from the mouths of babes

as i was nursing grace today jaxon says " baby don't eat mommy!"

Happy 2nd Birthday JAXON!!!!!

Jaxon's b-day was actually 2 weeks ago. it was the day after grace was born so needless to say i was not in the position to have any celebrations for him that day. although several of the nurses knew it was his b-day and were great to either tell him happy birthday or sing to him.

i can't believe it has been 2 years since our lives have grown and changed for the better! my baby boy is no longer a baby and is turning into a "iddle boy" as he says it. he is such a joy in our lives and i can't imagine my life without him. jaxon never fails to make me smile and melt my heart. i get chocked up every time he says "i uv you momma" so happy birthday my sweet baby boy!!

we ended up celebrating it last mon with some friends and family. he had a good time with all his little friends, and was so excited all day that they were comming over. jaxon was deffinatly spoiled and got way to many presents! it was better then christmas!

jaxon has been a little scared of the tramp and he FINALLY got a little brave and jumped with all of his cousins!



one of the many things that day that jaxon was excited for was opening his presents. his BIG present for his birthday was a harley motorcycle inspired big wheel. it has blinkers lights and all sorts of sounds.

gregs family always makes such neat cakes for birthdays. i am not the best and need a lot of practice. my goal is to make several cakes before the next birthday and hopefully it will be as good as all the other sorenson cakes. this is my beginers cake. it didn't work out like i had hoped and expected. my cow that was going to eat the hay (the 3 yellow things) disappeared! so we had to improvise with the pig! jaxon loves to go with grandpa sorenson to feed the cows hay so that was the inspiration for his cake. patiently waiting for us to stop singing so that he could eat the cake! oh and he didn't appreciate his toys being on the cake and pulled them all off! FINALLY!!! he can blow out the candles and dig in!

Grace 2 weeks old

we had grace's 2 week check up the other day. we had our fingers crossed, hoping that she had gained enough weight. as much as i love being worried about making sure she ate when she was supposed to and enough, i would much rather know she is gaining and not have to do that! the dr said she is looking good. she had gained 4 more oz's since our last weight check. so good that she is continuing to gain weight but she is still not at her birth weight which is where the dr would like to see her at. she has been having a bout of reflux, at least that is what we hope it is and not a milk protein allergy like jaxon had!

2 week stats: 8 lbs 7 oz 57%

21.5 in. 90%

love/hate

i have a younger sister that has down syndrom. in ways she is on the same level as jaxon. because of that they have a very love/hate relationship. sometime they play so well together while other times they fight like cats and dogs! yet she is one of jaxon's favorite people. well this day they each got some candy and were sent outside to play. jaxon had a toddler friendly treat while dani had chocolate. all of a sudden they both run inside giggling. they are both COVERED in chocolate! hands, face, and clothes! i was just happy they were getting along so well and SHARING!
after i got pics of the 2 chocolate monsters, jax layed down and posed like this! i thought he was so cute and smart! he has learned to look cute and it is too hard to get mad at him! i mean seriously! look at that face! could you get mad at him!???

Jaxon our little helper

So far jaxon loves to help mommy take care of baby grace. he is very concerned for grace when she makes ANY noise and will run to give her her binkie, that is when he is not "borrowing" it! he throws away her dirty diapers and will get wipes and diapers when needed. he loves to help feed her as well. he is usually very persistant about helping. i hope he stays this helpful and loving towards his baby sister.

provo

oh did i mention that we are MOVING BACK TO PROVO!!!! we will be moving back to our old house in provo by the end of the month! now if only greg could find a job we would be in business! of course i am thrilled however greg is a little bummed that there is no jobs in the koosharem area. still we are BACK!!!!!!

Grace 1 week old

our first day home went rather smoothly. grace slept a lot and was rather mello. i called the dr to make her 2 week apt. the nurse asked a bunch of questions, how is she sleeping, eating, how much is she eating, ect... after all was said and done she was concerned that she was sleeping too much and not eating often enough. she was eating about every 4-6 hours. well jaxon ate every 4-6 hours and it was never an issue. because when we left the hospital she was looking a little yellow that brought the concern with her eating. so the nurse told me that i needed to feed her at least every 2-3 hours. if grace didn't improve then i had to call in the next morning. needless to say that made for a very long sleepless night! the next morning i called in to see what counts as improvement. the nurse deccided that we needed to bring in baby for a weight check. just as we feared, she has lost 2.5 oz. in one day. not a good sign. so i had to continue to feed her every 2-3 hours even if i had to force her to eat or feed her with a syringe. we had to go back in 3 days to weigh her again.

i felt that after the 3 days grace had made a big improvement in her eating. she was eating more ofter as well as more food. yea! she had gained weight! although she was still less then when we left the hospital. but she is going in the right direction!

so i can remember, her weight went as follows: birth 6-11-09 - 8lbs 12oz

hospital discharge 6-15-09 - 8 lbs 4 oz

1st weight check 6-16-09 - 8lbs 1.5 oz

2nd weight check 6-19-09 - 8lbs 3 oz

over all she has been a great baby. she is getting more and more alert as each day comes. she LOVES her binkie, (in case you haven't noticed by the pictures!) just like jaxon. every once in a while jax will run off with it waiting to see if we hace noticed he is sucking on her binkie. she has a really good suck and can hold it in by her self very well! i hardly ever half to put it back in for her! she has her happy, content moments and her not so happy moments (greg and i call our kids angry elfs at these moments. from the movie elf).

she decides to be wide awake when it is time to go to bed and sleeps a lot during the day. she will sleep in her bed, couch, or floor untill it is time to go to bed then she will cry in her bed untill you hold her and then she falls sound asleep.

as a side note jaxon has continued to be as gentle as a 2 yr old can be and loves her to death! he has only had one jealous moment. one morning as he was asking to get out of bed and i was feeding grace. i told him that greg would come and get him out of bed. jaxon's reply to that was "no mommy, daddy hold baby, get me out!" i thought it was kinda cute they way he realized that i couldn't cause i was holding baby and that he wanted his mommy to get him out!

greg and jaxon have been gone for a couple days at his parents house. i have been in orem at my parents with grace. it has been great to just spend some one on one time with my new little girl. she has already been such a joy and i can't wait to continue to get to know her and watch her grow!