Changes

We have been going through a lot of changes these past few weeks. about 3 weeks ago, we got the news that jon wasnt going to have a job in two week! He works for a small company and they basically couldnt afford to keep him on. It was quite a suprise, but we immediately started thinking of what to do. We have been planning on eventually moving to Boise, but didnt think that would happen for a while. Well, we decided that given the circumstances, if jon was gonna look for a new job, he might as well do it in Boise. So on Monday we found out about his job and by Saturday we were moved out! It was so fast, but everything just fell in to place and we have been reassured that we are doing the right thing. Im not really sure where this will lead us, but I know it will be for our good. So Currently Jon is up in Idaho looking for a job and I am staying at Jon's parents house until my family has a reunion this next weekend. After that I will join Jon in Idaho. We are kind of in limbo right now, but we are happy and hopeful! Its just the start of our new adventure!

Noah Boy!

Oh how I love this kid!
He is 8 months now and is so fun! He is 20 lbs, 29 inches long and is so cute! He's so strong! He crawls everywhere, pulls himself up and walks all around the furniture. Im afraid he is going to be walking in no time and then I dont know what Ill do! He has had a really bad ear infection and cough for the last month but is finally better now, so he is happy again! Just last week he slept through the night for the first time! It was great! He has done it once or twice since then, but otherwise he only wakes up about once a night. Its not bad! He says ba ba ba and da da da all day long, grunts at everything and loves to bang on things! Because of that and his blond hair, he has earned the name bam bam from his parents. He's got the best blue eyes you've ever seen and he is a total momma's boy! He is Always smiling and laughing and we are so happy that he is in our family!





And then this! His little doggy! He loves this thing! WHenever we give it to him, he gets a huge smile, waves his arms around like a mad man and then snuggles and chews on its head! Its te cutest thing ever and I captured this once while he was sleeping...I think if he stops loving this little dog, I will be sad!
I just feel so lucky to have these two kids! They challenge me but make me stronger and happier everyday! Im so blessed!

Makella Update

Makella has been going to preschool since February and has really enjoyed it! It was just a little preschool, but she made friends and always enjoyed going. They had a little preschool graduation and she was so happy to get to go up. She also clapped for all her little friends and was so excited for them all! She is such a sweet girl and always cares about other people. She is also a fantastic big sister and Noah think she is so funny! She can make him laugh like no one else. She is a wonderful little girl and love to be able to stay home with her everyday and hear all the little things that come out of her mouth. She is so smart and learns so fast! I love this girl!!







Here is a video of Ella that I took while we were a little bored :)

California Adventure!

** Picture Overload**

Ive taken kind of a leave of absence from the blogging thing, I just havent been up to it for awhile. We have had a lot going on as of late and so many things to write about! I'll try to not put it all on one post. First of all, I will tell you about our California trip! We took a trip in May to see my Wendy and Ben and to go to Disneyland because we did the give a day thing and so had free tickets! Ben and lacy were down there for a wedding and my mom was there too, so it was great to get to see lots of family! We drove down to Oceanside and stayed in Jon's dad's condo, which is so fun! Ben, Wendy and my mom joined us down there on Friday and we hung out and had a great time! We had planned to go to the beach the next day, but that night Noah decided to have a coughing fit and we were up for most of the night and even had to make a run to Walgreens to try to help him feel better...It was a long night. So come saturday, we were all a bit tired! We didnt get our of the house til about lunch time and by the time we got to the beach, it was SOO crowded there was no place to even park, so we decided to just go back to the condo and swim in the pool. Which turned out to be super fun and the water was so warm, it was perfect! On Sunday, we went up to Redlands to stay with ben and wendy and to see their new place! This is where I finally remembered that I should probably be taking pictures, so I will just narrate the pictures! It was a really nice day, so we spent some time outside, makella played in the water and sprinkler while Ben did this....

And this....


Jon was doing dad things with the kids...such a good dad!
We made a lot of cookies and tried to get ready for the big disneyland day. We got up early and made out way to disneyland. Makella has been looking forward to this for months now and was SO excited that that day was here!

