September 1, 2009: Today was my first prenatal visit for baby #2. Everything looks good so far. Yes, I know. Why did it take me 15 weeks to get to the OBGYN? Believe me, I got a talking to by my doctor about why I should have come in sooner. However, I was trying to decide if I wanted to go to Dr. Irion again or find another OBGYN. Last time, I wasn't too impressed with Dr. Irion. He wasn't very bedside friendly and during my delivery with Jade I told him two things, one I didn't want an episiotomy and two, that I wanted to wait a couple of hours to deliver Jade so that she was born on May 5 (that happens to be Grandma Bills' birthday). He told me that he would decide if I needed an episiotomy or not and swore when I told him we would be waiting several hours. So you can see why I was hesitant to go back to him. However, aside from the chastisement for not coming in sooner, he was very pleasant. So maybe I didn't make a bad choice in going back to him. We will see I guess.
September 3, 2009: I went to work tonight and asked Katherine, one of the Ultrasound techs, if she would do an ultrasound to see if we could see the sex of the baby. To my utter amazement it came back that we are having another little girl. I actually didn't believe her when she first told me, although I could clearly see for myself that it was a girl. But I just couldn't believe it really was one. I have thought from the beginning that this one would be a boy. I mean, this entire pregancy has been totally different from the one with Jade that I thought for sure it had to be a boy. My morning sickness hasn't been nearly as bad this time, however I have been more tired and have had some pretty bad headaches.
Jen Sorensen, my sister-in-law was actually the only one who thought it would be a girl. She did this strange eye test where she looks at the veins in your eyes and if your veins make hooks that means it's a girl and a "v" shaped vein means it's a boy. She saw hooks and she was right. Dang, I hate being wrong! Don't get me wrong, I'm excited. Just a little disappointed, that's all.
September 4, 2009: Lake Powell here we come! We left for Lake Powell today around 3:30pm with the entire Gunn Clan in tow. We drove our truck pulling "our" jetskies and Dad took the Trooper pulling his new boat. It took us forever to get there with all of our brewski stops and the 55mph that Dad drove while pulling the boat. We finally arrived at Red Rock Condos around midnight. This time around Aaron and I have our own condo so that Jade can sleep and not be disturbed by everyone else. Besides with 12 of us going we definately need some more space.
I thought Jade would go right back to sleep but I think she was nervous to be sleeping in an unfamiliar location and so she wouldn't sleep in her pack-n-play. She wanted to sleep with us instead. That means I didn't get any sleep all night long because Jade is such a fitfull sleeper that all she does it move and twitch. Of course, this keeps me up, especially when I have feet and Beary Beary in my face all night. However, this doesn't affect Aaron in the slightest. He slept right through it all. Lucky him.
September 5, 2009: We got up early this morning...thanks to Jade, but it still took us forever to get to the lake. There sure is a lot of stuff that has to be done with a boat. We didn't get the boat or the jetskies launched until almost noon. We decided to beach near Lone Rock again. We stay there every year. Dad decided that for his first trip out on the Lake with the boat that we weren't going to go up the channel. I think he is super nervous to drive the boat and so he just wanted to practice in an open area and get some boat hours under his belt before he tried the channel.
Jade had a great time. She spent most of the day just playing in the sand with her sand toys or walking along the edge of the water getting her feet wet. She really loves the water and being outside with everyone. She didn't have one problem all day and she even took a nap in the truck.
Aaron was able to wakeboard a little bit. His calf is still giving him problems and it's really swollen but he wanted to try it. He was able to go a couple of runs before his calf gave out. He did a really good job. I wanted to try wake boarding but unfortunately I'm banned from water sports due to my pregnancy! Bummer!
September 6, 2009: Today is Sunday and we decided it would probably be breaking the Sabbath if we went out on the boat today. So we spent most of the day at our condo. We actually switched condos to one bigger one across the street called Debbi's Hideout. We all fasted today due to Fast Sunday and a nice time at church. We came back and just relaxed. Some of us took naps while others watched sports. We had a lovely roast dinner and ate outside on our little patio and then went for a small hike to Dead Horse Point. We stayed to watch the sun set and then came back and played games and snacked all night. It was a great lazy Sunday.
September 7, 2009: We got up early today and went back to the Lake. We spent the entire day on the boat. The jetskies got used but for the most part we all were on the boat either tubing, wake boarding or just cruising listening to tunes. Jade was able to fall asleep in the cuddy and she slept there for a good two hours. We also found this neat place out in the middle of the lake that had some exposed rocks that you could climb on. It made it appear as if you were walking on water. We had a good time trying to push each other off and into the water. Also Austin, Hudson and Aaron all had the opportunity to learn how to drive the boat. I was hoping it would get Aaron excited to want to buy one someday but he said it just made him too nervous. He did a great job he just didn't like having the responsibility of everyones lives' resting upon his shoulders.
