Fun Faces

I was just looking through some pictures and liked these pictures they make me laugh so I thought that I would share:p


Cheesy Princess

I was trying to get a cute picture of Reggie and I but he just was not cooperating. He looks more annoyed than anything. He is very stubborn ( he gets that from his father).

I always have to get a pouty face picture of all my kids because it is Cory's favorite. He will torment, tease, make faces at, scare or what ever he can think of to get them to do it. I do have to say Reggie makes the best one he holds it for a while before he cries. I know I am going to give in a lot with him.

I think he is bored. Do think he bored? I think he is bored. Thanks Ashton for the photography.

I know, I know they are pink glasses. He borrowed them from Jordyn and thought they were so fun.

I think Ashton is trying to catch a fly. Once again Reggie isn't having it and I totally didn't mean to chop Ty off it looks like he is the only one with the cute smile. My BAD!

Belated Ty and Ashton's Birthday

Ashton's Birthday was in March and he turned seven. This year was the first time he wanted to do an actual party with friends at the house. It was fun and hectic to have ten little boys running around. We had cupcakes and icecream, played pin the tale on the donkey, an animal game, popped open a pinata, and opened presents. Ashton loves friends, he is very social. Anywhere he goes he makes friends. I think having all his friends there at once to celebrate him made him feel pretty cool. Plus he liked being in charge (oldest child sindrum).

Ty's five year old birthday was kind of a crazy day. We didn't get to do what we had originally planned things had to chance last minute so Uncle Joe and his family took him to Mcdonalds for lunch and helped mom and dad by taking him to the store to pick out a new Wii game. Then we went to G-pa and G-ma's for some cake. I only got two pictures of the day. Both have his cousins in it who made the day more fun for him. I am glad for the simple mind of children sometimes. I don't think he felt slided he had a fun day and with his new game he was thrilled he played it everyday for months. Though the day didn't turned out as planned I hope he knows how special he is to us. He is my silly child he makes me crazy and laugh all the time. He is happy when he is doing good, likes to be a good helper, looks up to and wants to do everything Ashton does, likes to do crafts, play games, and anything that makes him laugh. We love him very much and hope he looks back on the day as a good day.

Christmas in July

Ok since Reggie was born life has been one crazy thing after another and I was just looking at a disc of pictures that I haven't developed or even looked at really and I saw these Christmas pictures. So since this Blog is really my only was of doing a journal right now in my life I wanted to post them. Maybe when I get this all into a book I can put them in the right order.

Ashton showing off his gift from Santa at the family Christmas party. That is not me next to him sorry that I am so vain that I had to point that out.

My little handsome devil Ty finagling with Santa for a cool gift

Sorry I couldn't figure out how to flip the picture. This is Jordyn's first Princess outfit and she wouldn't take it off the whole night. Ever since she has liked Princesses.

We wanted Reggie to be home from the hospital so bad by Christmas and we got our wish. He had only been out of the hospital a week. He was too excited to see Santa so we SPRANG him for the party!

This is Reggie on his first Christmas. He was still adjusting to being home with the family. But, as strange as it may seem I think it did him good. He wasn't sure about the noisy siblings but he seemed at peace being with us.

It has been our tradition the last few Christmases that while I get together the Christmas Eve Dinner or TREATS Cory and the kids build a gingerbread house. It is a tradition that Cory thinks is fun even if it doesn't look like it.

Jordyn wasn't too sure if she like the present that Ty gave her.

The boys got some paper jams and Ty was happy to show his off.

Ashton Jamming on his paper jam. Ty didn't have his out of the box yet so he is doing his air guitar impression.

Jordyn thinks she is a ROCKER:)




It was a very wonderful Christmas! Cory and I got our number one wish to have our Son home. And through generosity of family and friends we didn't need for anything.

A Blessed Day At Last!!!!

March 27, 2011 Reggie Was Finally Blessed:) It seemed like this day took forever to get here but, through much trial and tribulation it DID! He looked very handsome in his little satin tux, he was quiet through the blessing, and he didn't wiggle away. Which at six months old I was a little nervous about. He is doing SOOOO good. Cory with the Lord's help I am sure did a wonderful job. I was filled with an overwhelming amount of emotion seeing my husband and my family encircle my little boy. It was a very emotional day for all of us. I feel very humbled that the Lord has entrusted this special spirit to me to raise. I hope that I can make him proud and that even in times when Reggie is getting into eggs, or baby powder, or throwing temper tantrums I will always remember how glad that I am that he came into our lives to stay. I love him very much. Reggie with Grandpa and Grandma Slade Reggie with Grandpa and Grandma Russell

The man of the day with Great Grandpa Collins. He is my mother's father my last living grand parent at the young age of 91.

