We have finally got to a point where Ian thinks that his little brother is kind of fun. He loves running to get new diapers for Aaron and always tells Aaron "go in the potty." He also loves to rub his head. Day 1 -Ian was super excited to have me home but not to excited that Aaron came as well. Luckily grandma and grandpa Diamond brought Ian a big brother gift with tons of big boy things. The best gift of all the light saber. Although the moment he saw this he headed straight for Aaron's head -scary! Don't worry since then he only hits the balloon. Grandma has been his best friend! He even tells grandma -"you're my friend, grandma!"

However, Ian was over excited that mom was finally home!

They even had bath time together. Aaron did not like his first official bath too much which made Ian upset. As I would pour water over Aaron, Ian would shout "No mom, stop, Aaron doesn't like, stop." Glad he is already starting to look out for his little brother.

Had to snap a few picture of them together in there dog pajamas after bath time.

Random pictures

Aaron arrived 3 weeks early on October 11, 2010 8:01 am

Our Family!

Aaron is about as close as it gets to being the perfect baby. He loves to sleep, he loves to eat, and of course he has gone through 86 full diapers in one week! The only downside we have had is Aaron has his day's and nights completely flipped. Not bad if he were the only child but when there are two of them it does not work out so well. He wants to eat every 3-4 hours during the day and every 1 1/2 -2 hours during the night. Luckily he is a great eater and it is rare for him to spit up or be fussy.

We enjoy the moments his eyes are open -it is not very often. Already when Aaron hears me talking he begins looking around for me.

Who does he look like??? We have not quite decided yet. We think he is a complete flip of Ian. However, Aaron most definitely has Tim's eyes and my ears.

Relaxing with daddy.

Meeting big brother Ian.

Ian was not too sure about Aaron -truth be told he really did not like him at all. The first day we brought Aaron home Ian wanted me to "take him back." It did not help that Ian had been fighting some kind of digestion stomach thing for nearly a week and it was definitely taking a tole on him and all of us. He would not eat and everything was coming out both ends. The second night we were all home Ian ended up in the ER but since then has been doing better.

The night we brought Aaron home we were not sure who woke up more -Ian or Aaron. Although for the first week Ian thought Aaron's name was Issac (all babies are Issac to him). He is finally decided his name is Aaron and seems to be adjusting a little better each day -it helps that he does finally feel better.

Meeting the family

Ian liked visiting the hospital. Mostly to sit with me and watch a movie or cartoon while everyone else held Aaron. He was not to fond of me staying at the hospital but he did ok.

Meeting great grandparents.

This is Aaron's great grandpa Davis -who he is named after. Plus the four generation picture!

While we are still adjusting to life with two children -each day it gets a little bit easier.

Well mostly each day Ian does a little bit better -which makes life easier.

Hartzheim's Quick Visit

October

Lisa called me last week to let me know that they might possibly be coming back to Utah because Ragnar's grandma had passed away but that it would be a short trip. We were not sure how but knew we had to find some way to meet up. While it was touch and go for a little while we finally made it down to Salt Lake and caught up with them for lunch.

It was so great to see them even if it was only for a couple of hours. If only we still lived closer :(

Aaron's Labor Story

You may be in as much shock as we were. Aaron decided to come 3 weeks early. We should have saw it coming based on my previous doctors appointments, but figured he would be just like Ian and that we would have plenty of time. Oh were we wrong! If you don't want to hear the story skip a ways down :)

How it all began -well not quite began but you get the point. At my 35 week appointment with Aaron the doctor informed me that I was already dilated to a 3 and 80% effaced. I did not worry since I was dilated to a 3 at 28 weeks with Ian and deliver on my due date. The doctor considered bed rest but just told me to take it easy -haha like that is possible with a two year old. At my next appointment 36 weeks I was dilated to a 4 and 100% effaced. Again the instructions were to take it really easy -but that the baby size and everything was good so not to worry. I scheduled all of my appointments for the rest of my pregnancy with the hopes that on October 27th she would strip my membranes and we would have the baby that night. The first quarter at Logan High ends on October 22nd, so it would all work out perfectly. My substitute would take over all of second quarter. The doctor would laugh and say if you make it. I figured no worries I worked and did everything up to the day I had Ian.

