Birthday Boy!

Zack had his 2nd Birthday on Saturday! It was a very fun day. He got all of his presents in the morning and played with them all day long. It also snowed so he got to play in the snow for the first time. He decided it was too cold, especially since he wouldn't walk.

I made him a soccer play cake. Thanks to my sister Jami for helping me. He liked it a lot! He wanted to eat the whole soccer ball, but I quickly talked him out of that.


Here he is with some of his presents. He got a picnic table for outside, Mega blocks and a big truck. His favorite is the big truck. But don't ask him to say it because truck sounds like it starts with a F and has a weak r sound...not the best wod for a 2 year old to say.


Happy Birthday Zack! We love you!

Questar Guy

On Tuesday, I got a phone call. I answered it. The man on the phone said he was Tim from Questar Gas. He said he was calling because Questar is doing a promotion where they send a guy to your house to inspect your attic. He said that most people lose 40% of their heat through the attic because it is not insulated correctly. He promised there was no obligation to buy anything, but if we needed insulation Questar would pay for half of it. He asked if there was a good time to send someone out. I said sure (if I am losing money through my roof, I would like to know.) We decided that Wednesday at 11:00 a qualified inspector would come to my house. I got off the phone and thought "That was weird. I didn't think the Caller ID said Questar." I checked and it didn't. It said "wireless caller."

So I decided to redail and change my appointment to Friday, because Steve would be home. I called the number and he answered saying "This is Tim."

I asked "Is this Questar?"

"Yes, Tim with Questar customer service." he replied. We rescheduled the appointment. But then I got to thinking. This seemed a little off. I told Steve and he agreed. We decided that I should call Questar and ask if they were doing this promotion. I called Questar today and they said it was not them. After hearing this, Steve decided to call the Layton Police department. We filed a report and the officer said he would check into it.

About a half hour later, the police man called. He said that he called the number and talked to Tim. Tim had just lost his job and was trying to figure out ways to make money. This was one of his ways. He was going to come to our house and blow some insulation in the attic and bill us for it. Real honest man, huh? The cop said that he won't be coming to our house now. And that he sent the report to the city attorney to do something with.

I just thought I would warn all of you, don't let "Questar" come look in your attic.

No New Cast!!

I took Zack into the doctors on Tuesday. They took his cast off and did a new x-ray. To our, and the doctor's, surprise his leg was basically healed. There is a little part that is still cracked a little in the middle of the bone, but the doctor said the advantages of having a cast on are less than having the cast off. YEAH!! We just have to be extra careful and not let him jump off of anything or let anyone jump and land on his leg.

The funny thing is that Zack still won't walk normally on his leg. He acts like the cast is still on. Silly boy! But he is a lot happier!


Look! I am a genius! I taught Zack how to feed Josh!!! :)

Odds and Ends

Since I haven't blogged for a while, I thought I might do a quick update on everyone.

Zack got a real cast! It is bright green and unfortunately goes to his thigh. At first, he had a hard time gettting around. But he has adapted really well. He even took a few steps today! On Tuesday, we go in to get a new one that will be below the knee. I can't wait! He loves to draw on his cast and let anyone else sign it...he thinks he is pretty cool!

We gave Josh his baby blessing in November, but I never posted any pictures. So here he is on his blessing day. We had a little brunch at our house after. It was a fun day. We love our little guy.

Josh is a complete angel now (not eating milk is worth it)! He has been smiling for about a month or so. He tries to giggle but stops when he hears himself. It is really cute; he pulls this face like "where did that come from?"

My favorite thing to do is watch Zack and Josh interact. Zack is one of Josh's favorite people. He watches him so intently and smiles at him all the time. Zack also loves his baby. He has to give him hugs and kisses all day long. I can't wait until they can really play together...I hope they are best friends. Our boys are our life. They keep us busy, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Poor Zacky...

Last night we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house. All of the little cousins were downstairs playing, most were boys. All of the sudden we heard Zack screaming downstairs. I ran down to get him and he was laying flat on his stomach on the cement of my parent's unfinished basement. He wouldn't move. I picked him up and examined him. I couldn't see anything wrong, but he wouldn't stop screaming. I took him upstairs to see what the others thought. He wouldn't put any pressure on his legs and screamed when we tried to straighten his right leg. His leg was also shaking. Since he didn't stop screaming, I decided to take him to an Instacare. I had to call Steve who was at his mom's house (it's a long story of why we weren't all up there, but Zack can't go to her house). He came down quickly and we left Josh with my mom and drove down the street to the Kidscare. When we got there, the receptionist gave Zack a magic sucker. This was the only thing that made him stop crying. Boy do I need some magic suckers! After X-rays, we found that Zack had a spiral fracture on his tibia bone. Poor little guy! They put a splint on his leg. Here is his splint.

Tomorrow we go to an orthopedic physician to get it in a cast. The doctor at the Kidscare was pretty sure they could put on a walking cast, but wasn't sure because the break went high.

Needless to say, last night was horrible. Zack only sleept 3 hours. He was crying in pain the rest of the night. I was giving him both ibuprofen and Tylenol, but he kept moving his toes and leg which caused him pain. I really wished I had some magic suckers at 2:00 AM. This is him finally asleep at 10:00 AM (after a preisthood blessing). He is still pretty miserable, but getting better.

So what exactly happened downstairs? After talking to his cousins, we have concluded that his 4 year old cousin jumped off the couch onto Zack. So, basically, just boys being boys. I better get use to this.

Ice Cream Substitute!

With my new diet, I was missing ice cream very much. I love ice cream and can't stay away very long. We went to Double Scoop Deli today and their Italian Ice hit the spot. It is definitely not ice cream, but for my 6 months of no dairy; it will work! It is water based and very yummy. Plus it was only $2! Yeah!! I think I can handle the next months!!!

Good News or Bad News?

Good News:

Well after 7 weeks, I finally have a happy good baby! Josh was a great baby for a few days, hence the earlier post, but then turned really fuzzy. He always had to be held, wouldn't sleep very well and when he did he was restless, was very gassy, and would often scream like he was in pain. At first I was sure we just had a bad baby or I was just a bad mom. Zack was a great baby so it was our turn for a bad one. But now he is a perfect happy baby. He will just lay and look around and smile. He will fall asleep by his self. He only wakes up once at night, which I is getting later and later every night so I think he will sleep through the night soon! Yeah!!

Bad News:

Okay it's not that bad, but it's not that fun...Josh has a milk sensitivity. He is not lactose intolerant, or he would have been really sick. But if I eat dairy, he is not a happy camper. So this means I can't drink milk, or eat cheese or anything else that has a lot of dairy in it (like yogurt, cottage cheese, or milk chocolate). The hope is that he will grow out of it and by on whole milk at 1 year.


So that is what has been going on with us...now life is great and I can actually get stuff done. Amazing isn't it?