Such a Trooper

I totally forgot to post this...  oops

So back on February 2nd, we took Paxton to Primary Children's for his Bronchoscopy.  This was pretty much the final step to figuring out why Paxton wheezes.  His wheeze isn't as bad as it was when he was a baby, but he still does it.  It happens when he laughs really hard, cries really hard, or is playing hard.  Our gut feeling was that he was fine because it never seemed to bother him.  But we wanted to be sure so we made the decision to put him under so we could get a closer look.

Paxton had to fast that day.  We had to be to Primary's at 9:30 am, but his appointment wasn't til 11:00, which they actually didn't take him back until 11:40!  We had put Paxton to bed a lot later than usual, hoping that he would sleep in the next morning which he did, but being at the hospital that long he kept asking for a cracker.  It was so hard to say "Sorry buddy, no crackers until after you see the doctor" to those big brown eyes.  Poor little guy didn't understand why he couldn't eat.  That whole morning he was happy, sad, happy, sad as you can see in the pictures.  They had lots of toys there to try and keep him happy. 

Later we had them give him something to make him sleepy so he wouldn't have a hard time leaving us.  As soon as that kicked in they wheeled him away in a wagon and we waited.  It wasn't long before the doctor came out.  And this is the part where I am horrible about repeating what the doctor told us because it all just goes over my head.  From what I understood he told us that there is something in his airway that collapses about 50% that causes the wheezing, but he thinks that he should grow out of it.  Yeah!  He just told us to notice in a year if his wheezing is still the same then to come talk to him or if he can't keep up with running with the other kids and is out of breath.

A little while later we finally got to go back and see him.  Paxton did pretty well coming off the anesthesia, he was able to keep down the juice and applesauce we gave him.  He kept crying on and off though, he didn't like the things that were hooked up to his feet.  We finally got to go home, well we went to Grandma's house because I had to work later.  We called Grandma and had her start making Paxton's favorite, Mac and Cheese.  When carrying Pax, he was like dead weight, like he had no strength.  When we got to Grandma's I changed his diaper and stood him up and he couldn't even walk, I won't lie we were all laughing.  It was like when you spin in circles really fast for a while and then you try to walk and sometimes you fall over, that was Paxton.  I wish I would have taken a video of him because he was saying funny, random words that I can't even remember now. 

All in all we are glad that he is just fine!  He was such a trooper that day!

I love the little hospital clothes that he got to wear.  They even tied up in the back like the gowns.

Before

After

Be Prepared!

After my last post, you might think that by the title of this post it would be another Lion King reference, but it is not.  So my previous church calling I was on the Emergency Preparedness Committee, the block captain specialist.  This was not my favorite calling, but I tried to do my best.  Well I got a new church calling a couple weeks ago and I guess my best work got me the new position of the Leader over the Emergency Preparedness Committee!  What?!  I feel very inadaquate to be in this position, but I will do my best to fulfill it.  So speaking of fulfilling my calling I just wanted to inform everyone about the Utah Shake Out that is coming up!  I encourage everyone to take some time to participate to help prepare yourself a little bit better in case there is an Earthquake.  I guess this is a good calling for me, because it will at least get me better prepared, but hopefully I can help some others as well ;)

I also started and Emergency Preparedness blog a little while back...
www.victorspondice.blogspot.com
I try to post some helpful things every once in a while to help us all get better prepared (some of the stuff more applys to my neighborhood).

Lion King...isms.

Lion King is the first movie that Paxton would sit through and LOVES.  He would ask for it just about everyday.  We listen to Disney music in the car and he always wants Lion King songs.

Here is another Lion King "ism"...

Think of the movie Lion King and the part where Mufasa dies and Simba is yelling "Help, somebody, anybody".  Well the other day I pulled into the garage and got Paxton out of the car, as we were walking inside he stopped at the edge of the garage because he saw some people outside across the street.  He then started yelling "Somebody, Anybody".  It took me a minute to figure out what he was doing, when I remembered that part on Lion King.  He cracks me up, that kid, love him!  He has so much of that movie memorized.

We have been showing Paxton lots more Disney movies.  He now likes Brother Bear, Jungle Book and Toy Story are some of his other favorites.  We like to rent new movies and c.d.'s from the library every so often.

2011 Scrapbook...

DONE!!!

I'm so happy that I have finished another year of scrapbooking!  I'm just loving this digital stuff.  I am now starting a book for our Disneyland Vacation, once that's done it is my goal to finish year 2010 and 2012 by next March (they have an annual 50% sale at that time, so I'm hoping to be done).  I have ordered my 2011 book and can't wait to get it in the mail!