As according to tradition, we didn't get off the lake until super late. We had just enough time to get to the mexican restaurant in Kanab before it closed. I don't think they were too excited to see a party of 12 walk in 10 minutes before closing. But we sure were grateful. They have great food, especially when you have been out on the lake all day.
We didn't get home until 4am and we still had to unload the truck and Trooper before we could go to bed. We didn't get to sleep until almost 5:30am and poor Aaron had to be up and to work before 8am for an important meeting. Poor guy was so tired he couldn't even see straight.
September 9, 2009: Aaron is on his way to Vermont for business. He should be back on the 11th.
September 11, 2009: Mom Gunn and I spent all day canning peaches for our food storage. I know, how very domestic of me!
Also while we were canning, Jade was in Mom Gunn's room watching "shows" with Hudson. They were watching an episode of Dirtiest Jobs and Mike Rowe was helping to birth calves. Jade was so into the show that every time a commerical would come on she would start to cry. So Hudson would rewind it (thank heavens for DVR)during the commericals and she would rewatch the calves being born. She watched the entire one hour show and loved it. I have such a weird kid!
September 12, 2009: Today Aaron, Jade, and I went to the Utah State Fair for the day. It was super hot outside so we didn't stay long, plus everything was so expensive inside the park that we didn't want to really do anything. It cost us an arm and leg to get in and we just didn't feel like spending tons of money for carnival rides. We did walk around and show Jade all of the farm animals. She loved seeing the cows, especially after watching Dirtiest Jobs. We were going to let her ride the ponies but they cost too much. (I know, we are cheap skates)
After the State Fair we met my family at Italian Village to celebrate Hudson's birthday. Hudson won't turn 24 until tomorrow but it's a Sunday and we wanted to take him out to eat for his birthday. So we celebrated it a day early. After the usual at Italian Village we went to Leatherby's and then to my house to play Rock Band. Everyone had a really good time and I think Hudson enjoyed his early birthday.
September 13, 2009: Hudson is officially 24 years old today. We had his birthday dinner at Mom Gunn's house and he opened presents. It was a nice evening. Jade loved blowing out Hudson's candles and did it at least half a dozen times.
September 14, 2009: Today I started walking with a group of ladies from our ward. They invited Jade and I to walk with them in the mornings from 9am-10am. We walk around the neighborhood several times making the distance a little short of 3 miles. Jade really likes it because there are kids close to her age that go and she likes interacting with them. I especially enjoy the interaction with the ladies and really like getting out every morning and getting some exercise. It makes me more productive during the day.
September 15, 2009: Today Mom and Dad Gunn went to Lake Powell with all the original Gunn adults and Grandma and Grandpa Gunn. I am totally jealous that we weren't invited to go, but even if we were invited we wouldn't be able to go. Aaron doesn't have enough vacation hours with our cruise coming up in October. So Jade and I basically hung out all day at our house with nothing to do. I didn't feel like doing any house work or catching up on any projects so instead we sat out on our front porch wishing we had friends. Jade was so bored she walked over to the Loosli's house and knocked on their door to see if McKay was there. But of course he wasn't. She then walked over to our neighbors house to the east of us and knocked on their door. I don't think she expected anyone to answer and neither did I so it was shocking when our neighbor Greg opened the door in his underwear. It startled Jade so bad she started to cry. I apologized perfusly because I know Greg works nights and he was probably sleeping but he wasn't mad. In fact he talked to Jade for a minute and then waved goodbye. Funny kid!
September 16, 2009: I forget how much I enjoy going down to my mom's house until she isn't in town for a whole week. She's only been gone a day and I am so bored I could scream. To help pass the time, Jade and I went to the Library for the first time (well, Jade's first time.) She loved looking at the books, playing on the kid computers and watching all the kids around her. We spent an entire hour there and then I let Jade check out ten books. She loved it.
Tonight our softball game was cancelled so we had another Sorensen Rock Band Party. People brought snacks and dessert and we played until the wee hours of the night. It was really fun!
September 17, 2009: I think Jade might be catching a cold. She has a runny nose, cough and low grade fever. I hope she is just teething and nothing serious. I don't want to deal with her being sick because that means I will get it too.
September 18, 2009: Since my parents are out of town that measn that Cierra and paige are home by themselves. So we decided to go down to Orem tonight and hang out with the girls. We were going to rent Wolverine and watch it out in the West Desert but it ended up raining and ruining our plans. So instead we stayed at Mom Gunn's house, watched the movie and spent the night with the girls. It was a nice evening and I think the girls enjoyed themselves.
