Loving Colt!

We are loving our time with Baby Colt! He is just so precious and such an EASY baby! Troy was a challenge from day one due to his acid reflux and being such a horrible nurser. Colt is the opposite and we are loving life! (And loving a 6 hour stretch at night between feedings!) Due to his jaundice, he has to be under the lights at all times except feedings so that's hard. He can't be held 24/7 as we'd like and he can't wear his little cute outfits! But hopefully he can get out of them early this week. We are keeping our fingers crossed things continue to go so smoothly! We are so blessed!

Baby Colt is here!!!

We are so excited to have Baby Colt finally here! He is the sweetest little guy and we are so excited to have him in our family! On Wednesday morning, my water broke about 4:30am and we made the hour trip up to the hospital in a hurry. Luckily they were a little slow in the Labor & Delivery department and I had my epidural within 15 minutes of getting in my room! What a relief! When I got to the hospital I was dilated to a 6 and half and hour later I was fully dilated at a 10. 5 contractions of pushing and Colt was here! It was such an easy delivery compared to Troy (2 years ago I thought a 6 hour delivery was great, but this time a 3 hour delivery was even better!) I am feeling absolutely great which is a huge blessing. Colt was 8 pounds 2 ounces & 19 1/2 inches long which is HUGE for being born 3 1/2 weeks early (the same week Troy was born) Even though he was plenty big, he had a few signs that showed he was born a little early. (Near Term is what they call it) He had some extra mucus in his lungs they had to deal with immediately, he had to be on some oxygen because his levels were low, he had low blood sugar levels and he has jaundice. Over all, nothing too serious that couldn't easily be dealt with. I am so lucky to have my mom here visiting which has been a huge help, especially with Troy. Troy is so sweet and gentle with Troy but is being a little mean to his mommy. :( I'm sure he will get used to our new family arrangment very soon! Well more pictures will be posted on here so keep checking!!! Now everyone cheer on those Colts (one of Baby Colt's namesakes) on Super Bowl Sunday, we will be cheering on Payton here in Ephraim! This is their year!

Snow Party!!!

Last Saturday we had a Madsen Snow Party with family that was in town for New Years. It was a lot of fun...riding to the top of the hill on the 4 wheeler and then slidding down. Troy liked it for a little while and then he just wanted to sit in the truck with his Grandpa. On the first picture, all you can see of Troy are his little snow boots peeking out from under Kevin!

Christmas in Oklahoma

We had a great vacation at my parents in Oklahoma. Troy of course was spoiled and is missing all of the attention that he got from "Cookie & Papa." Kristin, Darren & CJ were there with us so it was great to have all of the family together. Santa still found Troy and brought him some little things since his big Thomas train was waiting for him in Utah!

Temple Square

Since Troy and I flew out on a Saturday morning for Oklahoma, we decided to stay downtown in Salt Lake City at a hotel overnight to enjoy some of the downtown Christmas festivities the night before we left. We had a nice dinner downtown and went to see the lights on Temple Square. Troy loved seeing the temple and all the pretty lights. We walked around a bunch and just people watched...it was cold but still a lot of fun. We decided to make it a new family tradition every December!

Christmas Card Picture

Just wanted to post our Christmas card picture from this year---hope you

all got yours in the mail!

Troy the Tiger

I wouldn't really call it an imaginary friend--yet! Troy is obsessed with tigers and is always talking about "Orange the Tiger". He see's Orange the Tiger all the time in the road while we are driving and yells out, "Watch out mom, there's a tiger in the road!" He has a great "grrrrr" and even uses his hands/paws when he tries to scare you being Orange. My mom found this hooded bath towel while we were visiting and knew Troy needed it! Troy has quite the little personality!

Santa came to Ephraim!

Well Troy must have been a good boy this year cause he got spoiled by Santa! Santa came to Ephraim a little early before we headed to Oklahoma for Christmas. Troy found a new present under the tree yesterday and asked me about it and I told him Santa brought it early for him since we were leaving and he was good all day till he could open it. He even kept hugging his present! (See pic!) Anyway, my handy little husband went to the hardware store after work and rigged up this little table for him to play with down in the basement. The table is so big! But Troy absolutely loves it. I woke up and couldn't find him this morning and sure enough, he was down in the basement. He probably woke up a little nervous cause when he was cranky last night and wouldn't go to bed, Kev told him Santa would come and take back his train if he didn't listen to his mom and dad. Kevin even "called" Santa on the phone. I wish I had a picture of Troy's face at that moment! Pure terror! Sure enough, he went to bed quickly and of course the first thing he checked on this morning was if Santa had let him keep his train!

Meeting Santa...

This is the first year that Troy is actually into Santa and is understanding what he means---it has been so fun!!! We talked about going to sit on Santa's lap for many days and on the drive over to the mall, Troy kept saying how he was going to "hug Santa and kiss him on this nose & cheeks". He hopped right on his lap and did just that! He asked for a Thomas the Train set and big track, and a cowboy hat like the Wiggles. Santa will have to look for a cowboy hat to fit his little head in Oklahoma next week!

Troy's New Suit!

I couldn't resist buying this little 3 piece suit when I found it last weekend! Every little boy needs a suit right! Well Troy loves it and he was the talk of the church on Sunday. Everyone had to comment on how handsome he looked!

More House Pictures...

Project House

Most of you know that we did a little investment project with my parents over the last few months. There was a 1/2 finished house in our neighborhood that had been sitting there all boarded up for 4 years. The original owner ran out of money and there were many bills left unpaid, therefore, the house just sat there till the collectors released their leans against the house. Anyway, Kevin got the opportunity to buy the house before it went on the market and my parents bought it and got a loan to finish the house. It has been a huge thing for our neighborhood to have the eye sore gone. A cute family (Donny Osmonds nephew & his family) bought the house and we just closed on it on Monday. I am SO glad to have it done since it took a lot of time for Kevin and a lot of single mom time for me. Here are the finished pictures!

Let It Snow!

We were pleasantly suprised last night with a beautiful snowstorm! We work up to close to a foot of snow in our front yard! Troy loved watching it from his window but he didn't like his hands getting cold in his mittens. He definetly needs some better snow gloves! He sure looked cute all bundled up though!