Just Because

Some updated pics of Beau. Enjoy!!!

Beau's Blessing

Beau was blessed this past Sunday. It was alot of fun cause all of TK's family came and my dad got to fly out to be here too. So we all just went to Sacrament and then came over to Jody and Jerry's, which is mine and TK's residence at the moment, as well. Jody bought all kinds of food and we all had lunch and just had good together time. It was just an all around good day. I feel so blessed to have such a loving family and I am so grateful that my dad was able to come out here. Thank you to everyone that came and made Beau's special day extra special.

St. George, Utah

My in laws have another home in St. George. It's beautiful there and it is a really nice home. We went down this last weekend. We left Friday after TK got off work and then came home Sunday. So, we didn't stay for very long but it was still relaxing. Plus, the main reason for the trip was to take Beau so Grandma Lo could see him. Gma Lo is Jody's, my mother-in-law, mom. She was really happy to see him. I felt bad though because he was really fussy. He usually isn't as bad as he was and I think what happened was he was homesick. He had to sleep in his pack n play and he has never been in the car for more than an hour and St. George is like 4 hours or something like that. Other than his fussiness, it was a good trip and nice to see the family that lives down there. So, it's Gma Lo and Gpa Fred, and then Jody's brother Mike and his wife Syd. They are all really nice fun people and we enjoyed it very much. Hopefully, we can spend more time the next time we go.

Fun St. George facts: There are palm trees there! You can see some in the picture of the St. George Temple. Did you know the St. George temple was finished being built before the Salt Lake Temple? Last fun fact: TK found a scorpion in the bathroom!!! It was itty bitty and dead, but supposedly the little ones are the most poisonous!

Rice Cereal

We started rice cereal. I have only given it to him a few times. I haven't been very consistent with it like I should. I was hoping it would help him sleep better. I talked about, in an earlier post, Beau sleeping through the night, and after those two days it never happened again. His normal night time sleep is he goes down at 9 and sleeps 5-6 hours, gets up to eat and then sleeps another 3, usually, sometimes 4. Last night I bathed him and massaged him with lotion, fed him some cereal and then fed him his formula. He fell right asleep at 9, like usual, but didn't get up until 5...so 8 hours isn't bad. I fed him and then he fell back asleep, but only for 2 more hours. I was totally happy with this though. So I am gonna try the same pattern tonight...bath, cereal, formula. Hope it works.

I love giving him the cereal. It's so cute to watch him eat it. Of course, it's a mess. Plus, I haven't gotten any bowls or baby spoons yet. So, I am just using a small glass bowl and the tiniest measuring spoon I could find. I know that is pretty ghetto, but it works for now, until I make it to the store to get real baby stuff. They say that there is some kind of fruit something that you can add to the cereal...can anyone tell me what it is and if you would recommend it. He is only 3 months, and I wasn't gonna give him anything until 6 months, but I did do the cereal in hopes of a better sleep at night. He held it down just fine and seemed to like it, so I am gonna continue with that, but what about the fruit stuff? Advice please.

Sleep Time

I love holding Beau while he takes naps. I mostly just love to hold him. I am aware that this is probably spoiling him, but I can't help it. He likes to lay on his boppy while it is wrapped around me. He lays on his side and digs his head into my body. I love it! I always watch closely cause I don't want any suffocating of course. But he only does this with me. I'm sure it's part of his natural instinct, as if he was nursing. I just love the feeling of him so close to me. And those of you who know me, I am not a very touchy feely person. But with Beau it's as if I can't ever get close enough. Plus, I only got to nurse a couple of times before they pulled the plug on that and I wish I got to experience the whole breast feeding thing.

I love the feeling that I have with him. It's awesome. I used to envy people with children and couldn't wait to have my own....and now that I do, it is everything I dreamed of and tons more!!! I know every post I write is about him, but I guess that's part of being a new mommy. I just don't have anything else I would rather talk about. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!! The only problem with holding him while he naps is this should be when I should be showering and cleaning up, doing laundry, all the things that he distracts me from should get done during nap time and I am sitting down to hold him. I need to get it straightened out...

