Great News

We just got news today that Alex is going to be recalled!! This means that he will have a job next year. He is not sure what school he will be at, or what he will be teaching, but it is nice to know that he has a job. This is such a weight lifted off our family. Now we are going to have an awesome summer without worry!!

Chain Mail

My brother-in-law Mike has just picked up an unusual hobby. He is making chain mail!! It is pretty cool and super heavy. Olivia was just dying to try it on. Don't you think she would make a cute little warrior!! This is obviously not finished yet, but it is going to be the tunic and hat. We jokingly called this his man crochet project. I have no idea what he is planning on doing with this, but it will be pretty cool when it is all done.

Owens Blessing

This last week we were able to bless Owen. Alex's Parents and brother drove down from Utah to be here. We had such a fun weekend with them and the blessing was awesome. After Church, we had everyone here at our house for lunch and to hang out. I feel so blessed to have such good family and I feel extra blessed that I married into an amazing family.

Here are my cute kids. Grandma Elledge made that little vest for Owen to wear. He was supposed to be blessed 3 weeks ago, so it was a little snug, but adorable.

Our cute little family!!

All the men in my life. Aren't they handsome!!

The Boy

Poor Owen is not going to know his own name. The girls refer to him as brother and Alex calls him "the boy". We vary rarely call him Owen. Maybe this will change in the future-who knows. He just keeps getting cuter everyday and learning new things. He has started to grab at everything-including hair which is very annoying. He has also started sleeping longer during the night-hallelujah. I almost feel normal again. Here are some more pictures of the boy.

New Baby + Hospital= No Fun

When Owen woke up on Friday morning, he felt hot to me so I took his temperature. It was only 100.8, I didn't think much of it and was going to give him some Tylenol. I called the nurse and the pediatricians office just to see if it was ok to give to a newborn and how much I should give him. She told me that I needed to get him to the ER right away. So, I called my friend Sommer and she was great and let the girls come over to hang out so that I didn't have to take them too. I didn't think this was a big deal and thought that they would look at him and send us home-not so much. They started freaking out as soon as I got there-we had a room within 5 min. and the dr started ordering all kinds of tests. Then the poking began. They could not find a good place to draw blood or start an IV so they just poked the crud out of my little guy. Four different nurses came and tried with no luck. The ER dr was getting really mad because they hadn't drawn any blood yet so he called the pediatrician on duty who came and got the blood from his jugular vein (even he had to try both sides). So now it about noon (we got there are 7:30) and my poor little guy has been stabbed in both hands, both arms, both ankles, both feet and both sides of his neck. He has also had a catheter to draw urine and a spinal tap. Then they gave him shots of antibiotics in both legs. He had bandaids all over his little body.

The pediatrician then tells us that we are going to be transferred and staying for the rest of the day on Friday and all day on Saturday. It was at this point that I had Alex call his family and tell them not to come (we were going to bless him on Sunday and everyone was coming). We then got to take an ambulance ride over to Thunderbird Hospital. When we got there-they pretty much ignored us for the next 24 hours. They would come take his vitals every 4 hours and other than that-they left us alone. I got alot of grown up tv watching in and actually took a good nap. After begging the pediatrician, they let us come home on Saturday night. They never could find anything wrong with him and he seems fine. It was a stressfull weekend, but we are home now and doing good. Thanks to everyone that helped us out with babysitting and giving blessings-we feel lucky to have such good friends and family nearby.