It has been a while since I last posted. Life is good. Kiley just turned 13 a week ago. I can't believe how time has gone by. I feel like it was yesterday when she was Little like Jax. (of course she was probably only 7 or 8 months instead of 18) I am going to post some pictures of her soon. She is a beautiful girl. She is doing well in school and all of the girls are in dance right now. They have a few performances coming up. That will be fun. In November we get to go to Disneyland and they are going to dance in the parade that will air Christmas morning(?) We are all excited for that. Jax is doing well. He is growing and learning. We are working on getting him to walk now. He walks well along furniture and he is starting to stand by himself a little. I just feel so blessed right now. It is spring and the beautiful flowers are popping out, the birds are chirpping and it is becoming the time of year I love. We have already been to the zoo a few times lately and the park once. Jax loved the swing. I am excited for all that spring and summer have to offer.

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Introducing the 3rd place winner.......

We had a lot of fun last night at the Jazz game. Jaxon had the opportunity to be in the 1/2 time show. It was a diaper derby. (crawling contest) There were 10 kids total. He won a 100$ savings bond and a 25$ gift certificate. We got to hang out with the Jazz dancers and the Jazz bear. I put black leg warmers with flames on them trying to strike fear into the competition. (Alex was not too thrilled about putting leg warmers on, but they are very manly) I coaxed Jax along with a tube of mini M&M's. I'm curious to know what the other 2 used for motivation. I might demand a steroid test. It was a fun night and we are proud of our little man.

This year so far...

Well, I feel like I don't have a lot to write about right now. Things have been pretty good around here. Jax is an old pro at crawling and getting around. He pulls him self up to the furniture now. His only word is still Hi and we am trying to get him to learn a few more. I am going to try some signs and see if he catches onto those. He is a sweetie. He is doing so good sleeping at night now. (knock on wood) Alex hurt his ankle at basketball 2 weeks ago. He has been hobbling through the house and had to go back to work 2 days ago. Poor guy! The girls are all doing well. I am looking forward to spring and a little warm weather. Maybe tomorrow we will get some good news from the groundhog.

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Happy New Year!

Well, there we go. Another year has begun. What will we make of this year? All I can hope is that we are healthy and happy and create some fun memories a long the way. 2008 was a good year. I've blogged most of the highlights. Star Valley, Disneyland, Pineview, Kindergarten, Jr. High, etc. Recently Jax had another visit with his cardiologist and for now, everything looks and sounds good. Yay! Also, I need to add that on New Years Eve, Jax started crawling. What a big boy! He's such a sweetie and has blessed our family so greatly. All of our children have. They all have wonderful and fun qualities and although life gets crazy with 4 children, They are also what makes it all worth it. So, here's to another great year to come!

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Lindsey's Time of Year!

I again want to thank Lindsey for keeping up on our blog. I really do appreciate the hard work she puts into the great video clips, pics, etc. For anyone that knows Lindsey, this is her favorite time of year. She loves the Christmas season and loves to share it with her friends and family. She works so hard to make it special for the kids. I hope someday they will understand their Mother's incredible sacrifice to stay at home and be a Mother, among many other things, to them. She has blessed our family immensely! Thanks Honey, for all that you do and Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas is coming

Well, Disneyland is over and we are on to Christmas. This is such a great time of year. We are already starting to do some fun things. we try to have a small activity every day. We have already watched The Grinch and written letters to Santa. Tomorrow Emery will dance at the Festival of Trees and then Kiley and I are volunteering there after. It's a wonderful magical time. I'm excited to have some good family fun and spend some time with my hubby. He has a couple of weeks off. YAY!

Disneyland

Well, we had another successful Disney Vacation. Unfortunately for Alex we may never get tired of going there. It really is the happiest place on Earth. There is something magical about seeing your kids experience all the fun it has to offer. Jax was a pretty good boy. (as long as you kept him eating) We had lots of fun. It's not a peaceful and relaxing trip but it is a good time. Thank you Alex! It is always sad when we have to leave, but it is nice to be back home. We get to enjoy a fun Christmas season with each other and I am grateful for that. Here is to next October! (Wink, Wink)

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Lions and pirate-princesses and Dorothy, Oh My!

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Well, Halloween has now come and gone. It was a busy few weeks. We had lots to keep us going like carving pumpkins, decorating cookies, making candy apples, school parties and trick or treating galore. You know you are getting old when you have a child who is now too old or cool to dress up. We tried to talk Kiley into being Sarah Palin, but it was a no go. Haley was kind of a pirate princess-rocker hybrid. Emery was of course Dorothy. She loves her sparkly red shoes. Jax was the cutest cowardly lion you have ever seen. He hated his costume and spent most of the day with a very grouchy scowl.

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Happy Birthday baby boy!

Wow! Our little man is 1. I can't believe a year has gone by since we first met our beautiful boy. It's been a crazy year, trying and wonderful, full of ups and downs. There are still many days that I struggle with his diagnosis, I'm sure at least partially I may always. Sometimes I get nervous and overwhelmed about what we are in store for. The future is a little scary and unsure, but the one thing that is not unsure is the enormous love we have for Jaxon. He brings so much joy and happiness to us. He is all smiles and charms everyone he meets. It's not uncommon for me to get 10 people a day tell me how happy or smiley he is. He is working twice a month with a physical therapist and we hope that he will soon get the hang of crawling. He has sturdy strong legs. I think he might be closer to walking than crawling. We love him so much and have been blessed by having him. Happy birthday baby boy!

Jaxon's new toy

So I came across this by accident on Ebay. It is a neck floatie for babies. It says you can start using it when the baby is 4 weeks old. I thought it looked fun so I bought it. We haven't gone swimming yet, but Jax does like using it in the tub. He just floats around and kicks his legs. It's kind of funny.