Right outside the park, ready to go in! She had been talking about seeing mickey for quite a long time and it worked out perfectly because RIGHT when we walked in the park, we saw this guy:

SHe loved seeing him, even if it was only for a second! Then when we walked around the corner and saw the castle, she was BEAMING!
Noah had such a great time too! He was happy all day and spent a lot of time with my mom, who he just loves! He warmed up to her so fast and I was grateful to have another set of arms to hold him!
Later in the day we were on our way to eat lunch and we saw goofy. He had a line formed to meet him and take pictures, so we got in it. Just as we did, they closed off the line, so we were lucky to get there. She was the last one in line and all the other kids had fancy autograph books for all the characters to sign. She kept saying that she wanted goofy to write her a note too, so we scrounged up a crayon and wendy's old to do list..Not quite as fancy as a book, but it was all we had! I felt kind of bad...So it gets to her turn and she goes up to him and asks him so sweetly if he would write her a note! Goofy was so nice and got down on the ground to sign her little paper and then he gave her a hug and it was just precious!! I think she felt pretty special!

Noah just did a lot of this all day and he was just cute! ENough said :)
It was a perfect day at disneyland because it was cloudy and not too hot and we didnt have to wait for more than 20 minutes on any ride! But when we went to toon town in the afternoon, it was pretty packed and crazy, so we didnt spend too much time there, but Makella did get to play in some of the houses, so it was fun!

Her favorite rides were definetaly Dumbo and SMALLWORLD...Ive pretty much heard nothing but "Its a small world" sung over and over since we got home...Ill be just fine if I never hear that song again :)

We went to the parade that they had and met up with Ben and lacy and her family for a little bit. My mom and Ben had to take off after the parade in order to drive back to to Washington. I had a great time with my mom and my sister, just the girls of the family. Wendy if pregnant and it was fun to see her! Im so excited for her little girl to come in September!

Jon hadnt been to disneyland since he was just a little boy, so I was excited for him to go too, I think he had a great time!

Overall it was a fantastic trip and Im so glad we got to do it!

Hello world! This is not a regular post. Why? Cause it is usually Bonnie who does the typing and I am not my wife! I recently made the comment to Bonnie that a lot of time has passed sense her last post (hinting that maybe she should get her butt in gear and start typing). She hinted in return that so long as my fingers are not broken, then mine could serve well enough to get a post out.

Well we do not have any wonderful pics that will add some well needed flavor to this post so no hard feelings if you cant make it all the way through.

Anyways the Bon and I are kickin' it in Oceanside California right now. We arrived last night after a 10 hour drive. We are having a good time too. Umm, I am not really sure what more we can say. We will be going to the beach tomorrow and Disneyland on Monday.

This seems like a very short post...I guess that is why Bonnie better right from now on...

On the side of my blog I posted a link for my little niece Malia. She is in a photo contest up in Boise. Kami is about to have another baby next month and if they win, they get a really nice photo shoot for their family. We love them all so much and think they deserve it! Besides, you cant really get cuter than Malia so help them out and vote for her! Its super easy to just click on it on vote.

Did Yesterday Really Just Happen??

For those who know and who dont know what happened yesterday, here is a run down of our day!
This is long and some parts may be a little bloody, so be prepared!

We woke up as normal and Jon was getting ready to go into work. He was supposed to leave in like 5 minutes and I thought it was a good time to move our mattress. My bed has been bugging me for awhile and I realized that I needed to flip my box spring. So I thought to myself, "this will be easy, Ill just do it real quick. Well it turned out to be a lot heavier than I thought and so Jon came in to help me. We got it flipped and then he said he would finish putting the mattress back. So I went out into the kitchen to check on Ella who was eating breakfast. This is where our day got really interesting....

