Stitches for Jack

The time has come that with all of Jack's jumping around and crazy personality that he got his first stitches. It happened Friday October 9th around 4:00 in the afternoon. My parents came out to Vernal to visit me while Jake was on a dirt biking trip in Green River Utah. Jack was jumping on an air mattress and he fell into the corner of an exercise step and got a deep cut in his head. I do not do well in emergency situations and a lot of bleeding. I started freaking out about his head and decided that it looked deep enough for stitches. I had never been to the urgent care here before so I had no idea where it was or how to get there. I finally was able to get a hold of Jake on the phone who then explained where it was at. My dad watched Sam while my mom and I took Ava and Jack to the urgent care. The whole way to the urgent care Jack had his fingers in his ears and wouldn't take them out. He told us that he couldn't take them out because he had blood in his ears and he didn't like it so his fingers helped the blood.

At the urgent care the doctor began to tell me that he would need to have three stitches and that most kids Jacks age scream and it would be difficult to keep him still enough to put the stitches in. Jack proved everyone wrong and surprised them when he didn't even budge when he put the shot of lidocaine in his head or when he began to stitch his cut up. The only time he moved was he whined for his drink of water. The doctor and nurses were very impressed with him. After he was all stitched up he got to pick out a Daffy Duck bandage and a couple of suckers and on our way we went! We then took him to his favorite place to eat for a happy meal!

We left his stitches in for five days as we were instructed and then on the fifth day Jake took them out. Jack didn't want them taken out but agreed to if we put them in a bag and saved them for him!

One more month to go....

until you are a whole year old! My oh my where does the time go? I feel so blessed to be your mommy. It is truly a blessing to have not one, not two, but THREE beautiful healthy children! I feel so privileged that you and your brothers chose me and your daddy to be your parents. It is been so much fun to have a daughter to even things out a bit! I love dressing you up with hair bows, dresses, and itty bitty shoes. But I love even more knowing that I have a daughter who will someday look up to me and one day when you are all grown up be one of my best friends!

At 11 months you are......

• Pulling yourself up on everything
• staring to cruise around furniture
• starting to eat more food, you still spit a lot of it out and throw it on the floor!
• Loves to eat Gerber Yogurt Melts, yogurt, eggs, bananas, cantaloupe, and crackers
• Loves to wrestle with your daddy and brothers
• Is a big time mommy's girl!
• Hates when I walk away!
• You are usually just fine with daddy if I am not in the room, but once I walk in the room you immediately start crawling for me and whining for me to pick you up!
• Loves to get into things you're not supposed to, including the bathroom, picking up food from the floor, getting into your brothers toys while they are playing, and the stairs
• At your 9 month appointment you weighed 15 lbs 2 oz and were 26 and a half inches tall......in the 1% for weight and 8% for height!
• You look like you are 6 months old!
• Getting up anywhere from 2-4 times a night and will not cry yourself to sleep, you want me to nurse you back to sleep!
• Loves to get dirty in the sandbox with your brothers
• You love to be tickled and "roughed up" by your brothers
• You have beautiful strawberry blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes!
• You clap your hands, say dada, you love to dance and sing!
• I really cannot believe that you are almost ONE! I am so lucky and blessed to be your mama. It has been so much fun to see you learn and discover these past 11 months!

Samuel's First day of Preschool

I have to start off by saying this is a long post and that I think Sam has got to be the most handsome 4 year old ever! The ladies will be all over his in no time!

Sam had his very first day of preschool today! It is hard for me to believe that he is big enough to go to preschool! He didn't start until today because the preschool he is attending, "Forever Young" moved to a new location and just got done being built. They are still working on things like the fence, grass and parking lot but it is really great that the inside is brand new. Sam will go to school on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:30 to 10:30. There are 16 kids in his class but they separate in groups of 8 for about half the time. He has 2 teachers, Mrs Young and Miss Karen.

The day started off with the boys waking up around 6:00......that is normal around here. I really wish they would sleep in till 7:00! I asked Sam what he wanted to eat for breakfast and he chose waffles, eggs, yogurt and orange juice. We then got ready for the day. Sam was really excited to go to school. He kept talking to me and asking questions about school. Jake was able to come home for a bit to watch Jack and Ava so that I could take Sam to school alone.

We are driving in the car and Sam starts making up a song about going to preschool. Hearing him get so excited about school made me feel better. I thought I might get emotional about him going since he is my first and I still picture him as little, but I didn't cry instead I was thrilled that he was so excited. I am really excited that he gets to grow up, have fun and experience life!

We get to school and Sam practically runs up the walk to the door. We are greeted by Mrs. Young who then asks Sam to pick a cubby to put his stuff in. Doesn't surprise me that he picks the highest one! He then goes into the classroom and picks out his name tag and sits down to play with play dough while the other kids arrive. I stuck around for 5 minutes or so to take some pictures. I then went over to Sam gave him a hug and a kiss and he hugged me back and said goodbye. It is nice that he doesn't have problems leaving me. We are STILL having problems with Jack going into nursery. I hardly ever get to go to my class, the times I try to leave he screams and bangs at the door and has even escaped a few times!

The first thing Jack said to me when I walked in the door from dropping Sam off at school was "Is it time to go pick up Sam yet?" I felt really bad because Jack really wants to go to school too. During school Jack and I played horses and dragons. I am hoping that while Sam is at school, Jack and I get to spend some quality time together.

When it was time to pick up Sam from school Jack was really excited. I'm not sure if it was because he wanted to see Sam or if it was because he wanted to play with all of the toys there! When we walked in the door Sam gave me a big hug and began to tell me that he learned about the letter "A" and matched things that started with the letter "A" and that he sang a song and had cookies and read a story and colored. He really loved school and has been waiting for something like this for a long time!

Even girls know how to play in the dirt!

We were outside a couple days ago and the boys were busy playing in the sandbox and Ava was on the grass. I run inside for a minute and when I come back Ava was busy playing in the sand with her brothers. This little girl LOVES to be around her brothers. She also LOVES to get into everything and doesn't mind getting dirty! On a different note.......I LOVE the plumbers crack on Sam in the second to last picture!

One sucker just isn't enough

I told the boys they could each choose a sucker. I got busy taking care of Ava and when I had come back I find that Jack had chosen and unwrapped three suckers. Since Jack had three Sam thought he needed three also. Sam then decided he wanted to share his suckers with Ava and when he asked her if she wanted to taste them, he stuck it close to her mouth and the first thing she did was shake her head no. Sam kept insisting she try it and when she finally did she ended up trying to grab it and knocked it out of his hand! I sure do love these kiddos!