Read-a-thon Assembly

Cody's school had a read-a-thon going on for the month of March.  They were to read and keep track of the minutes they read.  They were also asked to ask family and friends to sponsor them.  Either friends and family could pledge a set amount or they could pledge so much per minute the child read.  I didn't want to ask but my family were kind enough to help out.  Cody raised $88 for his school.  This morning they had a small assembly to end to read-a-thon.  I didn't like it because that meant that instead of going to school at 11:20 like Cody does everyday he was required to be at school at 7:55am.  Ugh, I am not a morning person and Cody has definitely inherited that from me.  We barely got out of the house in time to see that the assembly was set to start at 8am.  Since we were there we decided to stay.  They had a bleacher out for the parents to sit on.  The honor guard was there as well as some units in their blues and ABU's, BDU's and flight suits.  It was quite the affair.  They announced the minutes the school read.  The goal was to read a total of 350,000 minutes as a school.  The school as a whole read over 400,000 minutes.  It was quite exciting.  They also announced the #1 reader for each grade level.  The #1 reader for 6th grade was also the top reader for the entire school.After "The National Anthem" was sung, pledge of allegience said and top reader revealed we had quite the event.  I guarantee you this would never happen at a non-military school for a read-a-thon assembly.  It was quite awesome too.  There was a fly over of 2 fighter jets.  How much more exciting can that be.Cody also earned several certificates and coupons for fun activities and food just for participating in the event.  I didn't have my camera for pictures because I didn't know I would be there for the assembly but I do hope to get pictures of Cody with his certificates.  As soon as I can do that I will post them here.

Even babies embarrass you

Church was quite the event this Sunday.  I ended up with a slight headache but it wasn't bad so I knew I could wait until it was over to take care of it.  Then I remembered that there was a baptism after church that I felt obligated to stay for actually wanted to stay because she is such a sweet girl I get to help in primary.What I didn't plan for was a very hungry Garrett.  He screamed his head off for half of the baptism because he was hungry (I would have fed him but I kept thinking it was almost over and I didn't have my cover with me anyway).  His screaming made my headache a migraine by the time it was all over with.  Thankfully some caffeine, excedrin and a hot shower/bath helped it very quickly.But the embarrassing part really came in the last hour of church.  Some sweet girls from the Senior primary love Garrett and asked to hold him.  That is fine.  But they came to me and said he needed to be changed.  No problem.  Got him changed and cleaned up.  As soon as I walk back into the Primary room he dirted his pants again.  So, I go back to change his pants again and need to get the car keys from Jason.  Not a big deal but he is in Priesthood and the chapel.  I feel awkward enough walking into Priesthood but it was necessary.  Of course, as soon as I walk into the chapel Garrett starts tooting.  Being in a room full of males they started laughing and had several jokes.  Some of them even tried to blame me for the tooting.  Fun times, fun times I tell yeah.:)

Big Bear fun

The boys have been bugging us to go to Big Bear.  They love the snow.  I am not sure if it really is the snow or the fact that they can throw snow at people and not get in trouble.  They love to throw things.  To make the day even better Grandma and Grandpa joined us.  It was a fun day of playing in the snow, walking around the shops and getting to spend a few minutes at Big Bear Lake enjoying the beautiful scenery.  Of course we also had to try out our new awesome camera (when I say we I mean Jason since he didn't let it out of his hands the whole day :D )Here are some fun photos we (Jason) were able to get.

Playing with our new camera

Thanks to the government we were able to get a wonderfully awesome new camera.  This one to be exact.

To celebrate our new camera I had to take the boys to the park to test just how well the camera takes pictures.  I tell you, it made me feel like a professional.  I love it.  Here are the boys.

And here is a few of Garrett just for fun.

