sunburns, croup, and ear infections.... oh my

What a long week we are in for....

Yesterday we found out that Hayden has a double ear infection and croup. My poor little boy started a fever on Monday and Tylenol wouldn't touch it. At the doctor's he was running a temp of 101. And here I was thinking he was getting better after his full head infection (ear, sinus, eyes, nose, and throat infection) that he had 2 weeks ago....
But through it all he has not complained once!!! He has been put on a high dose of amoxicillin. We were warned that it will give him an upset stomach and massive diarrhea. Well this morning I was not prepared when Hayden threw up on me 3 times.....The up side to all of this is that I get tons of cuddles from Hayden because all he wants to do is lay there. I would love it all the more if I wasn't sunburned from boating. But I still love the cuddles. And it is worth it all to get pictures of him falling asleep like that on his couch. Well here is to long nights ahead!!!

Boating at Yuba

So my mom was complaining the other day that I never update my blog,which is true.

So I decided to update....

My parents bought a boat a couple of weeks ago. We used to have one, but then we sold it. So it has been some time since we have gone out boating. Friday we headed out to Yuba lake. It is 14 miles past Nephi. It is a really pretty lake that they drained and redid the beaches on it a couple years ago.

This was Hayden's first time in a boat. He has been constantly wanting to get in the boat or "rocket" and he calls it. Well he finally got his chance. We arrived at about 4 pm and were a little concerned that there were no boats on the water. It was cloudy overhead and the water was a little choppy. One of my mom's wishes on the way down was that there only be 2 boats on the water and us be one of them. Well she got her wish. We saw other boats but none of them stuck around, it was like we had the whole lake to ourselves.

As we got out on the water I wasn't sure how Hayden would react. But I had little to worry about! He loved it!!!

After cruising around for a few minutes we decided to break out the tube. Adam and I road on it for its maiden voyage. It was awesome!!!!
Hayden even road in the tube. He was having fun but was done after a few because it was cold.


Hayden was taking a break hanging out in a little overhang under the glove box.

My Dad, and our crazy driver. It was thanks to him taking us that we had an awesome time!!!

To end our fun day my crazy brother Adam tried to water ski in the COLD water. Adam succeed in getting up a couple of times. He is one tough kid.

We had an awesome time!!! Although we didn't get home till 11pm it was worth it. Thank you Mom and Dad for taking Hayden and Me!!!!!!

Competition

Kevin, this last Saturday, competed in the Spring Home & Garden black box competition. He has been working really hard on this to do well at it. (even though he gets nothing out of it other than experience)

Saturday rolls around and he is out the door early, having to go to school and prep. They competed at around 3pm. Now in black box competitions they receive secret ingredients that they have to use in all of their dishes, they had no idea what they were before hand. For this one they had to use peanut butter, figs, and cream cheese. Yummy right? If I was given those I would have no idea what to do with them.

So Kevin got to work doing what he does best, cooking! After making all of the stuff within a time limit, their food was judged. And much to Kevin's surprise.... THEY WON!!! Kevin and Amanda won the black box competition!! HE was so happy and surprised. His menu was:

appetizer- tomato salad with cream cheese balsamic vinaigrette and an apple fig salad with peanut butter sauce

main dish- sweet potato peanut butter pasta, in a cream cheese shallot sauce; pork scallop; sauteed Brussel sprouts, figs, and pecans

Dessert- Apple fritter; Carmel fig sauce, peanut butter chocolate sauce, and an orange cream cheese frosting napoleon (sort of like an Oreo)


The judges really like his fresh pasta that he made on the spot. He has another competition coming up on the 26th of March for a state competition! We are hoping he does well.

Hayden is now 2!!!

This is a little late being posted....

But Hayden is now officially in the terrible twos.... He was already throwing the tantrums for it.

We celebrated his birthday on Sunday with a last minute party. My mom was making dinner for my grandma, (she had surgery on her hand, and it is still healing) and everyone was wondering what I was going to do for Hayden's birthday.... I had no idea what I wanted to do. I had been sick all week and didn't really have a lot of energy to do anything. But it was pointed out to me that I needed to do something for him. I decided to do a last minute party at my grandma Harward's house.

