Flu season

  As the flu and rsv season is coming, I wanted to give everybody a heads up. If you invite us over for dinner or a party  and we say no, we are not trying to be rude. This winter we will be shut ins for, we cannot take the chance of Tyler being in the hospital again. Of course Riley will be at work and I'm going to continue working out. Besides that and a few family parties, we will be watching lots of red boxes, going on lots of geo drives and playing lots of board games.
  We love our friends and family but we must do what is best for Tyler. I appreciate everyone who understands our predicament.

1 Little Monster, 2 Months, and 3 Little Pumpkins

This last month sure has been crazy!
The weather has been beautiful and we have loved every bit of it! We started out the month with a deer hunting trip! Our brother-in-law, Casey, invited us to go hang out with him and his awesome family up on the mountain. I stayed back at camp,with Tyler, the first morning while everyone went hunting and(of course)Casey shot a nice little buck! We spent the rest of the weekend cleaning up camp, napping, reading, visiting, singing, four wheeling and mini golfing! It was great!
Tyler turned 2 months on the 9th and I can't beleive the changes I have seen in this little munchkin since he was born! He now coos, smiles, squirms(a lot!), fake coughs and fake cries! When he fake cries he smiles and complains. His pictures turned out cute, cute and I love his little outfit! (Thanks Jodean!)
The night before Halloween we decided to carve pumpkins! Of course, we procrastinated on buying pumpkins and the only pumpkins we could find were the tiny pumpkins you make pie out of. We made it work though. I found out I am absolutely no good at carving pumpkins and Riley is pro. I think my favorite out of the three was Tylers. On Halloween night, we dressed Tyler up as a little mike wizowski and stayed home because I was feeling a little under the weather. As we waiting for trick or treaters with our HUGE bowl of candy we only had one little hulk show up all night! So, now I have a big bowl of candy sitting on top of my fridge! If you want candy, let me know. You can have all of it! It is not helping me lose weight!
I think for the month of November I will end my post with one thing that I am grateful for and why. Today I am grateful for the gospel and knowing that my little family will be together forever!

My boys!

I have been so blessed with the most perfect little family! I have an amazingly sweet little boy who is so silly, happy, and cuddly. I love my little buddy! My poor boy was checked into the hospital over this last week. He had the common cold. He was sick to the point that he wouldn't eat and because he doesn't have any reserves to use while he is sick, he had to be hospitalized. I felt so bad for him. I wanted to trade him places but he was a champ. When they put the iv in he didn't even cry and he was smiling and talking to all the nurses. He only stayed over night but it was probably the worst night for me. I was worried about my boy and between beeping machines, nurses coming into check on Tyler and feedings there was no sleep to be found that night. We were blessed that Tyler made a quick recovery and we were able to come home the next day. He is feeling so much better already. I wanted to thank everyone for all the sweet thoughts, prayers and kind words. I could feel alk of the prayers for us. The spirit was definitely with us in the hospital.
I have also been blessed with a sweet, sweet husband. I don't talk nearly as much about him on here as I should. I never knew married life could be so amazing. Riley works so hard for me to be able to stay home with Tyler. He has given me the greatest gift I could have ever asked for, motherhood. He is so thoughtful, romantic, easy going, happy, hard working and if he wasn't all these things our marriage wouldn't be as great as it is! The last few days have brought our little family closer and I am so very grateful for Riley
Thank you so much for supporting me, loving me and encouraging me to complete my goals and follow my dreams. I love you Riley!

Crossfit, smiles, and a heirloom bed

It has been a great week! To start it off, there is a gym in town called Crossfit 435. This place works you HARD and almost all my extended family goes there. At one point my dad, riley and I use to tease everyone who would go! We called it a cult because they would attend religiously! After having Tyler I realized, in order to get rid of the baby weight, I needed to join a gym. I went with my sister, Kloie, and ended up loving it! I am now addicted. I went three times last week and plan on going three to five times a week! I come home happy everytime and am already seeing improvements in myself!  Boy, am I sore but I know it will be worth it in the long haul!
Tyler is 2 months old now! He is 10lbs 15oz and 22 3/4 in long! Almost over night my sweet boy has become social! He is no longer my sleepy newborn! He loves to talk and his smiles are so big! It makes my day to see him smile at me! He is very much a mama's boy.
A few months before I had Tyler, my parents give me a crib to use in our room. This crib is the crib that my grandpa, my dad, my siblings and I slept in. Tyler is the 4th or 5th generation to sleep in this crib. We finally got the mattress this last week( thanks Mom!) From the get-go Tyler  loved this crib and I am so grateful for it!
We are so grateful for all the support and love we receive from our awesome friends and family! We love you all!!

6 weeks

I can't believe my sweet little boy is 6 weeks old already! He is so fun! He loves to toot, talk, cuddle, sleep, and he trys so hard to smile!
The last few weeks have been pretty good with him and his medicine! He takes it so well and he's coming to like his formula little bit more everyday.
Some days are hard because he always wants to cuddle and I have things to do. My Baby Bjorn carrier is a life saver. I can do all my chores and cooking and he gets to cuddle still!
I took some pictures of Tyler for his one month pictures and they turned out so adorable. I am kind of proud of myself!
I'm so in love with my life. I'm in love with my little family and we are so blessed to be surrounded by peoole who love us and support us.

3 weeks

I can't believe that this sweet boy has been with us for 3 weeks! He is so cute and such a happy boy. He brings such joy into our lives!
Well this week has been some what rough. Tyler does not like his formula at all and tends to spit out quite a bit of what he drinks. He has been throwing up almost every morning since he started the new formula and medicine. At first he would throw up right after he took his medicine, so Dr. Warnock said to half his dose and that worked. Eben though he has been throwing up he has still gained 11 ounces and grown a quarter inch since last week! Im going to have to put the newborn outfits away soon.
We appreciate all the prayers sent our way. Things may be rough but I KNOW things will get better.
My family is so blessed in so many ways. I am blessed to be a stay at home mom. I love being able to spend the day with Tyler. We are blessed that Tylers case is treatable. We are blessed with the gospel in our lives and to know that our little family will be together forever.

P.s. For those of you who don't have Facebook here is some of Tylers newborn pictures.

Tylers Appointment at Primary Children's

Well, we met with a geneticist at Primary Children's this morning. She explained a lot to us about VLCAD and frankly, most of it went over my head. Luckily my mom came along (thanks Mom! Love you!) and took notes and Dr. Warnock gave us paper work. Ill explain as much as I can and what I miss I will include in another post.
We all have an enzyme that cuts the carbon chain of the fat into groups of two and then we can make energy out of those groups of two. Well, Tyler's enzyme doesn't do this correctly. And it's only with certain carbon chains-mainly 14 long chain. So this means that he can't go long periods of time without eating. The rule of thumb is for every pound he can go a half hour without eating, so right now he can go 3 1/2 hours without eating. Dr. Warnock gave us medicine he needs to take daily and he is on a special formula that has a certain oil in it for him.
When Tyler gets older he will live a perfectly normal life as long as he follows the rules. The only restriction will be he can't play any sports that have a long endurance-cross country, triathalons and what not. He can play football, soccer, baseball, basketball. He will just need to keep his carbs up.
Dr. Warnock informed us if he gets sick and can't keep food in, he will be hospitalized. We will just need to be careful over the next few months with the flu, cold and whooping cough. We will be back up in 4 months when we start introducing food to him.
We are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends who supports us and prays for us. We love and appreciate you all.