Just to update

I know it hasn't been that long since I posted but I wanted to give a bit of an update. A while back after all the boys (Jason, Cody and Wyatt) got haircuts we noticed a red dot on the back of Wyatt's neck.  I thought it may have been a blood blister he developed some how after the haircut so we left it alone.  Then we noticed it had grown.  Next thing we know it had popped and was bleeding like crazy.  It scared Cody and Wyatt both since they were playing when it happened.  This happened several times and grew back even bigger.  That is when I finally made an appointment with his pediatrician to get some idea of what it was and what we could do about it.  The pediatrician had no clue and actually said he had never seen anything like it.  So he decided to send in a referral for a dermatologist.We finally got the referral and an appointment last Tuesday.  Unfortunately I was nursing Garrett so I wasn't able to go in and speak to the doctor.  Thankfully Jason was able to go to the appointment and dealt with the doctor.The dermatologist knew immediately what the growth was and said he would take care of it right there in the office.  I guess Wyatt had to be laid on his stomach while Jason held him down.  The doctor numbed it, pinch it off and then cauterized it so it wouldn't bleed or grow back.  I never heard a cry out of Wyatt and Jason said he didn't cry and was very calm while all this was going on.We are now having to clean it twice a day and keep it dry.  We will be going back to the dermatologist again in two weeks just to make sure all is still well with it.Jason told me the dermatologist did say that the growth could come back but it is very unlikely.  I hope in Wyatt's case it doesn't come back.  Thankfully it is in a place where even if he scarred or it came back it isn't a big deal. The back of his neck isn't as noticeable as his face or anything else.As for Cody, well, he will be starting T-ball again next month.  I got the paperwork to enroll him the day they started the enrollment but didn't make a sports physical appointment until that day.  This base is great, I called to make the appointment last month and won't be able to get in until next week, the 16th.  The last day to enroll him in t-ball is the 19th.  I am so glad that things move so quickly here (I am obviously being very sarcastic).  I truly hate this base and the way they choose to run things around here, but what can I do?Jason may end up being Cody's coach again.  Only this time he will be the head honcho, #1 coach.  Cody's coach from last year will be TDY during T-ball season and has suggested Jason take her place.  He still isn't sure what is going on but does have a meeting I guess he is going to sometime soon.Cody, I know, would love to have his Daddy as his coach this year.  Cody looks up to Jason and wants to be just like him.  I love that about our boys.As for Garrett, he is growing, eating and pooping just like a 5 week old should be.  It was wonderful last night.  He didn't want to go to sleep so we let him cry it out a bit and fell asleep sometime after 11 (with a pacifier).  He didn't wake me up until just before 5am.  I am sure that he didn't get up before that because Jason would have definitely woke me up.  He fell asleep again at 5:30 and didn't wake up again until 7am when everyone else in the house (except me) was waking up for the day.Me, I am here.  I am doing my best to juggle all the appointments and responsibilities that have come up in the last month.  I love having Garrett here and so happy to be a mommy of 3 boys.  Granted I wish my older two would be able to get along for longer than 5 minutes at a time or even eat a meal without an argument.  I would like it if Garrett would continue to sleep as well as he did last night and I wish a few other things were better but all in all, I love my life.  I am so blessed and happy to have the family that I have and couldn't have asked for anything better.Wyatt finally has his 4 year old check-up at the end of this month and Garrett will be going to his 2 month check-up on the 7th of April so I will be updating with how much Garrett has grown.Oh yeah, I also need to make an eye appointment for Cody.  He has develoed a nervous blinking thing lately and we are not sure what it is.  He has been complaining about headaches lately but I have chalked that up to him trying to copy me.  It usually is around the time I have had a headache that he is complaining.  But with the blinking thing I am just not sure.  I hope he doesn't need glasses, I know what it is like and do not want that for my kids.  If anything I am hoping it is dry eyes which makes sense.  We do live in the desert and the wind has been blowing a lot lately which blows the dirt around in the air.  With him being in school he has recess outside for a half hour so during that time he is getting sand and dirt in the eyes.Who knew that having 3 kids would make for so many doctor's visits?  I certainly did not and hope that they are almost done so we can enjoy a bit more of our days.Hope all is well with all of you!!!

One Month

I can't believe that Garrett is already a month old.  Granted that his first month was a short month but only by a couple of days so it really wasn't that big of a deal.Yesterday was kind of a crazy day for me.  Not really because I had anything all that important to do but enough to make getting a picture difficult.  I did make time after I got home from a meeting at church, though, to take a few pictures of Garrett sleeping.He is so precious.  The only thing that would make these pictures any better is a better camera took them.  Like my awesome Canon camera that I want so badly.  Here is a few for you to enjoy.