nights earlier after pouting in the bathroom I found her asleep on the ground on the bathroom rug. She is so silly.
The guys and the babies. You gotta love Noel's face.
The group shot.
The Watkins Family. Chris (my brother), Ty and Kareena.
The girls.
The couple shots.
A little smooch action.
Making pizza.
Me with my cute lil' Sam.
So Noel lately has been a pouty lil' thing. The terrible 2's are definitely present. She slams the door, cries, whines and is quite sensitive. We are trying to keep her more busy which is easier to do because the weather has been so beautiful. We have found that that helps a lot. Well, sometimes when she pouts, she'll go in another room and fall asleep in random places. In this picture Noel happened to fall asleep in our closet sitting up, using one of my shirts as a pillow and putting her head on our laundry basket. A few nights earlier after pouting in the bathroom I found her asleep on the ground on the bathroom rug. She is so silly.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Funeral & Family
On February 23, 2012 my grandfather (my dad's father) passed away. It was a bittersweet ocassion. He was finally able to join my grandma who passed away in 2000. He lived an abundant life here on this earth and left a legacy which I hope to be able to live up to throughout my life. All of my family came into town for the funeral which was held in Orem, UT, just 15 minutes or so from where we live. It was nice to have everybody together and see those of my family that I haven't seen for an entire year.
It snowed a couple of times while everyone was here so we were able to take some fun pictures. My mom and Sam.
I name this picture "Mischief."
My sister Emilie was telling Noel to take the snowball and throw it at Ben (her husband).
Noel gave it to Ben so Emilie took care of business herself.
My nephews Myles and Charlie having some fun in the snow.
Noel didn't want to go on the sled.
Charlie, Henry, and Myles.
My brother Mikey and Sam.
Emilie and her 3rd son Henry.
The onesie picture. There were a couple other children in onesies but they didn't want to participate in the picture.
I wish I would've taken more pictures. I didn't get the camera out as much as I should've when everyone was here. But we all sure had a good time.
It snowed a couple of times while everyone was here so we were able to take some fun pictures. My mom and Sam.
I name this picture "Mischief."
My sister Emilie was telling Noel to take the snowball and throw it at Ben (her husband).
Noel gave it to Ben so Emilie took care of business herself.
My nephews Myles and Charlie having some fun in the snow.
Noel didn't want to go on the sled.
Charlie, Henry, and Myles.
My brother Mikey and Sam.
Emilie and her 3rd son Henry.
The onesie picture. There were a couple other children in onesies but they didn't want to participate in the picture.
I wish I would've taken more pictures. I didn't get the camera out as much as I should've when everyone was here. But we all sure had a good time.
Strange things are happening around here....
So Noel had some scary things happen to her within the last month and a half or so. At the very end of January on the last Saturday of the month Noel's stomach became very distended and very hard. Morgan took her to the ER where they did an xray and a cat scan which showed that she had a bowel obstruction. She was admitted and stayed in the hospital for a couple nights. It was quite the scary experience. My brother Mikey happened to be in town when all of this happened and watched Samuel a few times so I could go be with Noel and Morgan. Chris and Kareena also helped watch Samuel! (Thank you sooooo much Mikey and Chris and Kareena!! Mikey, you were so inspired to be here that weekend!) The first night and the following day, they gave Noel many of what they call soapsuds enemas (which we later learned from her GI specialist that they are very dangerous and shouldn't be done anymore). Ultimately, they helped a little bit but on Sunday they started her on a feeding tube and pumped her with "go lightly" which is pretty much liquid miralax. Eventually they were pumping her with 12 oz/hr of this stuff. After about 12 hours of being on the "go lightly" an xray showed that the obstruction was no longer there and on Monday she was discharged.
A couple weeks later exactly on a Saturday Morgan took her to the ER again because her stomach was once again distended and hard (but not nearly as hard as the first time). My brother Mikey just happened to be here that weekend again and helped out a lot again so I could go visit Noel. My mom drove out Sunday morning from CA once we knew that Noel would be there at least for another day. On Saturday, in the ER, after an xray they said she had a partial obstruction but later stated it was not a partial obstruction but that her bowels weren't functioning properly. This time they didn't do any enemas or feeding tube but used suppositories and a stimulant laxative. The GI specialist was supposed to come and see her at the hospital on Monday but didn't show up til Tuesday evening. He thought all of this to be the result of withholding stools and/or a virus that prevented her intestines from contracting regularly.
