Worth it

So a month or so ago ( I just didn't have time to post it then) Heber had the biggest blow-out of his life. I mean it was MAJOR! It was everywhere. It went through the car seat (you know where the buckles come in and out) and onto the base. These pictures just don't do it justice. Anyway, I had a thought while I was trying to change all the mess. He is so FREAKING CUTE! Even though he made a huge mess everywhere it is still worth it. I guess I am just going to keep having these little munchkins. Too bad we have to wait while Joe is in school.

NASTY MESS!!!

See, it's all worth it...plus look at Mia in the background!!! She makes me laugh!

Like mother like daughter

So we were at a fun family event for my Mother-in-law a week or so ago, and we were trying to figure out where Mia went. Well, we found her and guess what she was doing? Eating butter. He hands were all greasy, and she was going to town on that thing. I had to get a pic. The first thing I thought was "NASTY!!!" then I remembered some stories told about me when I was a little girl.....I guess I used to go into the neighbors house with my buddy Jason, and get in his fridge and eat his butter. I know I am weird. Then when Kylee was a little girl she didn't say Buffy, she said Butter, so she called me butter for a while! Oh Mia, you make me laugh!

Fall

I love the fall! I was doing something in the house and the neighbor was trying to rake her leaves when the kids discovered the fun. I came out and they were all "helping" her rake the leaves. It was fun for all! I am loving the warm weather, I know it has to end soon, but I am hanging on to every last bit of it.

A first for me

So last weekend I had a first in haircuts (which I guess is crazy since I have been doing hair for like 8 years now) My sweet sister in law Delayne has breast cancer, and she had a double mastectomy and is now enduring chemo and all that fun stuff. Well, last Friday she decided to have a head shaving party since her beautiful hair was falling out. Her husband Brendon did most of the work and I finished it off. It was a sweet experience. She has such a great attitude about everything. She is a young mother (her youngest is Mia's age and her oldest is like 15 or something) and her outlook on life is amazing. I am in awe of her and the things she does. So here are some pictures of her and how beautiful she is even with hardly any hair. She also wanted me to shave a breast cancer ribbon in the back of her hair so there is a pic of that too. (that was another first) Joe decided to buzz his hair the shortest it has ever been....lookin' good!!! LOVE YOU DELAYNE!!!!




BEFORE!!!


DURING!!! (isn't she gorgeous?)


AFTER!!!


Ribbon

Joe and his brother Kenn

Dear Sleep,

Dear Precious Wonderful Sleep,

Where and when would be the best time to meet up with you? I tried to find you at 10:30 last night, but as soon as I was close Jack found me instead. "I'm scared." he said. So I tried to help him find you. I think he finally did. On my way back to find you, Jack interrupted me again, at 12:45. "I'm still scared." he said again. So one more time I tried to help him feel better. Every hour I tried to find you, but somehow everyone else needed me. Jack's arm fell asleep at 2:00, Heber waned to eat at 3:00 Mia had to go potty at 4:00. Kylee and Joe seemed to be the only ones to find you last night. Any chance we can meet up tonight? PLEASE?????!!!!????

Love,

Buffy

Van

So we are thinking about getting a van. I know I never wanted a van, but you know when it makes sense it makes sense. I find myself yelling at the kids not to climb over the seats, I also find myself very frustrated when I go grocery shopping and there is no room for the groceries. Don't get me wrong, I have totally loved the Tahoe, I wish I didn't have to trade it, but fact is, with 4 kids it makes more sense to get rid of it. So, who knows about vans? What is the best of the best. ( we will probably end up with the worst of the worst, cause we are just going to trade the Tahoe straight across) but it is worth a shot. Oh, and this is something that my sister-in-law Barb showed me when she found out we were considering a van....I laughed pretty hard! Enjoy! Thanks Barb.

