Landon's Blessing

Not sure what this face is. It kind of looks like his poop face a little.



I have how many brothers!?






We were very grateful to have family here for Landon's blessing. We are also very thankful for great friends that stood in the circle. Don blessed Landon and Grandpa Gray, Tae Parker, Helaman Noyes, Bishop Scott Mackey, and Jeremiah Alexander stood in the circle (bishop is not in the picture).
Don gave a wonderful blessing and we are so blessed to have the priesthood in our home.

Landon is 1 Month

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Landon's first month of life was fairly uneventful. He did a lot of sleeping, eating, and that other thing. He is such a joy to have around. At one month he wasn't sleeping too great yet. Still had his days and nights mixed up a little. He woke up at around 2am and stayed awake for several hours. By his second month he was doing much better and not staying awake at night so much.
He is a great eater, but spits up a lot more than any of the other boys.

We love our little guy!

Visitors

At the first of August Don's mother was able to come visit. Also his Grandparents came to join us for the blessing. We did lots of fun things while they were here!
We were able to take a four generation photo while they were here.
Grandpa Gray took the boys and Gram on a hike in the area. The boys really love doing this with him.
We were so sad we missed the traditional quarters that Grandpa Gray does, but he brought them with him and gave them to the boys. They were excited to put them in their missionary jars.
We also visited Discovery Science while they were here. The boys just love this place.

Jaron Swimming

For the past two weeks Jaron has been taking swimming lessons every evening and on Friday we got to go and watch him and see what he had learned (parents aren't allowed to watch the regular lessons).

Jaron listening to his teacher Mrs Sandy

Practicing going underwater and blowing bubbles

He would much rather float on his back than swim on his front

Listening to Mrs Sandy again, he is always very into what shes teaching

Class photo, she is a great teacher Jaron had a great time and learned lots.

Here he is diving off the side and swimming to the other side, he sure is fast.

Landon Wenzel Hughes

Our little man finally joined the family on July 6th at 4:04am. He was 7lb. 13oz. and 21" long. Over the few weeks before his arrival things were progressing well and Dr. Spencer said he would come any time. Just a run down for my records; at 32 weeks - 1+ and 40% effaced, 37 weeks - 2/3 and 50%, 38 weeks - 3+ and 75% effaced, 39 - 4/5 and ??. 37-39 weeks he was at a +3 station.
On the 5th I visited Dr. Spencer and got the update of where I was. I had a few contractions but nothing too exciting, they even stopped. At 11pm they started up again and this time didn't stop. At 1:45am I woke Don so we could go to the hospital. Being so far along already I just didn't want to chance it. Even though I was not in any really pain, a little discomfort. At 2am we checked in and I was a 6 and 80%. But when things started to change things happened fast. The doctor broke my water at a 7 and 21 minuets and 2 pushes later he arrived. I did it naturally, 21 minutes of true pain isn't all that bad.

Landon is a great eater! He latched right away and is still doing well. He has awake times at around 4pm and 2am for a few hours. He does not like to be all swaddled up most of the time and sleeps all stretched out with his hands by his face.


I look super tired this time sorry everyone. I just have really not been getting a lot of sleep.


Jaron LOVES Landon. He is always "petting him." Which means he likes to touch his head and face and talk to him. Bryson also is very excited about brothers arrival. He asks about him a lot and likes to give him hugs and kisses.
Eldon took a day to warm up to him, but is now very happy with new brother being around. Every time he hears him cry he says "baby" and goes off looking for him.

May & June 2011

Before I post about our new addition I wanted to get in what we have been up to the few months before. Besides the broken arm we have been going to play groups. We have been to the fire department, the aviation museum and other fun things.

I have also been letting the boys choose one fun thing a week they want to do together. We have been swimming a lot. It is soo hot. We also visit the zoo and get out our own little pool.

When we have to stay inside we like to dance to get out the energy!

The great ladies in our ward threw me a baby shower! Got lots of useful things as well as had a great time.

I wanted to make a scripture case for my nieces baptism. It was my first try at a bag and for someone that really doesn't sew I did okay I think.

And let us not forget the tree that fell through the fence and crushed some of the garden.