Sorry I didn't know how to flip the picture but it was too cute. This is Reggies cousin Ella. She wouldn't eat the yummy food but, she did like this treat:)

I know I know there isn't a picture of us with him or with his family in the craziness of the day I didn't get any. These pictures were taken by my sis-in-law. So I am glad I got these.

Officially HOME!!!!!!!!

My sweet baby boy finally was able to come home on December 3, 2010. He was at Primary Childrens one day shy of two months. We are thrilled beyond words to have him home getting to know his family. I love this smile:) He did come home with one tube still in his stomach to feed him but, he is so wonderful he didn't use it once. He has been able to take everything by mouth. It is a special diet but he will probably have that his whole life. That is the easy part. One month after he came home he was able to get that tube out. The Doctors said the hole in his stomach would leak for a few days and would heal within two weeks most likely. If it didn't it would have to be closed by surgery. It leaked when the tube was removed but not a bit after that. It closed almost immediately. Just another miracle of many we have received.

As you can see he is just as beautiful as my three other kids. I may be a little bias but I don't think so:)

I thought this is so cute. It was him showing his "gun show"

I don't know for sure but I think he is giving us a krusty for taking a picture of his tube. I wanted it for memory sake.

He has been home a month and a half now and is thriving. He is eating great, tube free, and is now off all his meds other than vitamins and special fats and formula. He smiles all the time, is cuing, starting to grab the toys on his mobiles, kicking, gets excited, laughs, and poops alot (you know all the normal three month old things). Now brace yourself I am going to get cheesy. We have been so very blessed since this little guy has come into our lives. I personally have learn huge lessons. I have learned how much my Heavenly Father loves me and my family, and how much others love me. I have gained leaps and bounds in my testimony. About the comfort of the Holy Ghost, about Faith, the strength of the Priesthood, service, PRAYER, and about the gospel as a whole. I know that Reggie had Angels looking out for him. We had so many doctors say that they were surprised at how well he has done. We had our bad days but overall his body mended and healed so wonderfully. Before we knew what was wrong with Reggie we were scared and Cory gave him a blessing and in that blessing it said that he would grow and develope to be a normal little boy. That gave me comfort through this process. I had Faith in that. I knew that he would be ok even though I wasn't sure what road we would have to take to get there. I have had huge blessings, seen amazing miracles, felt a great deal of love, and have a beautiful baby boy. So i think even though the last few months have been the some of the hardest of my life they have been some of the most rewarding.

Modern Day Miracles

Surgery number three is done and hopfully it is the last. Reggie did so great. They found out that the blockage was from scar tissue. The tissue from the second surgery wasn't healed enough so it scared and constricted. So they did have to take out some more of my little guys intestine. That is the bad news but, the really amazing thing is they found 40cm more. They told us that the intestine will not regenerate but it can grow a little with how small he is. They were talking like 10cm and Reggie grew 40cm!! We trully believe that it was do to all the prayers on his behalf. I prayed for a miracle and the Lord did bless me greatly with one, who my kinding with many. Since then he has progressed remarkable well. He has been able to do more in the last week than he has in the last month. He is finally taking milk out of a bottle(only a very small amount not even an ounce yet) and pooping! Yes poop is very exciting when you have lost a huge portion of you intestines. He gives lots of smiles,wants to play, kicks, checks out is environment, is very alert, and all those normal baby things. They are slowly increasing his feeds every day and monitoring him to see how he does. It is a slow process but it is now going forward. That is the update in a very small nut shell but it is late and I am very tired. I will keep the updates coming. This is a picture before his third surgery and he no longer has that nasty nose tube.
I wanted to get a picture of his war wound for his baby book. Sorry I don't have a current picture my battery died on my camera.

Halloween

Holy insanity Halloween was so crazy!! The night was stressful for me but fun for the kids and that is the most important. It was go go go and then crash. Cory was with Reggie so it was just me and the other three. They were candy monsters and just didn't want to quit. I was very glad that the rain let up for the perfect amount of time to get in some great trick or treating. Did I mention that Jordyn loves Mini Mouse:) This is her doing the "Hot Dog Dance".
My hard core boys.

Me, my kids, Tiffany, and her kids always get together if only for a moment or two. Tiff is a much cooler mom than me she gets dressed up and what a cute Dora she made (even though she was freezing because she said a coat didn't go with the costume).