Cute Baby Snap shots

Yeah I will admit I always thought moms get carried away with too many pictures of their babies.  Oh my goodness let me tell you I can't seem to get enough of this little guy!

Calvin Dale

Tough Little Guy

Intense, long, and totally worth it...Calvin Dale finally arrived weighing 7 lb and 4 oz and measured 19.5 in.  He arrived at 2:32 am after 16 hours of L-A-B-O-R.  I now know why labor is called "labor."  Thank goodness for the meds!!!!  But I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.  He is adorable!  

Calvin caused quite a rucus when he arrived.  We had teams in the room and some in the hallway waiting.  The poor guy swallowed the amniotic fluid containing meconium.  It filled both lungs.  The doc compared it to swallowing tar.  With 5 days in the level 2 NICU he was able to gain enough strength to come home on oxygen.  

Those five days were so long and exhausting.  Jason had it pretty hard on the tiny pull out couch.  The poor guy would wake up with three times as much sleep than I had, and he would be more be more haggard then I.  It was kind of humorous.  

Last night I walked into the nursery and found Jason reading to a sleeping Calvin.  Those two are going to have so much fun together.  He is making an awesome dad.  I am loving being a mom.  I knew it came with its ups and downs but I never knew how awesome it really would be.  I have enjoyed every second with Cal.  

The doc was super happy with Cal's progress and we have high hopes that next week we can bid the oxygen tank and monitor goodbye.  We are sleep deprived, exhausted, at times delirious but we have never been happier.  Let the good times roll!

One last time

Its almost time for the big day, only 5 weeks away!  Our cousin Deanna just took some photo's of us one last time as just us with no kids.  Wow pictures don't lie!  We hope you all had a great holiday.  We enjoyed ourselves with two weeks of family every day.  That was a lot of fun.  

Pictures for my honey

Ruby found a new favorite toy, pink stuffed bear.  

Ruby thinks she is a cat when riding in the car.

Hey honey this last pic of me is just to say hi and I love you!

Camyll's First Quilts

Yay!  My first quilts I've ever made!  Not bad if I may say so myself.  Thanks to my mother-in-law, Monti, who had an aweful lot of patience.  I am working on a three more right now.  Uh-oh, I feel an obsession coming on!!

Governor's Day

This summer I got involved with the Family Readiness Group in Jason's unit.  My partner and I are working hard to provide support and assistance to the families, provide a network of communication among the members and the chain of command.  We also have the opportunity to welcome new members, be a social support by holding group activities, provide self-help referral,  and so much more!  I am loving being involved.  In the small amount of time that I have been involved I had two fundraisers already.  This last one was great!  We had a scone booth at Governor's Day on Saturday September 13th.  This year it was held at Rice-Eccles Stadium.  All of the soldiers in state parade on the field in front of the Governor while he address' his troops.  It a lot of fun for the families to watch.  Its an amazing opportunity for a patriotic moment to see all of our troops lined up.  This year we had a very small amount here in the states.  So many of them are over sea.  

The scone booth was a fun experience.  With the amazing help of my mother-in-law and father-in-law,  Jason, and two of my unit spouses we did awesome.  We learned the do and do not's of fundraising and also raised a little money in the meantime.  Our made from scratch scones were a hit with the home-made raspberry butter.  I am loving being involved with the FRG and hopefully that energy I have for it continues even after the baby!

Learning the ropes at work

Jason had a fun last two weeks at work, although he would most likely describe it a little different.  He and a few of the other men on his team were able to complete their qualifications with the state for rope rescuing.  They spent two weeks in the course with a handful of firemen.  If any of you know Jason there are two things he will hesitate towards.  And that is snakes and heights!  Lucky him, he got 1 on 1 training with great instructors who helped him rope rescue and also pose as a victim from varying heights.  The best day was at the East Center where they repelled from the rafters into the seats.  Thank goodness they didn't repel all  the way to the floor!  He made it through and is so happy to have that training behind him.  He did learn a ton and is comfortable with rope rescue now so that is a plus, but I can't say he is comfortable with the heights still.