Eldon's Broken Arm

Poor little Eldon! The little mischievous daredevil knows he isn’t suppose to climb the bunk bed ladder so he did it before anyone even knew he was up. Don rushed in to his obviously hurt cry. Don was on his way out the door to work and still went so he wouldn’t have a late on his record. Sadly he wasn’t able to come home, they were way short on men that day. So I called a friend to come with me. I can’t carry him, or take him into X-ray. He was fine with Stacy Noyes holding him the whole time. The day of the broken arm was a little rough for him. But he adjusted just fine. He even figured out how to pull the splint off with his teeth. I had to hide the end of the wrap so he couldn’t find it. When we went in to get it casted she did the full arm since he kept taking the splint off and also because he was so active and fell often enough and would jam the broken arm again. This way when he falls he won’t jam the arm. It only has to be on 3 weeks since he is so young bones heal quickly. He is doing great with the cast. The only person that has gotten hurt from it is him. He fell on the tramp and smacked his face with his cast. He has a few bruises and scrapes from that.

Also he really is a mischievous little guy. So we washed and got out of the bath. But he was not done yet I guess. Before I could even get off the floor he had climbed back in for another bath.

Eldon has started talking a lot this last month. He loves to sing and dance. He tries hard to keep up with his brothers when they talk or sing. His favorite song is Apples and Bananas, or whatever it is called and he loves to dance to the Beatles.

I'm Thirsty Anyway

You know that Jo Dee Messina "Bring on the Rain"? I have always loved that song. For some reason it reminds me that things always pass. Every time I listen to the song I think of all the times I have listened to it and how hard those times seemed, but they did pass. It reminds me to not have fear, have faith instead. And "I am thirsty anyway, so bring on the rain. " Trials are the refiners fire and we always come out better than before.
I also have a confession. I am not superwoman. I know that might come as a HUGE shock, it was for me. Several of my friends have said at time, ". . . you can do it, you are supermom." It is totally meant as a compliment, and it is. It has given me several times the strength to be what they think I am. But as we found out this last week, I am just human. I have complete confidence that everything will be just fine with this pregnancy. I will go full term most likely. But I do need to get enough sleep, eat enough food, and drink enough water. I also need to stop when my body says it is sick. If I keep pushing the card that I am fine and don't need those things, sooner or later I won't be fine.

I e-mailed this to a lot of family and friends, but want it for my personal journal. I print my blog every year and keep it so here is what happened.
I had been having contractions since Friday, which were 10 min apart. But since several hours of rest was helping I didn't worry too much. We had a little scare on Sunday when contractions were coming 2-3min apart at 4:30pm. We decided to go in to labor and delivery at around 6:30pm where I was given shots of Terbutaline. The first shot stopped them briefly but they came back stronger and more frequent. The second dose did the trick and slowed them down to every 10 min. They let me go home at this point which was 2:15am. They continued at 10 min apart until Monday at 4pm. This was not labor as there was no cervical change during contractions. I was put on bed rest until I could go in to see my OB. I had an appointment with her on Tuesday. She did a Fetal Fibronectin test which came back negative. She said that I should be good for the next few weeks and not go into labor. She did say that that many contractions still are not good, I need to take it easy. So try and rest more and get help when I need it.

The little guys need me, but I will post about the other fun adventure we had this week soon.

Family Trip to Utah 2011

Okay, so we just spent 2 weeks in Utah with family and I took very few photos. It could be that we were kind of busy, that I was sick, or that I just am not into photo taking these days.

So Don decided that he wanted to drive straight through. The boys did great! On the trip there Knick was not a good traveler, but that is because he was not in his kenel. On the trip home he did great. Bryson had a few rough patches, but the rest of us did good. Don really drove the whole way. I tried to stay awake as much as I could so I could keep him up. On the way there I slept for about 4 hours and did drive for a few hours in the early morning. On the trip home I only slept about 2 hours or so hours. So needless to say I was really tired. Don handles being tired so much better than I do. I just don't function. So even after we got home, I was the one to go to bed while he stayed up with the boys until nap time. It has been a rough adjustment back to real life. The boys are really demanding and are fighting a lot. They were spoiled way too much when we were there. But we are starting to get back into our routine and things are going better now.

We did so much while we were there . . . I am not sure I even want to attempt to recap. Everything we did was really fun and wonderful. Family did their best to make it a good time while we spent time with them. It is always fun to create memories.