New pics of Whit...

This is the first time my dad held Whit! Thanks dad for letting me stay at your house while Whit was in the hospital...

This is the first time Shantel held Whit... Thanks Shani for staying with me and driving me around while Whit was in the hospital!

The first time my mom held Whit... Thanks mom for staying with me and taking care of me while Whit was in the hospital!

The first time Clete got to hold Whit... Thank you for keeping our other two kids and being such a great dad while Whit was in the hospital!

This is Whit's last day in the Nicu at Primary's ( notice no tubes)

Me and Whit on one of his last days in the Nicu!

Whit's last day in the Nicu... He is wearing a preemie outfit and he only has a feeding tube in!

I took this pic because he has huge feet compared to how small he is!

Last pic with the feeing tube in...

He had the billirubin lights for about 24 hours because he was jaundice... also notice the presents above his head... it was Easter!

One of the first time I got to hold baby Whit!

This was the day he was born... He had a pic line, cpap machine, IV's, and all types of monitors on!

The last pic... one week before I went into labor with the little man!

I wanted to add a few pics of baby Whit while he was in the Nicu... He was born on April 20th and was transferred to Primary Children's hospital on April 22nd. I started with the pictures starting backwards so I started with the ultrasound pic and continued on with every tube that he has had and every tube that was taken out! He is doing so great now... He is 5 weeks old and weighs 5lbs 8oz. He has gained almost a full pound since he was born. He was born at 4lbs 9 oz. but lost down to 4lbs 4oz. so he is doing great! He eats really well and sleeps most of the day! I got his pics done last week and they are so cute! I will add them to my blog when i get them! He is so sweet and such a wonderful addition to our family! I am so happy that he is here and that he is as healthy as he is! I am so thankful to our family and friends and to our heavenly father for all of the hope and prayers sent to our little man! We love you Whit... and we can't imagine our lives without you!

My pride and Shayda Joy...

The first picture of all 3 of my kids haha

another pic of all my kiddoes in their pj's

My dad took us to the aquarium while Whit was at Primary's still

Shayda loved the seahorses the most!

Justice liked all the creepy fish...

Left Foot

Right Foot

Left hand

Right hand

Shayda with Ms. Guillette at preschool graduation...

Preschool graduation program

Shayda's tumbling program

Working on her routine...

The whole school program

Shayda is on the floor on the second row and second person in...

I know that all these pictures are a little random but I have so much that i need to catch up on. The first pictures that you see are of all of my kids together. They are not the best pictures but I just got their pictures done professionally so I will post those when I get them. The next pics are of Shayda and Justice at the aquarium. My dad took us there while we were staying with him. It was while Whit was in Primary's still. I was really missing them, so my dad invited them to stay with us and took us out to have fun! I was so happy to be with them... it was just to hard being away from them for that long. Thanks dad! The next pics are just to funny not to include... Shayda has decided that everytime I paint her nails and toes that she should take pics with my phone. I painted them right before I went back up to salt lake and I was looking through my pics and found these pics. It made my whole night... what a funny girl she is! I loved that she took pics of both feet and hands haha! She also had her preschool graduation last week... I am so proud of her! She loved preschool and did so well... I can't believe how much she learned! She also had a tumbling program that same week and did a few tricks that I didn't even know that she could do. This week we went to the whole school program. She did a little dance and did such a cute job! I am so proud of my little girl and what she has accomplished this year! She amazes me everyday with her talents! I love you Shayda Joy!

Counting my blessings...

I am counting my blessings everyday... i can't even explain how thankful i am for all the blessings i have been given. I have had a bit of bad luck lately but i feel like i am unable to dwell on it because of all of the blessings we have. Cletes truck broke down right after he and my kids got home from visiting me. It cost $1000.00 to fix... then our well went out and it turns out it was only a switch which saved us tons of money. Also thanks to Greg Wade who came out late at night to check it out! Last but not least... Shayda ended up in the E.R. last night with a bad kidney infection. It must have been bad for Clete to take her to the hospital. I feel so bad that I wasn't with her, but her daddy is the best we could ask for. He handled it like a champ... and she feels much better now. I know that with all the bad luck i could be focusing on that instead of all the good things, but being in the nicu everyday with Whit has taught me that things could be so much worse. I don't know how some people handle all the horrible things that happen to their sweet babies. I am so lucky to have such a healthy baby boy and such wonderful people in my life to help me through everything. I don't know what would happen without them.

Whit is doing so great... His little heart is healing itself... so the episodes have decreased significantly. He is also missing some leads in his left ear which may affect is hearing, but they still have time to form. His right ear is perfect. He is eating so much better and even has his feeding tube out for now. If he can keep it up then he can come home next week yay! I am so thankful for everything i have. I am going to try to remember how lucky i am. I love my family so much and I am so thankful for everything!