September 19, 2009:
September 20, 2009: Jade is currently obsessed with purses. She loves Paige and Cierra's small purses and carries them all over. Today after church, Aaron placed his scriptures on the ottaman. Jade walked over thinking that they were a purse and tried to grab them off the ottoman. I don't think she understood that they were heavy and so in the process of pulling them off the ottaman, the weight of them knocked her backwards flat on her back with her legs straight up in the air. It caught me so off guard the only thing I could do was laugh. Jade however acted like nothing had happened. She stood up, brushed herself off and looked to see if anyone had seen her embarrassing moment. It was sooooo funny!
September 21, 2009: I went to a Swine Flu Clinic at JVH today. It sure scared the heck out of me. I found out that being in my third trimester, I am one of the highest risk groups. Unfortunately that means when I work I am constantly in contact with the flu and therefore putting myself and the baby at great risk. It makes me think that maybe I shouldn't be working while the Swine Flu is such a scary risk. They are thinking that the Swine Flu could reach Pandemic status this season. I am going to talk to Aaron and see if I should stop working until I have the baby. We'll see what happens.
September 22, 2009: Jade likes to help me with cleaning around the house. Her specialties are helping to switch the laundry from the washer to the dryer, putting the clean utensils away after they have been washed, wiping up spills on the floor, throwing her diapers away and picking up toys after she is done playing with them. She is also OCD about several things like closing open doors and putting lids back on things.
Jade is also obsessed with shoes, especially bright colored ones. She loves to putt around the house wearing someone elses shoes or even her own church shoes. She's such a funny little kid.
September 25, 2009: I am officially 19 weeks along with this pregnancy and alreay starting to show. I wasn't nearly this big with Jade. I guess my body knows what to do this time so it isn't wasting any time getting down to business. However, it does nothing for my self esteem. I already feel like a cow. That's not good. I still have 21 weeks to go!!!
I've gotten over the nausea I had earlier in my pregnancy and the headaches seem to have disappeared. Now I am just tired all the time, uncomfortable, fat and my boobs hurt. Other than that I am doing well. :)
September 27, 2009: Today was our much anticipated Primary Program. I was super nervous but the kids did a really good job. I had several people come up to me and tell me how impressed they were with the discipline the children displayed while up on the stand. Everyone was very attentive and sang loud and clearly. We sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" with sign language and even the junior primary did a fantasic job. I was very proud of them all.
September 29, 2009: Today is our third anniversary. Earlier in the week Aaron told me to not make any plans today because he had something planned but he wouldn't give me details. So today after work he told me to pack a bag overnight for all three of us and we drove to Park City. We stopped off for dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant Baja Cantina and then we walked around downtown for a while. While we were walking a group of people came walking up behind us and it was obvious they had had too much to drink. As they walked up along side of us one of the ladies noticed and commented on how adorable Jade was. She was so enamored with her that she didn't see a very tall fire hydrant in front of her. She ran right into it and ended up high centering herself on it. The fire hydrant was tall enought that the lady couldn't stand herself back up without help. It scared Jade and I think it shocked Aaron because he didn't say anything. But I thought it was so funny that I just started laughing hysterically. Finally, one of the ladies' friends came over and helped her stand back up. She was embarrassed and ran off without another word but I think I stood there and laughed for another 5 minutes. It was the funniest thing I had seen in a long time.
After our funny incident, we decided to head to our surprise condo. Aaron wouldn't tell me where we were staying, he said I would just have to wait and see. He ended up driving us to the same condo we stayed at on our honeymoon. It was even the same room we stayed at three years ago to the day. It was so fun to stay the night with Jade. She loved how big the place was and she kept running from one room to another. We stayed the evening and then that next morning woke up to snow on the ground. It was so squeezie with the snow and a real wood fireplace up in the mountains. I could have stayed there all weekend. But alas, check out time came and we had to leave. But it sure was a great way to celebrate our third anniversary.
Saying that, I just wanted to add that I really have enjoyed these three years being married to Aaron. I love him and appreciate everything he does for me and our little family.
Happy Anniversary Aaron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
August 2009
August 3, 2009: I had an emotional breakdown today. I was doing our laundry and realized that Aaron had left a black ink pen in his shirt pocket and it had exploded all over a batch of darks I was doing. It included most of Jade's summer clothes, my favorite shirts and shorts and one shirt of Aaron's. Of course it totally ruined the clothes. I tried washing them again with all of the home remedies that I could think of, but to no avail. I was so mad that I sat down on the floor of the laundry room and started to cry. Jade was in the laundry room helping me at the time and she came up to me with a worried look on her face. She patted me on the shoulder to comfort me and then gave me a quick hug before she returned to her game of pulling out all the laundry I had just folded. Cute kid.