First Grade

I just can't believe it. My little Kylee....my first born....my baby!!! (well technically she isn't my baby, but I feel like she is still a baby, or that it was just yesterday that she was a baby) She is in first grade. All day. I feel like it should be nice, but it isn't. I am excited for her, and as you can see she was very excited to go. Last year when she was going to kindergarten she cried...this year...not so much. I am so proud of her. I hate that life is going by so fast, but I am thankful to have such a life. We are so blessed. Kylee is my big helper, so we will see if I survive this week, and the rest of the year, since Joe just started his hardest semester yet. Good luck to Kylee,Joe, and good luck to me.

 

Darling

 

I am sorry to say that I think my little Heber might be the most darling little thing around. I hope every mother thinks this same thing about their children. I just had to show him off a little. Thanks Kelly for taking our pics, I will have to post more when I get another minute.

 

Blessing

Heber Cuthbert Dayton was blessed last Sunday, on Aug 1st. It was such a great event. So many supportive family members and friends. Joe was awesome and gave a great blessing mentioning the importance of his name, it was quite a touching blessing. I am so thankful we have the priesthood in our family. My friend Kelly took some pictures for us of our special day. I am sorry to say but I just think I have quite the awesomely handsome family. I love them so much!

It's about time!!!

No, really it is about time...about having time to blog...which thing I am finding it hard to find the time...plus it is about time I did a new post right??? RIGHT! I am such a slacker. Obviously so much has happened since I blogged last. Here is a list of a few of them, not necessarily in any order.

Joe got a black eye- he was playing soccer and someone from the other team decided to put his cleat up as Joe was heading the ball down....I was afraid he had lost his eye, but nope, just a black one for a few days. He looked pretty tough actually.

Mia (my not so much the baby anymore) turned 2. Yes, way back in February she turned 2. She is now potty trained (hallelujah!!) She is also as bossy as ever, but boy does she have a lot of personality. The other day we were with my Grandma Pat (my mom's mom) and she just got a kick out of Mia and said..."You know Buffy, your mom is probably just smiling down on you thinking you are getting just what you deserve." thanks Grandma!

Kylee (my teenager) turned 6 in March. She also graduated from Kindergarten, which thing she loved and I am sure would love to repeat it if she got the same awesome teacher Mrs. Headman. She is becoming such an awesome reader, SO SMART, and she is taking Piano from her favorite Aunt Barbara. Boy does she learn fast. She is also my SUPER HUGE help with the new baby. THANKS KY!!

Jack started soccer. This boy is going to be able to do anything he wants. He absolutely loves sports. He got out there on the first day of soccer camps and wasn't even scared. He is such a fun boy to be around. Any chance he gets, he is playing baseball, football, soccer, or basketball. It will be fun to see what he ends up loving when he is older. He finished his first year of pre-school with the wonderful Mrs. Steele, and loved every second!!

I hiked Stewart Falls 8 months pregnant...need I say more?

Then there is the obvious....Heber Cuthbert Dayton finally came to our home on July 1st at 8:21 pm. He came in at a whopping 9lbs 4 oz. 21 inches long. And he hasn't stopped growing. We went to his 2 week apt. yesterday and he was 10.1 lbs. He loves to eat. He is so fun, I just love babies. He is a great sleeper (so far) he sleeps about 5-6 hours at a time at night. The kids love him...or should I say love to maul him. Here is how it went. Wed the 30th I had my membranes stripped, I started having some contractions, then in the evening they went away...I was so bummed. So Thursday I went back in again, and he stripped a little more vigorous. About an hour later my water broke, and I started having contractions (that was about 1:30 pm. The contractions got pretty bad pretty quick. We went the the hospital about 3:30. I got an epidural (praise them) at about 6:00, and he was born just after 8. FUN TIMES!!!

Thanks to my friends and family I have had quite an easy recovery. I think I am getting tired this week though...hopefully I can stay on top of things.

