Summerfest

June 14th, 2008: Today was Summerfest down in Orem. This was Jade's first experience with fireworks. She actually did really good. The loud bangs didn't startle her, in fact, she seemed to be quite facinated with the loud bangs and the bright lights. She watched them all curled up in a blanket for several minutes and then fell asleep. Can you believe that? She seems to really like loud noises. The louder the better it seems.
We also spent the night over at Grandma and Grandpa Gunns because we planned on getting up early and making breakfast-in-bed for Aaron and my dad to celebrate Father's Day. Jade slept so well for staying in a strange bed. She was also really cute and happy for once. She didn't seem to be gassy at all. She actually smiled for the first time. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera to take a picture. I'm sure I'll have another opportunity :)

Death Water!

June 12,2008: My poor parents! They had a scare of their lives today. With Jade being as fussy as she has been for the last week and especially yesterday (which the fussiness continued throughout the night. She hardly slept and neither did we) my parents offered to keep Jade overnight so that we could get some sleep. We were estatic. So we dropped her off at Grandma and Grandpa Gunns house for the night and headed back up to West Jordan in time for Aaron to play his men's softball game. Aaron is on a team with his brothers and my brothers and some old friends. They won and we went out to dinner to celebrate. While we were eating at Goodwood with Jen, Jeremy, Ethan, Boston, Austin, Hudson, Aaron and myself, we got a phone call from my parents. My dad started the conversation by saying, "We are at the ER with Jade but don't worry, everything is fine." Come to find out, Jade had aspirated on some Gripe Water (Gripe Water is a home remedy made up of fennel and licorice juice. It is meant to help babies with colic and stomach gas. My aunt Chickie recommended it to my parents after my mom told her that Jade cries a lot for no reason and that she kicks her legs and screams a lot. Chickie said that she gives it to all of her grandkids and it immediately helps. My parents had bought some about a week back and it seemed to help her)that grandma had given her and started to turn blue. She wouldn't breathe so my parents rushed her to Timpanogos Hospital, just down the street. By the time they got there she had started to breathe again. However they decided to have her checked out. Dad called me right after the doctor had examined her and decided she needed to have a chest xray done. I asked my dad if we should rush down there and he said to wait. She was doing well and they would just wait for the results of the xray and then call us back. He did call us back but by then we were on our way down to Orem. We had decided to go down anyways and make sure she was alright. My dad said that the xrays had come back and that it looked like she might have aspirated some of the gripe water and that the doctor wanted to either send her up to Primary Children's Hospital via an ambulance or send her to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center via POV to be admitted for observation. We got there and Jade was sleeping on the stretcher hooked up to the monitors. She looked great but the doctor was really uncomfortable with her going home. So instead of paying for an ambulance fee we decided to take Jade to the ER at UVRMC ourselves. By this time it was around 11:00pm. When we got to UVRMC the ER doctor examined her and felt like our coming to the ER was a waste of time. Jade was breathing well, her oxygen sats were normal and therefore there was no reason to admit her for observation. So he sent us home. Needless to say my parents didn't end up babysitting her for the night. We took Jade home and watched her really carefully. I kept getting up and checking on her to make sure she was breathing well. So instead of getting a good nights sleep I hardly slept at all that night. The only one that really slept well was Jade. She was exhausted after her long night in the ER. Since then we have stopped giving Jade "Death Water" and my parents won't even go near a syringe or even be in the same room if I have to give medicine to Jade via a syringe. They are scarred for life!

Pictures from the Photo Shoot

1st Baby Photo Shoot

June 11, 2008: Jade's first photo shoot was today. Our neighbor Peter Loosli is a professional photographer and he gave us a free photo shoot as a baby gift. So we scheduled the shoot for today. I thought it was going to be a great day because Jade slept so well and was so happy when she woke up in the morning. However, after getting her out of the bath she just cried and cried. I couldn't figure out what her problem was but she was NOT happy. Peter came over to our house and started to take pictures but Jade just wouldn't cooperate. Peter ended up taking 650 pictures and was here for two hours trying to get a good picture of Jade. Unfortunately we only got a handful of pictures that could be used. The funny thing is that as soon as Peter left, Jade immediately stopped crying and fell right asleep.
I would say it was because she didn't like having her picture taken but in retrospect I don't think she was feeling well that day because after her nap she cried and cried for 3 hours straight. I must admit that it was the first time that I actually had to set Jade down in her room and shut the door so that I could have a few minutes to cool off. She had been crying so much that I just became super frustrated. I felt bad that I was having these feelings about this sweet little girl but I had reached my limit with her that day. I let her cry for about 15 minutes and that was enough. That gave me time enough to reassess, say a little prayer of help, and cool off. That didn't mean she stopped crying. Oh no, she continued to cry until Aaron got home that evening but at least I was able to handle it a little better. I felt so stupid when Aaron got home cause there I am rocking Jade with a tear-stained face and Aaron walks in the door and she stops crying immediately. I just laughed...it was either that or cry again. :) Oh post baby hormones, you've got to love them.

Grandma Sorensen

June 9th, 2008: Jade stayed with Grandma Sorensen for a few hours while Aaron and I went to the Blaze Arena Football game on a double date with Cade. Jade loves to hang out with Grandma S because she holds her the entire time. This is a pic of Grandma S and Jade sleeping on the couch together.

Post Mother's Day Photo Shoot

June 8, 2008: Because Jade was born on May 5th and Mother's Day was that next Sunday May 11, Mother's Day was the last thing on my mind. So when Mother's Day rolled around I completely spaced it. And as Gunn children we really didn't do anything at all to honor our mom. So we decided to do a post-Mother's Day celebration a month late. For a present we "payed" Dad to take a picture of us kids, framed the picture, everyone wrote her a love letter and then we took Mom out to dinner at China Lily's (one of her favorite restaurants). It ended up being a very nice evening and I think Mom really liked it.

The Sorensen Cousins

Cousin Tylar Grace Sorensen is the daughter of Austin and Mara. Tylar was born 15 days after Jade. It's great that Jade has someone her own age to play with while we are at Grandma Sorensens.

Boston is Jeremy and Jen's little boy. He is 9 months old. He's got tons of hair, super long eyelashes and chubby cheeks. I guess big cheeks are a Sorensen trait.

Ethan is Jeremy and Jen's oldest boy. He is three and a super smart kid. He currently loves to play transformers. Bumblebee is his favorite.

Aniston is Tylar's big sister. She is 2 years old and super adorable. She knows how to make the noises of lots of different animals. This is a pic of her lizard face.

Kylee is actually an aunt...not a cousin. But I thought I would add her to the mix. She is 11 years old and a great babysitter. All the kids love to hang out with Aunt Kylee.