August 4, 2009: I worked all night out at triage and I swear I could feel the new kid kicking or hiccuping. However I'm only 12 weeks along and the probability of me feeling it move are pretty slim. However I could have sworn I felt it move several times that night. Either that or it was muscle spasm.
August 5, 2009: Dad took Jade over to Gordon's store and there discovered a Two Step Push Car that Jade immediately feel in love with. She loves it so much that she cries if you try to take her out of it. Gord let Dad borrow it for a few days and since then Jade is constantly asking to go outside and ride in it. Unfortunately she has to be pushed in order for it to work. So that means someone has to go with her everytime. Yesterday I took her for a 45 minute walk before we went over to Grandma's house and she still cried when I took her out of it. Crazy kid! You know what this means? I'm going to have to buy one when I give Gordon's back. We'll try KSL.com.
Paige pushing Jade in her favorite car.
August 8, 2009: Mom and Dad are in Cedar City taking Auburn to SUU for the start of a new semester. This means the girls are by themselves for the weekend. We invited them up to our house to spend Friday night to Saturday with us. It was fun because we all went to the Hoogle Zoo in the morning on Saturday and had a great time. Jade loved seeing the animals, especially the birds at the bird show and it gave Cierra and Paige something to do.
We were only able to stay a half day because Aaron and I had to be in Bountiful by 6pm for Lisa's (Cade's fiance) live endowment session. Cierra and Paige offered to watch Jade while we went, which was super nice of them. The endowment session was lovely and it was nice to see Cade so happy. They are a really cute couple and we are both really excited for them.
August 10, 2009: We are teaching Jade her body parts by her pointing to them. She doesn't say their names, just points when you ask her where something is. She currently knows where her eyes, nose, mouth, feet, hands, belly-button and head are. We were at Grandma and Grandpa Gunn's house tonight for FHE and while I was getting Jade ready for bed, Grandpa Gunn said, "Jade, I can see your boobies." Jade looks down and points right to her boobies and then reached over to Cierra and grabbed both of hers. Needless to say we aren't saying the word "boobies" anymore.
August 11, 2009: Here's another body part story. So tonight Aaron and I went into Jade's room to check on her while she was sleeping. Aaron whispered to Jade, "Jade, where is your head." and to our surprise (because she is dead asleep) Jade lifts her hand and points to her head with her eyes closed. We were both so surprised that we just burst out laughing. What a funny kid!
August 13, 2009: I just thought I would gloat alittle on how domestic I am becoming. For the past two days, mom and I have been making dinners to freeze. We went to a Relief Society meeting in Mom's stake last Wednesday and a lady taught us how to cook 30 meals that you can freeze in one day. We decided to be ambitious and try it out. So this Wednesday we got together and made up our receipes and our shopping list and spent the rest of the day grocery shopping. Besides making 30 meals for each of our families we decided to get ambitious and make meals for both sets of grandparents. I know, we kind of got carried away but we decided to go big or go home. Today we spent all day cooking. It literally took us 10 hours but at the end we had made 80 seperate meals between the four families. The program that this lady taught us helps to minimize your time and effort so that it makes preparing 30 meals in one day do-able, and actually it really is. Both mom and I were super exhausted but it sure was fun to see the product of our labors. Plus we were able to help out both sets of grandparents. It will be interesting to see if we like the receipes we made. Some of them we had never tried before but just thought sounded good. So we will see. Who knows if we will ever do this again but it was fun to at least try it once. For the past two days, the girls and Dad have been doing a lot of babysitting while Mom and I cook. Cierra is super good with Jade and Jade absolutely worships the ground Cierra walks on. She always follows right behind her and calls her "Ra". It absolutely just makes Cierra glow. It's fun to watch their relationship. It's too bad that Jade won't remember it and that Cierra will go off to college and not be around when Jade will actually start to remember interactions with her.
August 13, 2009:
The men's softball team ended up winning the championship!
August 14, 2009: Today was Cade's wedding. We spent all day going from different event to different event. Poor little Jade was so exhausted by the end of the night but to her credit, she did really well and was super cute all day. Cade and Lisa got married in the SLC temple and Jade loved pulling her little toy dog around the grounds while we waited for pictures. It was a hot day outside but during the morning there was enough cloud cover that it made it bearable.
Jade has also got into this habit of whenever someone takes a picture and says "Say cheese!", she holds both hands up to her eyes and says back, "cheese." So you never get a picture of her without her hands up around her face. It can be a little infuriating, especially at an occasion like this.