The first week of October -Ian has been sick, diarrhea galore and not slowing down. On Sunday, October 10th I decided I better take the day off work because I would hate to send him to a babysitters with these problems. So that night I went into work and set everything up for a substitute on Monday (good thing). Everything was normal -put Ian to bed then headed to bed myself. I always wake up around 1 or 2 am and have a bowl of cereal. This morning I did not feel like it but still could not sleep. At about 4 am I started have hard contractions. They were about 7 minutes apart so I did not worry. I walked downstairs and got Tim (he was sleeping in the basement since I went to bed so early and did not want to be disturbed when he left for class early in the morning). At around 5:30 am the contractions were about 5-6 minutes apart but every now and then there would be 3 or 4 of them about 2 minutes apart. We called my dad to let him know that it looked like we were going to be heading to the hospital sometime that morning and that we would call when the contractions were closer. We started debating maybe Tim could make it to the first part of his presentation and make it back before we had the baby. At about 6:30 we decided we better call my dad because the contractions were about 5 minutes apart with random quick ones. So why were we not in a hurry??? Read Ian's labor story. With Ian we went in when the contractions were about 4 minutes apart at 12:30 am and I did not have Ian until 1:20 pm. We figured we had time. My dad arrived just after 7 am and the contractions were about 3 minutes apart. I realized that I never did take a pregnancy picture so I made Tim quickly snap one.

Here I am at 37 weeks -just before walking out the door at 7 am.

When we got in Tim's car the contractions started coming one right after another. Tim was asking how far apart they were but I could hardly talk because there were not any breaks. Wouldn't you know on the 15 minute drive to the hospital we hit every light RED! We got to the hospital and Tim grabbed a wheel chair wheeled me inside and parked the car. We had called the hospital around 6 am to let them know we would be coming in later that morning. We got to Labor and Delivery at 7:28 and they did not check us in but just had Tim wheel me straight back to a room-apparently I must have looked very happy :) We got to the room and two other nurses came and were saying to call the doctor right away. One nurse began putting an IV in my arm and the other nurse checked to see what I was at and replied station 2. My thoughts -what the heck I moved backwards??? Then they began pulling everything out as if I were going to deliver the baby right then. I asked the nurse when can I get my epidural and she did not respond. So I looked at Tim -and he slowly shook his head and said that I would be fine there was not time. Slight freak out by me for the next couple minutes!

By the time everything was set up and ready to go it was around 7:45. The doctor came in broke my water which felt just like a water balloon popping. Everything after that was not exactly pleasant -so I am not going to share detail. However, just as the doctor was saying this next one is the last push you have to get him out (his heart rate was slowly dropping). I looked over and Tim was on his knees and white as a ghost -just about to hit the floor. The nurse shouted to get another nurse to stand behind him and was shouting at Tim to sit down -but he of course did not want to. He finally sat back on the floor as they were trying to get another nurse in to help me. So while Tim is not happy about him writing this because he keeps saying he was not grossed out and that non of that bothered him. He is guessing it is because he locked his knees and had not had anything to eat. Tim did manage to pull through and stood up to help with the last set of pushing just as Aaron was born at 8:01 am.

It wasn't exactly a pleasant experience to say the least -but it was an experience. While I have had almost a week to reflect back on the experience it was kind of amazing. But not exactly the way I would like it to go again -if there is ever an again. Even the nurses were commenting after all was said and done -"Wow, that was a rush" or "That was crazy". On the plus side the recovery has been much easier -non of the shakes, headaches, infections, and all that other stuff. Plus right away on the first day I was up and walking around. So after having the baby they then check us in and filled out the rest of the paper work.

As for Aaron -he is perfect!

All Boy!

Fall 2010

We have been super busy with just life like everyone else -but Ian is still as funny and completely full of energy as ever. Plus as you can tell he is not too fond of wearing clothes!

He got a frog tattoo. Don't worry it was Tattoo Tuesday and may students gave me one to bring home to Ian. It is not permanent of course.
It was homecoming week at LHS so I took Ian to the parade. Lets just say I have the best students ever. Ian had an entire grocery bag overflowing with candy. Finally other kids started coming over by where we were standing because there was candy everywhere. We were still picking up candy after the parade was over. Below he is covered in taffy so we just went straight to the tub.

and had fun there too!Like most boys he loves his reptiles. Here is Sal our Salamander. Sometimes (only when daddy is home) we let Ian get Sal out of his cage and play.
As you can tell he doesn't mind his slimy body one bit.
Ian has become a pro at riding his tricycle. We are thinking for his birthday it is definitely time for an actually bike. Plus he loves his Grandma Diamond.But not as much when she cuts his hair.
Like I said he loves to run around -luckily this time in his underwear.He is full of energy and loves to play all day
and night long!

Idaho Falls Vacation

September 6, 2010

Over Labor Day weekend Ian and I headed up to Idaho Falls with my family. We needed a break and thought it would be nice to see my grandparents new home. As always upon our arrival there was a delicious cake awaiting us. Their home was beautiful, but like most people with no children in the home there are not to many kid things to do. However, while the grandparents are away the kids will play :) Thanks to Hunter and his creative ideas we did just that.