All of a sudden a hear a crash and Jon yells "OH! OH!" Then runs out to the kitchen covering his arm which is covered in blood and he is yelling at me to call 911. I rush and get the phone without even knowing what is going on and call them. While moving the mattress he hit the light fixture on the ceiling, which broke, and it fell and hit his arm. He said that blood started squirting out of his arm and he quickly filled up a towel with blood. Meanwhile I am trying to contain Ella who is yelling from her chair and pointing at all the blood. She really doesn't do well with this kind of thing, so I told her to go into her room, but there was blood in the hallway, so she ended up in the living room with a cartoon. He made his way to the bathroom and that is about when the police came walking in. (They made it in like 2 minutes, I was impressed) Then a minute later 5 (Yeah 5) paramedics and firemen come strolling in. They get him checked out and wrap his arm and then tell him that he really needs to go to the hospital because they dont know what kind of damage was done. By this time the bleeding had mostly stopped, but Jon said he would go. They all stayed in our house while we got all the kids ready and made arrangements and then helped us into our car. Jon was starting to calm down a bit and that was about when his arm started to hurt.

We made our way to the ER and his arm was hurting pretty bad. We explain everything about fifteen times to all the nurses and doctors and then they finally start trying to figure out what was wrong. Let me tell you about this "Cut" that he got on his arm....Its not so much a cut as it is a hole. Its like he got poked in the arm and its about the width of a pencil...thats it.. We arent sure how deep it went, but it definetally was not that big. So we get there and everyone notices that his arm is about twice the size that it is supposed to be. Strange, they all think....Thats when the words "Compartment Syndrome" start getting thrown around. Its when all the blood starts pooling in his arm and puts pressure on the musscles and other things and could cause serious damage if it is not treated. Well, in order for you to need surgery the pressure monitor thing has to be at about 30. Jon's was only at about a 5 and they said this kind of thing usually only happen to people who have crushed their arm or leg or whatever. So its not very likely.

She decides that he just needs to keep it elevated and iced and eventually the blood will dispurse on its own. So they give him a band aid and a sling because he cant really move his arm or his hand without immense pain (because of the swelling they said) and they send us on our way. We make it out to our car and Jon sits down when his wound all of a sudden explodes and there is blood EVERYWHERE. We both run back inside and he is just bleeding all over the place, so they all think that is kind of strange, but just wrap his arm with a bit more than a band aid, and send us on our way again!
By this time it is about 2 and we are exhausted. Jon is at home trying desperately to get comfortable. They gave his a percocet for the pain, but that only made him nausaous. So he is miserable and the pain is only getting worse, he cant handle having it wrapped because it was just too tight. His brother Ryan came over to see how he was and he came out, sat on the couch, and all of a sudden starts yelling in pain....Something happened and his arm just started swelling horribly like right away. We were scared it was going to burst again, so we wrapped it back up and loaded up the car. Thankfully, Karianne had just happened to show up right after that and she offered to take the kids. (She was obviously inspired to come check on us!) We got back to hospital around 5 and his arm was huge and he was in horrible pain. His whole hand was numb and he couldnt even straighten his fingers.

They brought in a vascular specialist to check it out and he starts talking about the compartment syndrome again. His arm was SO hard, it was like a rock. So he gets the pressure thing again and measures his arm in a slightly different spot/compartment (She checked the wrong one earlier that morning) and his pressure was at a 50. So he basically said, you need surgery and I need to do it now. We'll take you back in 20 minutes! So we start making phone call after phone call to let everyone know and then realize that we could really use a blessing right about now. So Im making more calls and I get ahold of Janel who says she is coming with her husband and Steve leavitt who is in our ward.
They were not able to make it in time before they took him back, but they sat with me anyways and saved me from freaking out too much. I was really glad to not be by myself right then. Jon's mom also came and waited for a little while. They said it would take about an hour but it ended up taking about an hour and a half or more. When he finally was done it was just me and Karianne. the surgeon came out and told us what happened. That little tiny hole in his arm managed to cute through an artery, a tendon, and a nerve which explained his bleeding and inability to move and his numb hand (mostly his thumb). He stitched up the artery, the tendon and the nerve and also said that the mucsles were ok, but that they had to leave the wound open for a few days to let the swelling go down. So he will be in the hospital until at least Friday. If he cant close it on Friday then he will have to go in and put in a skin graft.
I just couldnt believe that much damage was caused by one little cut.
Im sorry this is so long I just wanted to let everyone know what is going on. I also am SO incredibly grateful for ALL the support and love and prayers that we have gotten from friends, family, and everyone! It is seriously So amazing and we love you all!
Thank you Thank you!