Cade a Lisa had there luncheon across the street at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was a nice luncheon and Jade especially liked the decatant dessert of chocolate cake and stawberries.
And finally we ended the night with the reception. Jade looked adorable in her hot pink dress that Roanne made. However, the reception was held at a floral shop and they had tons of water fountains. Could I keep Jade away from the water? Of course not. She spent much of the night playing in the water fountains and lying in the gravel that they had spread around the different areas of plants. She had a great time but at the end of the night she was super dirty. We also discovered that Jade can twirl. They had dancing at the end of the reception and Jade had a blast dancing and twirling on the dance floor. We have the cutest videos of her cutting a rug. Needless to say, Jade slept the moment her head touched the car seat and she didn't wake up until late the next morning. Poor kid was exhausted!
August 15, 2009: We invited the entire Sorensen clan over to our house to have pizzas and play Rock Band. Jade loved playing with the cousins. We have pictures of her trying to sing into the microphone and play the guitar. However, her favorite instrument is the drums. She goes to town on those things and loves it!
August 17, 2009: Jade has discovered the taste of wintergreen Livesavers. They are her favorite. She doesn't get the whole thing cause I'm afraid she will choke on it but I will bite her off a piece and she'll suck on it until it's gone. I do occasional candy checks to make sure she still has it and she thinks it's a fun game to stick out her tongue and show me her candy.
August 19, 2009: Dad Gunn is seriously contemplating buying a used boat for our Lake Powell trip at the end of the month. He has been doing some searching on KSL.com and even taken us out to see a few. We of course, are all cheering him on because we would love to spend Lake Powell on a boat.
August 24, 2009: When it rains, it pours! Today we were playing softball with our co-ed team and Aaron had a great hit out into right field. As he was rounding first base to go to second, he turned to wide and in trying to make up for it, pulled his right calf muscle. He actually went down on both knees it hurt him so bad. He was able to make it to second base without getting tagged out but had to have a substitute runner come and finish the game for him. He couldn't even walk out to the car.
Also we found out that Roanne wasn't at the game because she was having horrible abdominal cramps. She had been having the cramps off and on for a week but I guess tonight they were so bad she couldn't even get out of bed. So after the game, I went with Clair and we got Aaron some crutches from his house and picked up Roanne to take her to the ER. I almost convinced Aaron to go and have his leg xrayed but he decided that he would wait a day or two and see how he did. Besides, we both thought it was probably just muscle and there's not much a doctor can do for that. So I sent him home with Jade and went with Roanne to the ER. Of course they were super busy that night but because I work there I was able to slide her in and get things started. I actually just took care of Roanne, did all of her labs and ordering and got her pain free until a MD could come in and take a look at her.
After about 4 hours of tests and waiting, we found out that she had Sigmoid Diverticulitis, which is an infection in her colon. That was great news because it's easily fixable. You take a weeks worth of antibiotics and pain medications until it goes away. AWESOME! By the time I got home though it was almost 4am. I could have worked that night and gotten paid for how long I was there. But that's okay. I'm glad I was able to help Roanne out. That's part of the reason why I became a nurse, so I can help out the ones I love and know how to take good care of them.
August 26, 2009: Aaron is still having problems putting weight on his leg. His calf is hugely swollen and you can see a bumb where we think his muscle has been torn. Aaron received a referral for a sports medicine place out in Alpine and he's going to go there and see if they can help him out a little. He's a little bummed that this had to happen right before we go to Lake Powell because he enjoys wake boarding.
Good news, Dad Gunn bought a boat today. He found a used boat off of KSL.com that some old guy has taken immaculate care of for years. Unfortunately the boat is a 1986. We were all a little sceptical when he told us how old it was but really it's in such great shape and looks so good that you kind of forget that it's more than 20 years old. Obviously the upholstrey is a little outdated but that can easily be fixed later on. And with how little he paid for it, even if we only use it for several years, he will have gotten his money out of it.
To help Dad Gunn be able to buy the boat, Aaron and I bought his jetskies. It cost us $2,000 but that way they can put the money towards the boat and we can still keep the jetskies in the family. So when we go down to Lake Powell in a couple of weeks we will have both the boat AND jetskies to play on. It should be fun.
August 27, 2009: I took Jade in for her 15 month check up today. She is 21 lbs and only in the 25 percentile in her weight. She is in the 50th percentile for her height and of course in the 75th for her head. The pediatrican asked if she was speaking yet. She said she should have at leasdt 20 words by now. Unfortunately, Jade is a late bloomer in the talking category. She does a lot of pointing and makes a lot of sounds and seems to understand directions. But she doesn't see the need to really say words. She does say words like "dad", "mom", "Huey", "Ra" (for Cierra), "wow", "ball" and "bow". Other than that she seems to be right were she should be developmentally. I know I might be a little partial because she is my first kid but I think she is so advanced for her age.