Hayden had a blast and actually ate some chicken noodle soup. (we didn't have to force him to try some!) My aunt's on my mom's side came and gave Hayden gifts. We had brought some of the gifts Hayden had gotten that morning. We played baseball and soccer in the backyard as well as played with his new bubble machine. (the bubble machine is a lifesaver for me and kevin.... we are done blowing bubbles for Hayden long before he is...)

Hopefully it was fun for him... I know it was tiring for me. =)

Yes he really is faking in this video.....

Hayden will be 2 on Sunday!!!

I can not believe how fast time flies! Hayden will be 2 on Sunday! It feels like it was just yesterday that I was coming home from the hospital with him.

It has been a rather bad week for us. Hayden and I have both been sick all week. And Kevin has been sick for some of the week. But on Tuesday I convinced myself that I was well enough to be out and about. So I went shopping for the young women's activity I was in charge of and also for Hayden's birthday present.
We have been having a hard time deciding what Hayden need/wanted for his birthday. We don't have a lot of room and his toys take up a lot of space as it is. We talked it over and decided Hayden would like a pet. But we have been told no on a dog....(so sad) So we went for fish. Easy to take care of and can fit somewhere in our small space.
On Tuesday we bought the tank and supplies. And on Wednesday Hayden and I went to get some fish. We had tons of fish to choose from.... but we finally found the perfect ones for Hayden. They are called mickey mouse fish. I didn't realize until we got home why they have that name. On their tails there is the mickey mouse head and ears.

Hayden has been delighted since we have gotten them. He feeds them in the morning and right before going to bed. He even gives them kisses goodnight. He named them Mickey and Minnie. I had made a vinyl mickey mouse for him and found the perfect place to put it, right on his fish tank.



Here is a video of Hayden with them.

Other news Kevin is going to compete in a black box competition tomorrow. He is really looking forward to it. I hope he does well!

Hayden's new funny thing

Kevin and I went to put Hayden to bed a few nights ago. We cleaned up all the toys and then ask Hayden, "are you ready to go night night?" Hayden then climbed up into my lap, closed his eyes and stared snoring. It was hilarious! I went over to my mom's house today and was able to get him fake sleeping on video. I hope you enjoy!

Crazy Times!

Last week was a crazy week.

My parents decided to go to Vegas for a get-away. And I volunteered to help watch the 3 kids left at home. I dunno how my mom stays sane with all the running around she has to do during the day to stay up with my siblings. She is really amazing. While they were gone Kevin and I hung out with the kids and we all made dinner on Thursday night.

We made homemade pizza! It was surprisingly really good. (having been made by a 10 and 6 yr old) After making pizza we broke out my mom's recipe book and made her sugar cookies.

They were really good!!

All the while Hayden just hung out and reaped the benefit of our hard work.

What fun. Though going from having an almost 2yr old to having 4 kids 15-10-6-2 was crazy. But it was fun and it was good to let my parents have a break.

Now to give an update..... since I haven't been very good at updating the blog.

Hayden is growing like a weed. He is into climbing on everything and his new favorite show is Mickey Mouse. He will go around the house saying "help me tootles, help me"(tootles is the helper on mickey mouse). It is very funny to watch him as he grows. He is becoming more independent everyday and is continually trying to help with everything.

Last Sunday he hung out with Grandma and Grandpa Whitmer for about an hour. When we came over to get him Kevin was asked to help in giving a blessing to his mom. Hayden and I watched as the blessing was given. As soon as it was over he hurried over to grandma and wanted up. When he was up he laid his hand on grandmas head just like he had seen dad and grandpa do. It was so cute to watch.

Hayden also has a new food thanks to Kevin. It is called edamame. When I make some for him he will eat them like they are going to disappear if he doesn't get them all down. They really don't have much flavor. And he loves them! We are talking about the kid that we have to make him try food before he will even give them a chance. He will even turn down ice cream! Yet he likes these soybeans? Weird little child I have.

Kevin is keeping busy with school and work. He recently took 3rd in the skills competition at school. He will be competing in state in March because of it. He is super excited that he gets to go to state and has been going to school on Saturdays to practice. He also was put on the President's list at school for having a 3.93 gpa last semseter.

As for me, I have been keeping busy. I have been helping my mom out. And have been trying to keep up with Hayden. He is a full time job! But I enjoy being able to stay home with him and help him learn different things. I have also been reading books lately. I have reread twilight, Leven Thumps was a new one that I picked up and have enjoyed, and Diary of a Wimpy kid is a really cute one that Kevin got for me.