Utah 48 BYU 24......Bummer

So today was the big game! It was almost great BYU didnt do very well in the first half but were staying right with them, then Utah took off. But we went up to visit Christina's Great Grandpa Clyde, and her Grandparents who were visiting for Clydes 90th birthday!. Well Christina's Grandpa is a huge Utah fan and so we decided to dress jackson up in all BYU to take some pics, here they are.

I had to post this picture of Jackson

Hey Everybody, Christina gave Jackson a bath and he came out smiling, and she was able to capture this awesome picture. It is so cute so we decided to post it.

What do you do when you go to the bathroom?

Okay, well Im pretty sure we all know what normal people do when they go to the bathroom but I have to tell you about this icky guy. So I am sitting here at work today and this man comes in to use our restroom. First let me tell you about him. He is probably about 50 and he keeps his nails long- like womanly wrong- I have issues when men have long fingernails. Anyways, he comes in to the use the restroom on a fairly frequent basis. I also need to tell you that the walls here are paper thin. Okay, so he goes in to the restroom (right by the office) and I hear his phone ring. Well I thought surely he isnt going to answer it. Oh no he does! He proceeds to have a 10 minute conversation with the person. I then hear the toilet flush and think, "thank goodness! He is leaving (hes one of those people who give me the heeby jeebies)." NO! He doesnt leave! He proceeds to MAKE a phone call!! What a weirdo. Who sits in an office bathroom making personal phone calls?! Can we say awkward? I hear the toilet flush again but no water running. He DIDNT WASH HIS HANDS! SICK! I figured he wouldnt because I have never heard him wash his hands. Anyways, I was very glad that people were in the office when he left that way he wouldnt stay and talk to Jackson and I. The last thing I wanted was for him to even look at Jackson. Of course it had to be the day that I forgot to put red on him! (Red keeps the evil eye away- thats what my mom told me). Although he is sitting in his bouncer and there is red on that, so we should be good. I will say that after he left I got the lysol spray and sprayed down the office and the bathroom. No icky man germs here!
*By the way, my rash is going away. Hallelujah! We still dont know what caused it but I am not so itchy anymore. Oh Happy Day! And, my sister and brother in law are going to go to a Star Trek convention some day- can we say nerdy Trekies? Lol (they really arent)

Happy Happy Birthday Bobbie and Dad Muffler

We want to wish Bobbie and Dad a Happy Birthday! Yes both of their birthdays are today. Makes it easier for me to remember. We love you both lots and wish we were celebrating with you. I won't even say how old you two are.

Itchy, Itchy, Itchy!

Well, for a week or two I have had this really red itchy rash. I thought that maybe it was due to my laundry detergent at first so I switch to washing all my clothes in dreft- like the most gentle detergent ever. Anyways, no luck! The rash has just progressively gotten worse. It started on my chest, spread to my stomach, then to my arms and now is even behind my ears! What the heck?! Well, I decided yesterday that I could not take the itching anymore. I went to see the doctor and he was completely baffled. He thought that it looked like a drug reaction. No not like illegal drugs, but like prescription drugs. But I haven't taken anything at all. Well Ibuprofen, but really? Anyways, he couldnt figure out what it is so he sent me home with a cream which will hopefully work to clear it up and stop the itching but if not I will need to go see a dermatologist. He also said I could have eaten something maybe that I was allergic to, but I havent eaten anything different at all! The mystery will continue. Hopefully this cream will just work and Ill be itch free once again.

I miss my Maria!

So my mom had decided to stay with us for the past week. We had so much fun! This time we were able to go do things. It was an absolute blast. Not to mention how much she does for us. She kept the house clean, laundry done and always made us a yummy dinner. Can I say chicken and dumplings, stew- yum! So delicious. Shes a wonderful cook! Plus, it was nice to have someone around all the time with me since poor Andrew is so busy (only 3 more weeks of student teaching, hallelujah!) Anyways, we love you tons mom and can't wait to see you again!! You're the bestest!

On Our Way to Church

We got Jackson ready for church today and he looked too cute so I had to take a few pictures before we went.