August 28, 2009: Tonight we had a BBQ at our hose and invited some of Aaron's old high school friends and their children. We had a really good time and actually one of the friends remembered that Aaron's birthday was the next day and she brought a cake to celebrate with. That was really nice and you could tell Aaron was touched that they remembered. We all ate outside on our back patio and the kids had a good time playing in our yard. The only problem is they wanted to climb the tall rock wall and I kept having to tell them to get down. Unfortunately, their parents seemed oblivious to the dangers so it was just me telling them to get down. Other than that we had a pleasant evening and it was fun to catch up. After dinner we invited everyone to stay and play Rock Band. They had such a good time that everyone stayed until past eleven.
Bill and his daughter.
The girls band.
After everyone left I asked Aaron if he wanted to open his only birthday present early and he said yes. So I gave him his present and was pleased to see that he was pleasantly surprised at the gift. I got him a GPS unit that I knew he needed and wanted. He seemed to really like it.
August 29, 2009: Today Aaron is officially 31 years old. He had an Elders Quorum Gold Tournament in the morning that he was in charge of. Which if anyone knows Aaron it seems almost comical that they would put him in charge of that when he hates playing golf so much. But I guess he did really well with the other 3 guys on his team and ended up winning tickets to any U of U home game of his choice.
Afterwards we met Clair and Roanne at Rumbi's for lunch for Aaron's birthday. It was nice to visit with them and they ended up giving Aaron $100.
After lunch we headed down to my parents and met them at Utah Lake were we tried out Dad Gunn's new boat for the first time. We all tubed and had a really good time. We didn't get off the lake until it was almost dark. Afterwards we headed back to my parents and finished off the day with a yummy BBQ. It ended up being a really fun day and I hope Aaron enjoyed his birthday as much as I did.
sure do love him and appreciate all the things he does for our little family. He is a great man, very loving and gentle. He is great with Jade and always willing to help me around the house. He is a hard worker and excels at everything he does. He is also very dedicated to the church and his calling. He is always willing to serve others by helping people move in and out of the ward and is ready at a moments notice to go visit someone that needs help. I sure am lucky to have him in my life and love him very much! Happy Birthday Aaron!
August 4, 2009: I worked all night out at triage and I swear I could feel the new kid kicking or hiccuping. However I'm only 12 weeks along and the probability of me feeling it move are pretty slim. However I could have sworn I felt it move several times that night. Either that or it was muscle spasm.
August 5, 2009: Dad took Jade over to Gordon's store and there discovered a Two Step Push Car that Jade immediately feel in love with. She loves it so much that she cries if you try to take her out of it. Gord let Dad borrow it for a few days and since then Jade is constantly asking to go outside and ride in it. Unfortunately she has to be pushed in order for it to work. So that means someone has to go with her everytime. Yesterday I took her for a 45 minute walk before we went over to Grandma's house and she still cried when I took her out of it. Crazy kid! You know what this means? I'm going to have to buy one when I give Gordon's back. We'll try KSL.com.
Paige pushing Jade in her favorite car.
August 8, 2009: Mom and Dad are in Cedar City taking Auburn to SUU for the start of a new semester. This means the girls are by themselves for the weekend. We invited them up to our house to spend Friday night to Saturday with us. It was fun because we all went to the Hoogle Zoo in the morning on Saturday and had a great time. Jade loved seeing the animals, especially the birds at the bird show and it gave Cierra and Paige something to do.
We were only able to stay a half day because Aaron and I had to be in Bountiful by 6pm for Lisa's (Cade's fiance) live endowment session. Cierra and Paige offered to watch Jade while we went, which was super nice of them. The endowment session was lovely and it was nice to see Cade so happy. They are a really cute couple and we are both really excited for them.
August 10, 2009: We are teaching Jade her body parts by her pointing to them. She doesn't say their names, just points when you ask her where something is. She currently knows where her eyes, nose, mouth, feet, hands, belly-button and head are. We were at Grandma and Grandpa Gunn's house tonight for FHE and while I was getting Jade ready for bed, Grandpa Gunn said, "Jade, I can see your boobies." Jade looks down and points right to her boobies and then reached over to Cierra and grabbed both of hers. Needless to say we aren't saying the word "boobies" anymore.
