Tyler Update

Since the day Tyler was born, I noticed that he breaths a little different from my other children. So in the hospital I had the nurses check his stats twice. Both times it came back normal. Then when he had his first doctors apt I mentioned it to the doctor. The doctor observed him for a few moments and decided to schedule a MRI. He was concerned that he may have something wrong with his central nervous system. Yesterday we took him to the hospital to have his MRI done. Primary Childrens Hospital comes down to UVRMC once a month to do MRI and misc. procedures on children. So I knew that Tyler was in the best care as possible. He had 4 nurses assisting on the MRI and helping with his sedation. After being poked twice for the IV they finally got the medication going into his little body. 7 min later he was asleep. Then they took him for his MRI which lasted 45 min. As soon as the door opened he was awake and looking around for a familiar face. He did such an amazing job. Today we got the results of the test. He is perfectly normal and healthy. We are so blessed to have such a precious baby in our family. He is perfect and very healthy.

Christmas 2009

Christmas Eve started at Angie's house. Michael and Angie made our family, the Paez family and the Palm family all homemade pizza. They do it every year and has become our tradition. The kids enjoy playing with Mathew and the adults all get to visit. After we finished at the Fischer's home we went home and started our Christmas Eve events. This year my mother bought all the boys their own Build-A-Bear. We put them together, read some stories, and then off to bed. Before Santa could come Austin made sure we put out the cookies and milk.

After they made sure everything was in order for Santa's arrival they were off to bed. The next morning the fun began.

After we opened gifts at our house we went to Alexis' home for dinner. We had a great Christmas. Lots of toys, fun and great food. The boys were really getting into the Spirit of Christmas and enjoying every minute of it!

Festival of Lights

Tonight we took the boys to see the Festival of Lights. They enjoyed it so much that we went through twice. This was are first year at this location and it wont be our last. We followed Alexis and her family through. They go to this one every year. Anthony and I enjoyed this one much more than the ones we have been through in the past. The boys enjoyed themselves also. Tyler was fast asleep as soon as we got into the car. As you can see it was snowing so we didn't wake him up due to the cold weather. Here are the pictures we took, enjoy!

Where Do The Children Grow

When you see a smiling face
Their happiness all over the place
Singing, laughing, cries of glee,
Come they say, Play with me
The slide, the swing, the monkey bars.
Look at them close to see who they are.
Lots of races, Ready, Set, Go.
This is how the children grow.

If you watch them everyday
You'll see they learn as they play
They'll do what they see, and say what they hear.
You're their teacher though out the years.
Their ideas and thoughts in their eyes shine.
Imagination is a glimpse of their mind
When you’re not looking, don't you know
This is when the children grow.

Watch them as they learn to walk
Listen to them when they talk
Keep them safe, away from harm
Wrap them gently within your arms
Teach them to share and how to take turns.
Set good examples from which they will learn.
At home, at school, wherever they go
This is where the children grow.

Christy R. Dawson

Family Night

Last weekend our entire family got together to have a family night. It was so much fun. There were tons of games and things for the kids to do. The theme was Sponge Bob Square Pants. Wally even cooked crabby patties. Prior to the party my mom gave each grandchild a picture to color. Here are all of their artwork.
Of course what would be a family night during Christmas time without a Themed out Christmas Tree. Isn't my mom so talented with the decorations?

We all had such a fun night. Can't wait until we do again!

Holiday Decorating

Every year Christmas was the same for me as a child. Climb up into the attic and throw down to my father our many Christmas decorations. We had a tree in every room. Decorated to perfection by my mother. Her taste was amazing. So amazing that one year our house was on the front page of the newspaper. Our house was always filled with Christmas music. Each tree was different. One frosted, one with cute little animals on it, small ones, medium size ones, etc. My favorite of all was our biggest one. It stood around 14 feet tall. We would stand on the banister and throw the garland around to my dad on the other side. All together we had around 7 trees. Each tree we would decorate as a family. All 6 of us in one room helping complete the tree. Then miscellaneous decorations around the house. That included dolls on every stair step depicting gifts we give the Lord. Nutcrackers on top of the TV. A Christmas village on our dinning room table. Then every year we would do a secret Santa for a local family. Drop the gifts off at their door step, ring the bell, and run. Then watch from a distance. It was so amazing to see the faces of the children when the door opened. We were a blessed family. To have such amazing things to surround ourselves with. Most of all, our family was perfect. I couldn't think of a better childhood to have. My parents were great. The BEST. If asked what year I would repeat if given the opportunity; my reply would simply be all of them. Even though my family is all grown up and started families of their own. We sill are all very close.

I asked Anthony how his childhood memories were. Very much the same. Filled with love and Christmas decorations. They would go as a family together and pick their tree and cut it down.

Most years for me as a grown up have been decorating our house very quickly. For some reason I didn't inherit my mother decorating skills. For this reason Anthony and I had a tree that comes out of a box fully decorated. Sad, I know, but this is how it was. Every year Anthony would try to talk me into getting a real tree and buying decorations for it. This year while Anthony was away for his work for a week, I decided to surprise him with another tree. Austin, Braiden and I went to the store and picked out the decorations. Drug the tree home and started setting it up. Since I am not good at decorating, I called on the help of my mother. So here it is our new tree. Maybe we can start making new Christmas traditions in our family for our children to remember. I can only hope that my three boys remember their childhood filled with great memories as I have.

We had to buy new stockings this year, due to our new addition to the family. I tried to get the same one for Tyler as we had last year but couldn't find them. So here are a new Christmas Stockings. I am really glad that I found 5 different ones. Anthony's is the first one the Santa, then mine, Austin picked out his, then Braiden's the snowman, and the cute one on the end is Tyler's. Aren't they adorable?

This last one is the one from the box. Still a very beautiful tree.

All dressed up for Church

I couldn't resist taking a picture of Tyler yesterday. His church outfit was so cute. He has been so good for us since he has been born. Last night he went to bed at 11:00 pm and woke up at 9:30 am. I am not sure what we did to deserve him. One thing is for sure he is such an amazing blessing from above. We love him so much!