Pretty stoked about the email I received tonight. It is the end of round #2 of the dietbet transformer (nov-May). This months bet was $12.50 and I won $39.95! WHAAAAAAAAA! That is insane. That was so much motivation tonight to see this. If you are looking to get healthy I would definately recommend getting into a dietbet cause there is such incredible motivation there. Each person is pushing the others to meet their goals.
Holy Moly! It is hard to believe that Jax is 6 months old already. Time has gone by so quick and it scares us how quick it is happening. We are trying to cherish each and every moment with him because we will never get them back. Jax is progressing so much each and every day it seems like. He is sitting up with no problem, rolling over like a mad man, and loves talking. I have been trying to coerce him to make his first word Daddy. Lets see what he thinks about that in the next few months.
When Jax was first born it seemed like it would take FOREVER to make it 6 months to finalize his adoption in court as well as go to the temple and bless him. That has now came and gone. Wow!
Shaileen and Jax went to spend some time with Aunt Kimmie and DJ and Alex. They were nice enough to let them decorate giant gingerbread men with them. I wasn't there but as you can tell Jax liked the gingerbread a little too much. Maybe that is why is so chunky.
Jax must have been practicing in the womb because he was a pro at decorating his gingerbread man.
Today (Wednesday 7/10/13) we went in for Jax's first doctors appointment. The pediatrician was so impressed with how healthy he was because he was so early and so small. He gained 2 oz from the night before and was up to 4lb 7oz. The doc said that he was almost positive that he did not have jaundice but asked us to go down stairs just to be safe and have them draw blood for it. Jax was a champ, he whined for about 10-15 seconds when she sliced his foot but was perfectly happy after that. We are so proud as parents of our son.
We were finally released from the NIY nursery and were able to go spend the rest of our stay in Momma Sarrina's room. Momma Sarrina had not held Jax yet because she did not feel comfortable with all of the drugs from the c-section she was on so she was excited for him to come to her room and spend some time with him.
Some family was coming over and Jax had not had a bath yet because he was just barely off oxygen. Shaileen got his hair all wet and did his hair.
It was finally bath time
With Jax being so small and a premie they said that he was going to lose his temperature after his bath so they asked Shaileen to do at least 30 minutes of skin to skin time to get his temperature back up. Jax loved every second of this. This is one of my favorite photos of Shaileen ever. She is an instamommy.
Jax has been eating like a champ (as long as we can keep him awake) he started eating 1oz and is up to 2.5 - 3 oz now. He is such a stud.
The last 1-2 weeks has been absolutely crazy because we have been packing like crazy getting ready to move. Also, we have been helping Shaileen's Mom move into her new house too. We cant wait to be settled down in one location with all of our stuff the way we want it.
It got way real last night when we went to do our final walk through on our new house. The sellers had most of their stuff packed up so it didnt look like their home, it looked like our future home. We walked through it making sure everything was ready for us to close tonight. TONIGHT! holy crap has time just flown by. I thought that a month was going to take forever to come but it is here. The plan is to meet at the title company at 4:30pm to sign on the closing of our house in Taylorsville as well as the new one at the same time. We were happy because we really didnt want to take time off work to do this so it turned out well. The plan so far is to move on Saturday morning so anyone that is able and willing to help we would really appreciate it.
It is official! We received an offer on our house this past Saturday. We accepted the offer and are currently under contract to sell and to also buy the other house that we posted about recently. We are excited to move and have something new in our lives but are not excited about the thought of moving. We are still about a month away until we move but a couple of the rooms in our house are already packed up and ready to go. When it is time to finally move we may be asking for a little bit of help to make it as quick and painless as possible.
I first off have to say that I am the luckiest man on earth. The reason is I am married to my best friend. These last 4 years have been the best of my life easily. Shaileen has made our marriage so wonderful and perfect. She is the most loving, fun, caring person I know. She is going to make the best mother one day. I cannot wait for that day The coolest thing is we have eternity to go. Shaileen I love you!