August 11, 2009: Here's another body part story. So tonight Aaron and I went into Jade's room to check on her while she was sleeping. Aaron whispered to Jade, "Jade, where is your head." and to our surprise (because she is dead asleep) Jade lifts her hand and points to her head with her eyes closed. We were both so surprised that we just burst out laughing. What a funny kid!
August 13, 2009: I just thought I would gloat alittle on how domestic I am becoming. For the past two days, mom and I have been making dinners to freeze. We went to a Relief Society meeting in Mom's stake last Wednesday and a lady taught us how to cook 30 meals that you can freeze in one day. We decided to be ambitious and try it out. So this Wednesday we got together and made up our receipes and our shopping list and spent the rest of the day grocery shopping. Besides making 30 meals for each of our families we decided to get ambitious and make meals for both sets of grandparents. I know, we kind of got carried away but we decided to go big or go home. Today we spent all day cooking. It literally took us 10 hours but at the end we had made 80 seperate meals between the four families. The program that this lady taught us helps to minimize your time and effort so that it makes preparing 30 meals in one day do-able, and actually it really is. Both mom and I were super exhausted but it sure was fun to see the product of our labors. Plus we were able to help out both sets of grandparents. It will be interesting to see if we like the receipes we made. Some of them we had never tried before but just thought sounded good. So we will see. Who knows if we will ever do this again but it was fun to at least try it once. For the past two days, the girls and Dad have been doing a lot of babysitting while Mom and I cook. Cierra is super good with Jade and Jade absolutely worships the ground Cierra walks on. She always follows right behind her and calls her "Ra". It absolutely just makes Cierra glow. It's fun to watch their relationship. It's too bad that Jade won't remember it and that Cierra will go off to college and not be around when Jade will actually start to remember interactions with her.
August 13, 2009:
The men's softball team ended up winning the championship!
August 14, 2009: Today was Cade's wedding. We spent all day going from different event to different event. Poor little Jade was so exhausted by the end of the night but to her credit, she did really well and was super cute all day. Cade and Lisa got married in the SLC temple and Jade loved pulling her little toy dog around the grounds while we waited for pictures. It was a hot day outside but during the morning there was enough cloud cover that it made it bearable.
Jade has also got into this habit of whenever someone takes a picture and says "Say cheese!", she holds both hands up to her eyes and says back, "cheese." So you never get a picture of her without her hands up around her face. It can be a little infuriating, especially at an occasion like this.
Cade a Lisa had there luncheon across the street at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It was a nice luncheon and Jade especially liked the decatant dessert of chocolate cake and stawberries.
And finally we ended the night with the reception. Jade looked adorable in her hot pink dress that Roanne made. However, the reception was held at a floral shop and they had tons of water fountains. Could I keep Jade away from the water? Of course not. She spent much of the night playing in the water fountains and lying in the gravel that they had spread around the different areas of plants. She had a great time but at the end of the night she was super dirty. We also discovered that Jade can twirl. They had dancing at the end of the reception and Jade had a blast dancing and twirling on the dance floor. We have the cutest videos of her cutting a rug. Needless to say, Jade slept the moment her head touched the car seat and she didn't wake up until late the next morning. Poor kid was exhausted!
August 15, 2009: We invited the entire Sorensen clan over to our house to have pizzas and play Rock Band. Jade loved playing with the cousins. We have pictures of her trying to sing into the microphone and play the guitar. However, her favorite instrument is the drums. She goes to town on those things and loves it!
August 17, 2009: Jade has discovered the taste of wintergreen Livesavers. They are her favorite. She doesn't get the whole thing cause I'm afraid she will choke on it but I will bite her off a piece and she'll suck on it until it's gone. I do occasional candy checks to make sure she still has it and she thinks it's a fun game to stick out her tongue and show me her candy.
August 19, 2009: Dad Gunn is seriously contemplating buying a used boat for our Lake Powell trip at the end of the month. He has been doing some searching on KSL.com and even taken us out to see a few. We of course, are all cheering him on because we would love to spend Lake Powell on a boat.
August 24, 2009: When it rains, it pours! Today we were playing softball with our co-ed team and Aaron had a great hit out into right field. As he was rounding first base to go to second, he turned to wide and in trying to make up for it, pulled his right calf muscle. He actually went down on both knees it hurt him so bad. He was able to make it to second base without getting tagged out but had to have a substitute runner come and finish the game for him. He couldn't even walk out to the car.
Also we found out that Roanne wasn't at the game because she was having horrible abdominal cramps. She had been having the cramps off and on for a week but I guess tonight they were so bad she couldn't even get out of bed. So after the game, I went with Clair and we got Aaron some crutches from his house and picked up Roanne to take her to the ER. I almost convinced Aaron to go and have his leg xrayed but he decided that he would wait a day or two and see how he did. Besides, we both thought it was probably just muscle and there's not much a doctor can do for that. So I sent him home with Jade and went with Roanne to the ER. Of course they were super busy that night but because I work there I was able to slide her in and get things started. I actually just took care of Roanne, did all of her labs and ordering and got her pain free until a MD could come in and take a look at her.
