More of Jaden

Dressed to come home! Ron choose his outfit. He couldn't resist the guitar sleeper! I made the hat. He looks so cute! We can't wait to bring him home!

Welcome home little one! Welcome home!

More of Jaden at the hospital

Mommy snuggles!

kisses from big brother!

Jaxen saying hello to Jaden!

Daddy snuggle time!

Welcome Baby Jaden!

He's here! He's here! February 10th, 2011 our little Jaden Glen arrived. Ron and I went to the hospital at 5:00 am and at 8:27 am he was born by c-section. Everything went smoothly. It was a wonderful moment to just be chatting with Ron and all of a sudden there is this baby cry and you know he's here at last. Yes, there were tears of joy that were shed at that moment. I couldn't stop looking at him in amazment and wonder. Here we had another beautiful baby boy and our lives were changing forever once again. Jaden weighed in at 8 pounds and 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. He has lots of dark hair and dark eyes. We love him so much and are so happy he is here! He was born at the Methodist hospital in Sacramento, CA. We stayed there until february 13th. I find it interesting that as much as you want to be home with your little one, the hospital and the staff become like family while your there and it feels a bit strange to all of a sudden get up and leave. The nurses were fantastic! They really helped me out when it came to the nursing part. Even though I had nursed Jaxen I found I was a bit rusty. The nurses were great in helping me with getting him to latch on when I needed it. We were able to nurse by the time we came home. I still had some concerns about it, but everyone kept reassuring me that all looked well and that he was doing fine. Ron was the best husband ever! He got up everytime Jaden did and stayed up with me and gave me so much support. He helped me to eat while the Jaden was in cluster feeding mood and I rarely had a chance to think for myself. He would rub my shoulders to help me to stay relaxed because I was so exhausted. He changed all the diapers so that I could rest a bit because getting up and down was still a little difficult for me. He is so wonderful! I know he feels like he doesn't do much to help, but he was more help than he will ever realize. I have to keep reminding him of that. He was so amazing! He even would take Jaden and snuggle with him so I could get some rest. Jaxen and Tristan came to see us in the hospital. Kaeryn was at her 6th grade outdoor ed at the time so she wouldn't get to see him until we came home from the hospital. The boys were so nervous, but they did see him and hold him. When Jaden cried Jaxen would rub his head. I tried to get Jaxen to snuggle with me but he was to nervous to do that. We had told him before that I would have an owy on my tummy and that he'd have to be careful. I wanted him to snuggle with me on the bed but he was to worried about that. Jaxen also tried to give Jaden some food when he cried because he was hungry. I had to explain to him that he only eats moms milk right now and that the food I eat will turn into the milk. Since then he'll give me something and say here you can have this to make more milk. It's very cute! Before Jaden was born Jaxen kept saying he was going to be the one to change the diapers, so when jaden needed a diaper change Jaxen really wanted to do it, we had to ask him to help daddy instead. Since then he hasn't wanted to help much with that but I still thought that was cute that he was serious at first about doing it.

My surgery went really well and my recovery has gone better than I expected. I was able to get up and walk the halls a few times and getting up to the bathroom was managable. But I had really great care that I contribute to that. I'm still in aw and amazment that he is finally here. We waited a long time for him and we are so happy to have our little Jaden be part of our family. Welcome baby Jaden! We love you very much! We can't wait to start making memories with you!

Special Jaxen hugs!

February 9th was a night for us to celebrate. We celebrated the ending of a chapter in our lives and welcoming a new begining. It was the night before our new baby would be born. Jaxen, Ron and I decided to go out to dinner to celebrate. We went to a resurant named B.J.'s Brewhouse. They have really yummy pizza there and that is what Jaxen decided he wanted to have. After dinner when the waitress came to see if we wanted any dessert Ron made a simple request. He asked if we could have the birthday dessert to celebrate the birth of our baby the next day. They thought was a cute request and was happy to do that for us. So they brought us a plate that had a fresh baked chocolate chip cookie(still in the little pan) with some vanilla ice cream on top. Jaxen blew out the candle. It was so yummy! Afterwards, we came home to get things ready for the night. I really wanted to get some pictures with Jaxen. I was going to really miss him in the next few days. We hugged and snuggled. Ron and Jaxen played their video games together. It was a good night. I had a lot of mixed emotions. I was nervous, happy, anxious, excited, full of wonder. What will life be like after today? Can I really do this again? So many thoughts racing through my mind. I know they will all be answered soon. I look forward to this new chapter in our lives. I have a wonderful husband who is so dilligent in helping me with whatever I need. I know he will be there with me all the way as we begin our new adventure. I'm sure we will have our ups and downs, moments of sadness and moments of joy. We'll have more smiles and giggles. And most of all we'll have eachother! I love you Ron! I love you Kaeryn! I love you Tristan! I love you Jaxen! And I love our new little baby. I am excited to meet him and begin this new stage in our life.

Happy New Year 2011!!!

Happy Happy happy New Year everyone! I know it's a bit behind schedule, but better late than never! We had a fun filled night full of games and noise and treats! Our neighbors lit some fireworks at midnight so that was fun to watch. We had our traditional 12 grapes and made wishes. Jaxen keeps asking if his wishes will come true. It's pretty cute.

Well, we did have a fun filled year. But I think the most exciting part of 2010 for us was finding out that we are going to add another addition to our family. We found out that we are having another boy! I can't wait for his arrival! We look forward to all the new adventures we will have this year with our new little guy! happy New year everyone! I hope 2011 will bring you all true joy and many smiles!

Naciemento 2010

I nearly forgot to post pics of this years Naciemento. It's been really fun to find new ways to put this together. This year I added the night sky with glittering lights. Actually, the gems I used for stars look really pretty with the lights on at night. I think I will add them next year also.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a wonderful day. We ended up doing things a bit backwards as Kaeryn and Tristan left around 6:30 in the morning to spend the morning with their mom. The kids did open their gifts from Santa before they left. Kaeryn was excited to recieve a cresselia pokemon doll. Tristan got the Magic kit he wanted and Jaxen got his Mario and Luigi action figures. After Kaeryn and Tristan left Ron brought out a few of my birthday gifts. He gave them to me in phases this time since we didn't get to do it first thing in the morning like we have always done. So every couple hours he would bring one out and we would have fun with that while we waited for it to be time to go back and get Kaeryn and Tristan. Ron and the kids got back around 4:00 that evening and then after getting dinner in the oven it was around 5:00 or so when we finally sat down to open the gifts from the family. That's always a fun paart of the day. the kids expressions were priceless! We take the kids every year and let them choose gifts for eachother. It was really sweet this year, after the kids would open a gift from one another they would give eachother a hug. We did have alot of fun! I can't wait until next year! After we finished opening our gifts we finally had dinner. Ron made lasange for my birthday dinner. Every year he usually makes or gets a german chocolate cake for my birthday. German chocolate cake is my favorite. This year he decided to do something a little different, he made a german chocolate cheesecake! His little invention. It was FANTASTIC! So Yummy!!!!!!!! I loved it! After that we all played until bed. We got two extra controllers for the playstation 3 so now four can play at a time. So Ron and the kids all played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and then X-Men. It was a lot of fun watching them all play together.

We had such a wonderful time as a family! Playing and laughing and smiling! It was a great day! We look forward now to the new year and all the wonderful memories we will make. Merry Christmas Everyone! We hope you all had a day filled with fun and true Joy!!!!