These are pictures from the second hospital visit.
At her first hospital visit I was only able to come visit once each day because I needed to take care of Samuel. Morgan was there the majority of the time and stayed each night with her. But once Noel was admitted the second time to the hospital my mom took care of Samuel during the days while I went to relieve Morgan at the hospital so he could go to school. Morgan had the night shift and I had the day shift.
There were a couple of times where Morgan and I were the with Noel at the same time and during one of the times a nurse came in a brought Morgan and I some apple juice. Morgan and I toasted our glasses and Noel wanted to participate and so seriously, for 5 minutes we all kept hitting our cups together. Noel got a kick out of it and was laughing. It was so cute. 
She kept busy drawing and playing with stickers. We would walk the halls a couple times a day. She also watched a lot of movies.
Thanks again Mikey for all of your help. 
Some pictures of us with my momma.
My mom stayed an entire week to help out. It was so nice to have her here and to be able to relax a little during a crazy time. THANKS SO MUCH MOM FOR EVERYTHING! You're an amazing mother!
Since Noel's first hosptial visit her tummy becomes distended every day but not hard. She has since seen the GI specialist again and he said that her white blood cell count was a little elevated so he seems to think that these hospital visits were in result of some kind of infection that attacked her bowels. He also still thinks she originally had a withholding problem before all of this happened. Which makes sense because before all of this happened her constipation issue was getting more serious.
We are so grateful this is all over and that we are figuring things out with the GI Specialist. We are so grateful for all the help and prayers we received.
A couple weeks later exactly on a Saturday Morgan took her to the ER again because her stomach was once again distended and hard (but not nearly as hard as the first time). My brother Mikey just happened to be here that weekend again and helped out a lot again so I could go visit Noel. My mom drove out Sunday morning from CA once we knew that Noel would be there at least for another day. On Saturday, in the ER, after an xray they said she had a partial obstruction but later stated it was not a partial obstruction but that her bowels weren't functioning properly. This time they didn't do any enemas or feeding tube but used suppositories and a stimulant laxative. The GI specialist was supposed to come and see her at the hospital on Monday but didn't show up til Tuesday evening. He thought all of this to be the result of withholding stools and/or a virus that prevented her intestines from contracting regularly.
These are pictures from the second hospital visit.
At her first hospital visit I was only able to come visit once each day because I needed to take care of Samuel. Morgan was there the majority of the time and stayed each night with her. But once Noel was admitted the second time to the hospital my mom took care of Samuel during the days while I went to relieve Morgan at the hospital so he could go to school. Morgan had the night shift and I had the day shift.
There were a couple of times where Morgan and I were the with Noel at the same time and during one of the times a nurse came in a brought Morgan and I some apple juice. Morgan and I toasted our glasses and Noel wanted to participate and so seriously, for 5 minutes we all kept hitting our cups together. Noel got a kick out of it and was laughing. It was so cute. 
She kept busy drawing and playing with stickers. We would walk the halls a couple times a day. She also watched a lot of movies.
Thanks again Mikey for all of your help. 
Some pictures of us with my momma.
My mom stayed an entire week to help out. It was so nice to have her here and to be able to relax a little during a crazy time. THANKS SO MUCH MOM FOR EVERYTHING! You're an amazing mother!
Since Noel's first hosptial visit her tummy becomes distended every day but not hard. She has since seen the GI specialist again and he said that her white blood cell count was a little elevated so he seems to think that these hospital visits were in result of some kind of infection that attacked her bowels. He also still thinks she originally had a withholding problem before all of this happened. Which makes sense because before all of this happened her constipation issue was getting more serious.
We are so grateful this is all over and that we are figuring things out with the GI Specialist. We are so grateful for all the help and prayers we received.
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