After about 4 hours of tests and waiting, we found out that she had Sigmoid Diverticulitis, which is an infection in her colon. That was great news because it's easily fixable. You take a weeks worth of antibiotics and pain medications until it goes away. AWESOME! By the time I got home though it was almost 4am. I could have worked that night and gotten paid for how long I was there. But that's okay. I'm glad I was able to help Roanne out. That's part of the reason why I became a nurse, so I can help out the ones I love and know how to take good care of them.
August 26, 2009: Aaron is still having problems putting weight on his leg. His calf is hugely swollen and you can see a bumb where we think his muscle has been torn. Aaron received a referral for a sports medicine place out in Alpine and he's going to go there and see if they can help him out a little. He's a little bummed that this had to happen right before we go to Lake Powell because he enjoys wake boarding.
Good news, Dad Gunn bought a boat today. He found a used boat off of KSL.com that some old guy has taken immaculate care of for years. Unfortunately the boat is a 1986. We were all a little sceptical when he told us how old it was but really it's in such great shape and looks so good that you kind of forget that it's more than 20 years old. Obviously the upholstrey is a little outdated but that can easily be fixed later on. And with how little he paid for it, even if we only use it for several years, he will have gotten his money out of it.
To help Dad Gunn be able to buy the boat, Aaron and I bought his jetskies. It cost us $2,000 but that way they can put the money towards the boat and we can still keep the jetskies in the family. So when we go down to Lake Powell in a couple of weeks we will have both the boat AND jetskies to play on. It should be fun.
August 27, 2009: I took Jade in for her 15 month check up today. She is 21 lbs and only in the 25 percentile in her weight. She is in the 50th percentile for her height and of course in the 75th for her head. The pediatrican asked if she was speaking yet. She said she should have at leasdt 20 words by now. Unfortunately, Jade is a late bloomer in the talking category. She does a lot of pointing and makes a lot of sounds and seems to understand directions. But she doesn't see the need to really say words. She does say words like "dad", "mom", "Huey", "Ra" (for Cierra), "wow", "ball" and "bow". Other than that she seems to be right were she should be developmentally. I know I might be a little partial because she is my first kid but I think she is so advanced for her age.
August 28, 2009: Tonight we had a BBQ at our hose and invited some of Aaron's old high school friends and their children. We had a really good time and actually one of the friends remembered that Aaron's birthday was the next day and she brought a cake to celebrate with. That was really nice and you could tell Aaron was touched that they remembered. We all ate outside on our back patio and the kids had a good time playing in our yard. The only problem is they wanted to climb the tall rock wall and I kept having to tell them to get down. Unfortunately, their parents seemed oblivious to the dangers so it was just me telling them to get down. Other than that we had a pleasant evening and it was fun to catch up. After dinner we invited everyone to stay and play Rock Band. They had such a good time that everyone stayed until past eleven.
Bill and his daughter.
The girls band.
After everyone left I asked Aaron if he wanted to open his only birthday present early and he said yes. So I gave him his present and was pleased to see that he was pleasantly surprised at the gift. I got him a GPS unit that I knew he needed and wanted. He seemed to really like it.
August 29, 2009: Today Aaron is officially 31 years old. He had an Elders Quorum Gold Tournament in the morning that he was in charge of. Which if anyone knows Aaron it seems almost comical that they would put him in charge of that when he hates playing golf so much. But I guess he did really well with the other 3 guys on his team and ended up winning tickets to any U of U home game of his choice.
Afterwards we met Clair and Roanne at Rumbi's for lunch for Aaron's birthday. It was nice to visit with them and they ended up giving Aaron $100.
After lunch we headed down to my parents and met them at Utah Lake were we tried out Dad Gunn's new boat for the first time. We all tubed and had a really good time. We didn't get off the lake until it was almost dark. Afterwards we headed back to my parents and finished off the day with a yummy BBQ. It ended up being a really fun day and I hope Aaron enjoyed his birthday as much as I did.
sure do love him and appreciate all the things he does for our little family. He is a great man, very loving and gentle. He is great with Jade and always willing to help me around the house. He is a hard worker and excels at everything he does. He is also very dedicated to the church and his calling. He is always willing to serve others by helping people move in and out of the ward and is ready at a moments notice to go visit someone that needs help. I sure am lucky to have him in my life and love him very much! Happy Birthday Aaron!
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