Trick or Treat

We had a good Halloween. TK and I and Beau went over to my sister-in-law, Holly, house for pictures and just to hang out while Holly's kids went trick or treat'n. Beau was a pumpkin, as you can tell by the pics. He was so stinkin cute. The pumpkin costume turned out perfect. He is already chubby so it just fit him really good. We all got a kick out of it. In these pics, Holly is Cruella, Lauren is Dorothy, Morgan is the devil, and Colton is the dalmation, to go with Holly's costume, of course. Anyway, it was a lot of fun.

Heaven On Earth

We all have our own ideas on what a little bit of "heaven on earth" means. To some of us, it means stuff like world peace or maybe no more poverty. It could also mean a big slice of chocolate cake during a certain time of the month. (With chocolate icing of course) To me, however, right in this very moment, my little slice of heaven on earth is my baby sleeping through the night the past two nights. He went down at 9:30 and woke up at 7:30! Around 4am I ran into his room to make sure he was ok...and when I discovered he was, I sighed with relief and joyfully crawled back into bed. It's amazing. I wonder though if this will continue to happen, or if it was just luck that he did it 2 nights in a row. Do babies typically continue to sleep through the night once they start, or what? Give me your opinions, please, on what your children have done. I mean I know he won't always have perfect nights, no one does. Whoo Hoo! I am so excited! I actually slept! Oh boy.

More Hunting

TK went hunting with his dad cause Jerry got to go shoot a big bull elk. While there TK shot a deer. They had a good time. And TK's friends came too. It was Josh, Matt, Josh's brother, and TK and Jerry, and TK's brother Brett. Josh brought his horses with them and so they packed the big elk onto the horses and rode the horse's back to camp. This is awesome cause usually they would just have to do it all on foot which to me is crazy, but that's usually the only way. So the whole horse thing is pretty cool. And TK was happy he got to shoot a buck.

Beau Facts

Beau is doing great holding his head up. He is starting to talk alot. He doesn't really cry that much, just when he needs something. He does have this fake cry that he does when he wants something. And it works every time. I love his bumbo seat. Thanks Aunt Tammy! He looks so stinkin cute sitting in it. He is obsessed with the tv. It's really funny but will eventually be a problem i'm sure. He just loves to look at it. He sat and watched a whole movie with me and Tk once. The only thing is sometimes when I hold him he will turn his head all the way around to find it. Again funny but when he gets older we will have to find something else for him to do.
I've been trying to get him to hold onto things, like toy rattles and stuff. He will for a little bit but not with much coordination. It has to be a soft toy or he will hurt himself.
He's growing like a weed. The last time we went to the doc he weighed in at a whoppin 14 lbs and 2 oz. That was when he was 2 months exactly. Me being a first time mom means I don't know what is normal or not. And I guess that is big for a little 2 month old. When we are out and people ask how old he is, they all can't believe he is only a little more than 2 months. I guess he looks older. They say like 3 or 4 months old!
It's crazy, fun, tiring, hard, scary, exciting, amazing...the best experience of my life so far and the best thing that has ever been given to me.

I am a Mommy!

I have never felt this loved before. It's a different kind of love. Of course, there is the undying love and affection that my husband, TK, will always give me. But, this is a different one. Beau loves me more than anything. And I can feel his love every second. It's amazing. He would rather me hold him, me feed him, me put him to sleep, me bathe him, "me" do everything. Of course this gets very tiring, but at the same time, I wouldn't have it any other way. It may be selfish of me to think like this, but who cares. I am a first time mommy and I am enjoying every minute of this love as much as possible. I know the day will come when my little love bug is a teenager and I have no idea what he will be like then...so I think I will just soak up as much as I can right now!

On A Lighter Note...