Create your own Mixbook photo book.  Click here and sign up today!

http://www.mixbook.com/r/4095642

If it seems that I have slacked with my blogging (which I know I have), it's usually because I'm Mixbooking!

St. Paxton's Day

Paxton's birthday was a lot of fun, and we took way too many pictures that day :)  My sister, Jamie has already blogged about that day, so I will just send you over there to read about Paxton's Birthday. 

View my sister's blog to see the rest of Paxton's Birthday.

Also, a couple days later was Paxton's 2 year old check-up. 

Weight: 30 lbs.  75%

Height:  34 1/2"  50%

He also got one shot that day and he was such a big boy, he didn't even cry!  I was one proud mama!  I just prepared him before it happened what they were going to do and he had a package of fruit snacks in his hand that I told him he could have after the shot.  I told him that he doesn't have to cry, that he can be strong and he was!  When the nurse came in, Paxton said "shot" and then after she gave it to him she said, "Yay, we're all done" and Paxton started clapping his hands saying "Yay!" 

Uncle Trev

My brother, Trevor came to visit all the way from Texas back in February.  It's taken me forever to get this post done mostly because I needed to get pictures from Trev.  

We loved having him here!  Paxton warmed right up to him, they were buddies.

We went to Jamie's so Trev could see her new house.  We had dinner and hung out, playing ping pong in her basement and danced to music.  Paxton entertained us all.

 One of the days we took Trev to the Aquarium with us.

I loved watching these two interact together.  I miss having Trevor and Sandee live here.

 Afterwards we went out to lunch with Papa.  It was a good day!

 The family minus Sandee and Paxton (I'm not sure where Paxton is).

 Siblings youngest to oldest.

Before we went to the airport on Trev's last day we went and ate at Chuck-a-rama. 

We loved having you here Trev and we missed you Sandee!

We are so excited for them, they are expecting a baby due in September!  Can't wait!

TWO!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY!

A few things about Paxton...

• He is very social and likes to say hi to everyone. 
• He also likes to run ALL the time it seems like.  Going to the library and other places leaves me all sweaty and exhausted most of the time.  He sure keeps me on my toes.
• He is into telling people what to do, "Sit down" and "Come on" and even a little bit of road rage "move it car!"  I don't know where he got this from.
• He is just now figuring out that he can open doors.  When he opened the door to the garage today I said "Good Job, I think".  It may be time to start keeping doors locked!
• He is such a good little talker.  He uses lots of sentences, he's singing songs (too many to count), and he has such a good memory for names.  Of course he know the names of our families that he sees more often, but he surprises us when he remembers other peoples names that he has only seen a few times and not very often.
• He is a PICKY eater!  They foods he likes he eats very well, but other things he ends up just playing in it.  I've had to start having him wear bibs again during meal times because he gets so messy.
• He loves to watch movies and it use to be that Lion King was the only thing that could keep his attention the whole movie, now he is branching out.  A couple other of his favorites are Jungle Book and Toy Story. 
• We are excited about the weather getting nicer because Paxton loves to be outside!  Whether it's riding his cars, going to the park, chasing Lilo, playing in the dirt or just going for a walk.  It sometimes is a challenge to get this kid in the house.
• When Paxton doesn't want to do something, his way of throwing a tantrum usually is to just lay down wherever he is at, sometimes being the middle of the road.  Then there is no getting him to stand up and walk, I just have to pick him up.
• Paxton can count to 10!  He doesn't always get it right, but he can do it.  He even sometimes says 11, 17,18.  He knows the color blue and green really well and can sometimes get other colors too.  He knows some of his shapes like circle, oval, heart and star.
• Paxton still has his one nap during the day for 3 hours.  It's so nice, he is such a good sleeper.  At night we put him to bed at 7:30 and he usually gets up between 7:00 and 8:00 in the morning.  We do still give him a binkie only for sleeping though.  He is good about spitting it out in his crib when he wakes up.  I'm just not ready to get rid of it because he is so easy to put to bed and I don't want to mess with that. 

I love this little boy and the person he is becoming. He is such a sweetheart, always giving lots of hugs, kisses and cuddles. He is constantly surprising us with the things he is learning and keeps us all laughing. He knows how to get the attention of everyone in the room and loves it. He is so silly and such a boy all around!
Happy Birthday Paxton, we sure love you!