We even headed out to the mall and did a little shopping. My mom found this hat and it was a must have for Ian. Even now he still loves that hat especially when daddy or grandpa were their hat as well.
Even Great Grandpa Diamond had to wear Ian's hat!While it was a quick visit we still found lots of ways to stay entertained!

Nan Visit

August 23, 2010

While things so far have been fairly low key they are about to kick into full gear. I have started back to work last week and Tim starts school this next week. Tim is in his second semester of RN school so basically September is going to be what we call the month from down under. With me nearing the end of my pregnancy and working full time, while Tim is in in school with clinicals full time, and work part time. We were not quite sure what we were going to do with Ian because we did not know what days we needed a babysitter for. Tim would be shadowing another nurse and therefore work their same schedule which we found out a week prior to when it began. Luckily Tim's mom decided that she would come out to Utah during her time off from work. Which happen to be right when we really needed a babysitter. So the last week in August she arrived and stayed until the second week in September.

Ian had a blast! He loved playing and doing all kinds of different activities every day. Between painting, coloring, playdoh, making books, etc I think they did it all. During this time Nan and Amy were busy making a quilt for the new baby and then decided they had enough material that they could make a quilt for Ian's bed. The baby quilt is darling and Ian's quilt is still in the process. It is the same as the babies just full size.

Nan even managed to find some material to make a cap for Ian. Although it is currently being used as a marching platform. The funniest moment of Nan's visit was when Ian had bath time. Nan was playing cars with Ian in the bath tub and apparently she decided that she was wet enough she might as well just get in. How many grandma's would do that? Ian loved every moment. We are so grateful that you were able to make it out and help get us through the first few rough weeks. Thanks for coming!

Park City, UT

August 3, 2010

Every year my family heads to park city for a week in the summer -it has become a tradition. I don't know when it started, or how it began, but we always go and have a blast. On our drive down to Park City we decided to take Ian to the zoo. Ian loves all living things, especially the creepy crawly ones (gag). When we got their we headed straight to the bird show -Ian was tired but still liked when the birds would fly just centimeters from the top of your head. Of course we also had to stop and see the baby elephant Zuri.
When leaving the zoo we stopped by the gift shop. Ian picked out a super soft giraffe and asked if he could have it. Lately anything we buy for him when we go to leave the store he freaks out saying "not mine, put it back, not mine." Even after explaining it to him multiple times he still gets upset. Nonetheless we purchased the giraffe and to our surprise he was over excited. He loves it and tends to carry it around with him everywhere. Occasionally Mr. Giraffe even gets to eat dinner with us -but because he is a toy he has to have toy food :) After the zoo Ian was super tired and crashed the rest of the ride to PC.

We stated at the Park City Resort -they have at least five hot tubs and a large pool. Ian loved the hot tubs because the were all connected and had waterfalls all over. As you can tell he also had a blast playing with Hunter. It was also great because they had activities for kids planned everyday that you could participate in for free all day long -so we did pudding painting, cookie decorating, and a lot of other fun things.

Between all the rainstorms (which were everyday on and off) we managed to catch some rays.(daddy and Ian's footprints)

After spending time in the pool -Ian and Hunter would have fun playing in the super large bathtub.

We also brought all of our bikes up and were able to go out on a few bike rides. One of our rides passed by this great park which we all enjoyed. Ok, maybe not Andrew since he was too busy playing on his phone :)
p.s. I am 6 months pregnant in this picture

One day we literally walked out our door and headed to the alpine slide, coaster, and zip line. This is a picture Andrew took while we were riding up the chair lift to the top of the alpine slide. The resort we stayed at is at the bottom of the lift.

Hunter, Me, Ian, Tim, and Andrew heading up the chair lift.Ian super excited to go!

Ian doing his best to wait patiently for us to snap a picture so we could go!

Ian loved the slide -if it was not so ridiculously expensive I would have loved to take him down it again and again. He kept telling me "go, go, go!"

We even managed to get in a little bit of school and baby shopping. Don't worry we did not actually buy any of the items you see in this picture :)
Ian had a blast running around the resort and loved looking out the windows and watching the people. As you can tell from this blurry picture he always found ways to keep entertained. He is wearing Andrew's basketball shorts -they are just a little big.

While the weather was not the best we still had a great time. Plus we got to see a beautiful double rainbow -pictures do not do justice.

Not to mention we are getting better at packing lighter! Although with another one on the way soon that is bound to change :)