More Relaxin Jackson

I didnt want any of you to think we haven't been taking pictures anymore of Jackson. So here are a couple more...

Jacksons Blessing

On Sunday Novemeber 2 we had Jacksons baby blessing. We had Christina's parents and siblings, her Great Grandfather Clyde, Andrew's Parents, his brother Ben and his Grandpa and Nana Bev, and his Aunt Kathy. So there were a lot of people. Here are a couple of pictures while everybody was here.

Happy Halloween!

So here are pictures of Jackson in his cute little onesie for Halloween. We just hung out at home, ran to Walmart to get some groceries and then hung out with Emily Dylan and Nicole. It was super fantastic.

Pics of Jackson....and a couple especially for Jenny!

Well here are some pictures that we had professionally done. Yes professionally. We paid so much for them! Just kidding, Our fantastic neighbor Emily, took these pictures and here we are posting them on our blog! Oh and the cute angel outfit is from my Aunt Jenny in Colorado! Thanks Jenny!

Feelin' better!

Well, good news for us. Jackson is feeling a little better and so am I. On Sunday morning I woke up to a sore throat and headache which progressed into a stuffy nose. But, for the most part it has cleared up. I know Jackson is feeling better because last night he slept for 3 hours at a time and just woke up to eat and then fell back asleep all by himself. Oh, I was loving life! It makes such a difference to get 3 hours of solid sleep as opposed to 1.
So for the past couple of months- wait actually since Andrew and I have been married, Andrew has talked about getting a new tv. Now there is nothing wrong with the tv that we have, he just wants to have a bigger, nicer tv (ours was a hand-me-down- nothing wrong with that). Anyways, for his graduation we were going to go on a trip somewhere, but he decided that he would rather get a tv now. He said that if he gets a tv it can be his Christmas present, graduation present, birthday present, basically it will fill all present needs for the next little while. So I consented and he bought a new tv. This means rearranging the house though. Because he got a tv that wont fit into our entertainment center, so it sits on the piano. But, there is no need to keep the entertainment center in the living room so I have the chore of packing up the books that we won't reread and find places for everything that was on the entertainment center and piano. Hmm, I dont know where its going to go. The other problem is I am on a time limit. We have all of our family coming into town this weekend because Jackson is being blessed. How exciting. Ill get it done though. Even if it means throwing everything in the closet haha. (Thats how Andrew said to get it done quickly).
Oh and just an fyi we are kind of dressing Jackson up for Halloween tomorrow thanks to my wonderful visiting teacher Kelsey (Thanks Kelsey :)). What will he be? You will have to wait until tomorrow to see pictures- Im sure he'll be cute. I will say this though, it is nothing elaborate or fancy, but I think its cute for a tiny baby. How could he not? Andrew and I on the other hand are not dressing up. Andrew has to work and nobody comes trick or treating down here so whats the point in me dressing up? Anyways, look forward to pictures tomorrow.

Behold an angel? or an Intruder?

Okay, so about 5 minutes ago, Christina says, "Andrew will you put a movie on in the bedroom, so I can lay down in there?" So I did, when I'm in there, I here Christina say, "No this is not the office, its over there (pointing to the office)" So I walk over to see who I need to yell at AGAIN, and there is this 90 year old woman in our house!! (I didnt yell at her, she was so old she probably couldnt read the sign) She says, "Oh I thought this was the office, but I think I found the right place, I wanted to give you this." Then She handed Christina a homemade burpclothe, which is super fancy. We said thanks, and she closed the door and left. I went out the door to see if she was able to find what she was looking for, SHE WAS GONE!!!! There was no car anywhere, and there was nobody out there! I started freaking out. I said "Christina, it wasnt one of your dead great grandmothers was it? I know it wasnt mine, at least I think it wasn't?!"



So who knows who this sweet lady was who came to bring us a burpclothe, but if you know of an old lady wandering my neighborhood...let me know. I don't know if you can tell, but I think she was an angel/ghost/resurrected being...maybe one of our dead ancestors. I dont know. Heres the burpclothe.