Update

I feel like today couldn't come any quicker.....it just dragged and dragged and dragged. Thankfully I have had family and friends here to keep me busy. I have totally been blessed with family who fasted on Sunday for us, and I can't even express the gratitude for that, and the prayers that were said on our behalf. I have felt so much comfort (up until this morning at about 5:30 when I woke up and couldn't sleep). I seriously have felt such peace and I know it is from the prayers from all of you. THANK YOU!

Cute Profile pic of Heber!!



Now, the update is great news!! I will just start off with that. The perinatologist brought out the "big guns" and by that I only mean the 3D ultrasound thing. They couldn't find any sign of a cleft lip. Then they did an extensive look at the heart, and said everything looked beautiful. I am so relieved, and at the same time realize how many people have to go through this, and might not end up with good news like we did. The Perinatologist said she has had a a lot of cleft lips this week, so jokingly I said "maybe it is the same girl sending them over to you..." she laughed, and said, "no, but all the other ones really were cleft lips". It made me stop and realize how lucky we are to already have 3 VERY HEALTHY children. The only thing they really found today for us was my placenta is pretty low, but it is okay at this point cause everything usually moves, but if it doesn't move, worst case scenario...c section. They did see a little spot in the left ventricle of the heart, but said it really is probably nothing.

I thought I would share just a couple pics today again...the 3D one is a little weird, so watch out. Thanks again all of you for your support and love. I have the best family and friends in the world! LOVE YOU ALL!!!
This is 3D with his cute little hand in front of his face.


non 3D with hand in front of face.

Baby

Lots of things are going on in my mind right now so I had to jot them down. First of all we had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday, and found out we are having.....(well we kind of already knew, but it was reaffirmed) BOY!!! If you can't tell by the picture...I thought this was the only time I could put a picture of a naked boy on my blog....just kidding. Joe was super excited, and I am too, but Joe really wanted a boy. While we were there, our ultrasound lady was super quiet, and kept going back to the heart, and back to the face, but she wouldn't tell us anything. I was so mad, she had to take us over to the doctors office and have a different nurse tell us that there may be something wrong with our little guys heart. They also said there is a possible cleft lip. I have to go in for an ultrasound with a pereonatologist at the hopital on Wednesday.

Here are my thoughts on both....

Cleft lip. My first thought was, sad, but that is okay, we can fix it, no long term effects...then the doctor said I probably wouldn't be able to nurse....then I cried....and cried a little more.

Heart. Obviously I was thinking of the worst possible scenario. (my brain works that way for some reason) The doctor calmed me down a little and said we are so lucky to be where we are (near Salt Lake and Primary Childrens) cause it is one of the best. He said that IF there is the problem that they "might" see (something about the out track of the right ventricle isn't going out???) then we would have to deliver at primary childrens and they would take the baby right away into surgery, or something like that, and hope for the best. Now my mind hasn't been able to stop. I just keep praying and crying. I know everything will turn out the way that it is supposed to, because that is the way the Lord works, but it is still hard. Maybe his way isn't the way I want it. I am a little selfish that way.

Well, Wednesday we will have most of our questions answered. In the mean time if you would keep us in your prayers, it would be greatly appreciated. I am so glad I have great friends and family! Thanks for everything, and I will re-post on wed.

By the way, we (and when I say we I mean Joe) is pretty sure our little guy is named Heber!

Funny stuff.

So this is a pretty random post, especially since I haven't blogged in so long...I know story of my life. Well, this morning, I was leaving a comment on a friends blog, and you know how it has the "secret word" that you are supposed to type in before you leave a comment? Well, usually they don't make sense at all, but today I had to laugh as I was typing it in....it was bonefart....what the heck is up with that? What kind of a "secret word" is that, besides the type to make you giggle all on your own, cause no one is there to share it with you. I know a little childish, but admit, you would have giggled too.

Other than that, I have not found my camera yet, and our video camera ran out of battery power on Jack's birthday and we can't find the charger, so we have NOTHING. Sadness. Nothing else really going on in our lives, just the same old.