I was torn between BYU and OU yesterday. I have always been a Sooner fan but since living in Utah I have grown to love BYU as well. Considering my in-laws are obsessed as well as my husband. (with BYU that is) For those of you that don't know, they kicked off the season yesterday playing each other. Crazy! I decided I didn't mind if Oklahoma won, but I would be way stoked if BYU beat Oklahoma. So I rooted for BYU. They were for sure the under dogs and were not expected to give much of a game to OU. So when they won (GO COUGARS!) it was amazing!! TK and his dad Jerry are gone hunting this weekend, so Jody and Beau and myself hung out here and watched the game. I took a nap during the game, I just got out of the hospital, but woke to BYU just one touch down away from winning. I was surprised by my excitment when they won. Again I am a Oklahoma fan as well. Longer than I have liked BYU. So, I now know that I am, for sure, a BYU fan. More so than I am a Sooner fan. It's official. I still can't believe they won! Whoo Hoo!! GOOOOOOO COUGARS!!!!

As Long As I Live To Tell My Story...No Matter How Hard It Might Be

I want to make this as short and informative as possible. Not sure if I can. Beau finally came home. He has done really well and I am so relieved he is home. On the flip side...I started to feel really sick a few days after he came home. I just assumed I was tired and weak from all the craziness going on. I started to run a fever. My OB doc called in some meds for me and that day my left breast got very swollen, hard, red and just painful. I knew then I was getting that mastitis. (Breast infection caused from breast feeding) This is a very common thing to get and many women have gotten it. My sister always gets it. The symptoms are swollen, red, painful breasts, both or just one, and usually a fever. Well my fever got to 104 so I had to go to the ER. I had been throwing up all day and just miserable. So TK made me go in. I had never been this sick before and wasn't even sure if I could make it to the hospital. That's when TK knew I needed to go. They gave me an IV with fluids and anitbiotics and some pain meds. I don't know how long we were there. I was so sick I couldn't really respond to anyone or anything. This was on Friday August 28th. They let me go home that night, but made me keep my IV in and I had to go back to the ER Saturday and Sunday for meds through my IV. Then follow up with my doc on Monday. So Monday came and my docotor started me on oral antibiotics but made me continue to go to the ER for the meds in my IV. And I had to follow up with him again on Wednesday the 2nd. I somehow still felt sick even though I had medicine through my IV for 5 days. When I went to my follow up appointment Wednesday my fever was back up to 101 and both of my breasts were infected. It had only been my left side this whole time. So, I obviously wasn't getting better and was actually getting worse. My doctor then hit me with a bomb. He told me I had to be hosptialized. I barely got my baby home and feeling better and I have just had so much going on and this to me was probably the worse thing that could happen to me at this time. I had the worse case of mastitis that my doctor had ever seen. I then started to feel sorry for myself. I've been going and doing and just been so tired for so long that this sent me over the edge, finally. You should never feel sorry for yourself, but I did. So Wednesday the 2nd I was admitted in the Jordan Valley Hospital. They hooked me up to an IV with fluids and a super strong antibiotic. I was let go Saturday the 5th in the afternoon. TK was working in Reno this past week and I for the first time asked him to please leave work and come home. I couldn't do it anymore. I have been blessed with the best mother and father-in-law that one can have. My mother-in-law, Jody, jumped at the opportunity to take care of my sweet baby. I never felt like a burden to her. I feel like we already live in their home and the last thing I wanted was to have her put her life on hold because I am sick. She so lovingly and willingly took care of Beau while I was in the hospital. TK did make it home late, the day they admitted me, and was able to help out with me and Beau. It was so hard being away from Beau those few days. TK brought him up to see me for an hour each day, but it was never enough. I feel like he grew so much in just a few days. Thank you for all your prayers. I hope this is finally it. I don't know how much more I can handle. I hope to take my antibiotics and be done. And I hope Beau is well too. My doc pulled the plug on breast feeding cause I was just too sick and we didn't know if my body could handle it if the fevers and throwing up came back. My life is crazy. I've been told having babies is usually not this hard. It's not easy but definately not like it has been for me and Beau. Beau might be an only child!