Jackson has a cold :(

So Andrew has been sick for about the past week and a half. Magically Jackson got sick. Thanks Andrew! So Thursday night I could tell that Jackson wasn't feeling great. He just wanted to be held and was having a hard time sleeping. Well, Friday all day and night he was so congested and he is still congested today. Sad! Anyways, he is doing pretty good, but we can tell he just doesn't feel good. Since I have been the one staying up with him mostly during the night, Andrew has been watching him today so I could get a little break. Here are some pictures of him hanging out with Andrew in the kitchen. Yes, he is laying in his little bath tub. Andrew figured it was a good place to hold him while he did some dishes.

In other news, we have our first bushel of apples! My great grandpa has an apple tree and every fall we get tons and tons of apples! I guess its time to start baking apple pie- yeah that probably wont happen considering I have a sick newborn.

What a good looking kid

Here are pictures of Jackson that I took just today. Man, what a cute kid!

Can you not read?

Okay first I need to give some background. As most of you know, but some of you probably not, Andrew and I live onsite at a storage facility in an industrial area. Well across the street they are doing construction. So this afternoon I was sitting in my living room nursing Jackson and Andrew was on the phone paying some of the hospital bills and all of a sudden some guy says, "knock knock" while opening our door. I am like in complete and utter shock and don't understand what is going on (I mean hello, there is a "private" sign on our door and "its a boy" poster as well). Andrew gives the guy the look of death. I am trying to cover myself up- I mean I wasn't exactly modestly nursing Jackson- I am in my house. Anyways, the guy looks at me and is like, "oh sorry" and then looks at Andrew and says, "can you move the taurus." Andrew looks back at him and nods his head (he is still on the phone). He gets off the phone and I seriously thought he was going to kill the guy. He is so mad that he is shaking! He doesn't really say anything to me, but when he leaves the house he slams the door. He comes back and is shaking even worse! He tells me that the guy was like, "Sorry about that, but it must happen all the time." Andrew says that was when he really lost it. He said, "No actually! I have lived here for a year and a half and it has never happened! Thats why there is a private sign on there!" That was all that Andrew told me about. He just said, "I really let him have it." I dont know exactly what it means, but it couldn't have been good if he wouldn't tell me. There is only one other time since we have been together that I have seen him that mad. It was when we were at a football game and this guy behind me kept hitting me in the back as he was trying to get a tshirt. Andrew turned around, looked him straight in the eye and said, "You need to stop it! A tshirt is not worth it! You keep hitting my wife!" I seriously thought he was going to deck that guy.
Anyways, moral of the story, it takes a lot to get Andrew mad, so beware if you do because it will be a sad day for you.
(I know you guys were probably hoping for pictures. Ill take some and put them up)

Dr Appointment for Jackson

Yesterday Jackson had his 2 week appointment. He was really almost 3 weeks (20 days to be exact). The pediatrician said that he is doing great! He now weighs 8 lbs 12 oz (a full pound more than his birth weight) and he is 21 1/4 inches long (that is over 2 inches longer than his birth length). Here is a little video of Jackson just hanging out.

Here are a couple of pictures of him.

On Our Own

Well, sad day! Today my mom left and Andrew started work again (working at UVU he has been going to do his student teaching the whole time) so its now just Jackson and I (kinda scary!). Anyways, we had such a good time while she was here. She would take the night shift and just wake me up when Jackson needed to eat. The past couple of nights she has just let me sleep and she would bottle feed him (so nice to be able to get 5 straight hours of sleep!) Let me say that when her and Andrew are lacking sleep they sure do get quite crazy (notice that I said they, I am not included in the crazy part)! Lets just put it this way, we would end up staying up until midnight almost every night cracking up! Jackson is growing tons and is starting to "fill out" a little bit. Probably because he eats like every two hours! Sometimes more! Sometimes he thinks he needs a little snack in between meals. Cracks us up! Anyways here are some pictures from today.



Thanks for coming mom! We loved having you here and wish you could stay longer (not just because you kept my house clean, kept us fed, and took care of Jackson). We can't wait to see you in two and a half weeks (not that Im counting down or anything).

Relaxin Jackson

Here is one more video from today before church. I decided just to turn it on and watch him while we were doing tummy time.

Our trip to Great Great Grandpa Clydes House