While we were at work on Friday April 12th we both turned to each other and said that we needed to get out of town. We left quick and drove down to Las Vegas. As a kid I remember the drive to Vegas being the longest trip ever but it was a nice drive. We left around 2pm and showed up there around 7ish Vegas time. Some of the best times I have ever had with Shaileen is on long drives. Just sitting and talking is the best and what is even better is when we find a song that we can jam to!
It was incredible going from 40 degree weather to 85 degree weather even at 7ish in Vegas!
We decided to stay at the Stratosphere because they had pretty good rates and we knew it was a decent hotel because we stayed there about 2 years ago.
Right after we got there we jumped on the bus and drove up the strip to the Flamingo because we wanted to see the show Legends again. We saaw it a couple of years ago and loved it. It even came with a buffet included in the price.
After the show we were pretty tired so we got on the bus and drove back to the hotel to get some good sleep so we could really enjoy the next day. Here is a photo of Shaileen in front of the bus stop.
When we got back my stye was really bothering me and I had it for about 1 1/2 weeks by then so I decided that it was time to pop it. Just look at it, can you blame me. You can see the video below of my trying to pop it. the only thing is that it was a waste because I went to the doctor the following Monday and had it cut out of my eye anyways. OUCH
If you are queazy at all iIwould not recommend watching this.
We woke up the next morning bright and early and it was absolutely beautiful. This is our view from the 20th floor of the hotel.
We went to check out the 1/2 price ticket kiosks that they have and saw that the America's Got Talent show was there. It was a pretty easy choice, mostly because some of the other shows were way out priced. We were really pleased with the show.
The last couple of times that we have gone to Vegas we have made it a tradition to wake up Sunday morning and go to the brunch at Harrahs hotel and Casino. It was really good but I am not sure a buffet was the best idea with a 6 hour drive ahead of us. HAHA
It was a really nice get away even though it was really quick. We decided that we needed to take advantage of the time that we are able to make impulsive decisions to leave town on a whim.
This past Friday we had the wonderful opportunity to attend an adoption panel that was put on by Families Supporting Adoption. We look forward to these get togethers so much because there are other people there that are in the same shoes as us as hopeful adoptive parents. The thing I like the most about these monthly get togethers though is I want to learn as much as I possibly can about being the best parent I possibly can. I know that I will never be fully prepared when we are chosen but why not be prepared with the most knowledge as we can. At this panel there was a wide variety of panel members that were from 2 families. There were adoptive parents, adoptive grandparents, birth mothers, and adopted adults. These families this past weekend reinstated my testimony of adoption in my heart.and how it is such a great thing. The love that each of these families had for each other was incredible on both the adoptive family side and the birth parent side. This panel brought back some great memories of the adoption classes that we were required to take over a 2 day period during our approval process. Before these classes we were not sure what we thought about the idea of open adoption and were sort of against it too. However, after going to listen to the panels of people it changed our heart completely on the thoughts of open adoption. The love we gained for expecting/birth parents grew indefinitely. If you ever have the opportunity of going to one of these panels I would definately recommend it. They are open to anyone to go. The idea that lots of people have with adoption is not accurate, just like LDS Family Service's motto says and it is so true is that. Adoption- Its about Love. How true is that? Expecting parents place their children out of love and hopeful adoptive parents are trying to grow their families out of love as well. I love adoption and am so thankful for it, without it we would never have the opportunity to grow our family.
Holy Moly! It is hard to believe that Jax is 6 months old already. Time has gone by so quick and it scares us how quick it is happening. We are trying to cherish each and every moment with him because we will never get them back. Jax is progressing so much each and every day it seems like. He is sitting up with no problem, rolling over like a mad man, and loves talking. I have been trying to coerce him to make his first word Daddy. Lets see what he thinks about that in the next few months. 
When Jax was first born it seemed like it would take FOREVER to make it 6 months to finalize his adoption in court as well as go to the temple and bless him. That has now came and gone. Wow! 
Shaileen and Jax went to spend some time with Aunt Kimmie and DJ and Alex. They were nice enough to let them decorate giant gingerbread men with them. I wasn't there but as you can tell Jax liked the gingerbread a little too much. Maybe that is why is so chunky. 
