Being a Mom

I got this email today and I thought I would share it with everyone. Since most of my readers are mom's or will be someday! Enjoy! I've noticed lately that even just watching a cartoon I will get teary eyed. So, it's so surprise to me that this made my eyes water! :)

4 years!!

Kevin and I have officially made it to our 4 year mark!! Crazy?! This especially huge to us because it's been a hard year for us!! I am SO grateful to Heavenly Father for blessing my life with an amazing husband. He is the most forgiving person that I can think of and he has so much capacity to love. I am so grateful for his spirit and testimony and strength. He is truly my hero. I know this sounds really corny and silly. But I really feel like people need to know how much I love him. Kevin has been there no matter what, when he could have just said forget it. I am so grateful that he has been there. I love you Kevin and I can't wait to see what the rest of our lives brings us.

anyways... no more sappy stuff.. :)

Kevin and I were married March 26th, 2005 in St. Anthony Idaho. I don't have any pictures on the computer but I'll try to get some soon. The colors were Lavender and Yellow. It was simple but nice. After the wedding we stayed at the Red Lion on the Greenbelt in Idaho Falls and then we spent a week just hanging out together at our new apartment with no work! Our marriage has taken us to live in 5 different states and 10 different homes. :) We've gone on one cruise and have been to NYC. We have had our fair share of HUGE trials and we have had our fair share of INTENSE joy!!One of our greatest moments was in 2006 when we were sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Bountiful Utah Temple, not just Kevin and I but Cahlin was there as well. It was the most amazing experience having his little baby hand over ours and know that he would be ours forever and the children that would come. We have been able to bring 2 amazing and incredibly handsome boys into this world. There are lessons that you will learn being a parent that nothing else can teach you. It's amazing the feel, that you will do ANYTHING for your child. We have been on food stamps, we've bought a brand new car together. We've spent 6 weeks apart. We have been on opposite sides of the country from one another. We've owned 3 fish, 2 cats and 1 dog. We've cried together and laughed together. We've experienced many things together but we have many more to do!!

1st Birthday!!

Today is our little Eyan Riley's very first birthday!! Last year at this time, I was having contractions up the wazoo, and I was getting VERY angry because I wasn't getting my epidural... see folks I'm not one of those girls that wanted to TRY and do this naturally... no no, that's not for me. I didn't want ANY pain. NONE. My whole life I had been TERRIFIED of having a baby. So, I would rather just kick back and breeze through it. I was put in the hospital at 10 in the morning and induced, they broke my water right away and then didn't get my epidural til 1:45!!! Talk about a bad deal. I realized that I actually didn't feel any contractions worth talking about with Cahlin's labor. The beginning of Eyan's truly was HORRIBLE!!! Anyways, long story short, he was born and 3:43 PM! I was in labor for 5 short hours! Funny fact, Cahlin was born at 3:34 PM and Eyan 3:43! Crazy? Eyan weighed 6 lbs 9oz and was 20 inches long.
Eyan now weighs 20 lbs! He's a small guy but he can hold his own! Eyan loves to play with his brother and he loves his doggie! he...
* drinks out of a sippy
* crawls, and can balance
* Eats all foods
*LOVES bananas
*says please, all done and waves bye
* can clap
*wave
* And give five!
He is so smart and cute. We love him so much and are so blessed to have his sweet spirit in our home. We couldn't ask for better kids. He always puts a smile on my face! We love you Eyan!!
For Eyan's party we had everyone come over and we had hogies and cake. Then we went over to a Party Place and let the kids play on a HUGE play place.Eyan LOVED his cake. He picked the whole piece up and went after it. He was nothing but smiles the whole day!! I think he really likes being the center of attention. At the party place Eyan sat on a little airplane the whole time and just pushed the buttons and drove the plane! Thanks to everyone who came! Eyan loves you all!!!
This morning we had the traditional "Rolly Pancakes" for breakfast, This was Eyan's first time having them and he loved them! Tonight Gpa and Gma Hughes are coming over to have dinner with the birthday boy! We're excited for them to see our home... Kevin and I have been married for 4 years and they have NEVER been to any of our homes! Should be fun!

PiAnO!!

So, my mom was coming down to our house this weekend for Eyan's birthday party. I see her pull in with a truck and PIANO in the bed!!!! I was soooo excited!! First off, I have been beggin my mom to give me her piano for years. Basically because no one plays it and it just sits in her basement in the cold! It's a gorgeous piano but I guess, I've lost the war because she got me another one!! :) It's super old and needs to be re-finished really badly but I'm really excited to have a project with Kevin!! I went through 3 rags cleaning it and I used an old tooth brush to clean out the creases. It looks a lot better! I'm thankful for a mom and step dad who went out of their way to give us this great gift!! We went out and bought a Primary Song book, Hymn book and a solo. Plus, I went to my mom's and got all my old music from when I took lessons. I'm excited to play the things I used to. I'm going to have to practice ALOT!!

Before it's wash.
After!! Not much better but better! And it plays! So, I can't ask for more!!

Doggie Daycare

Eyan's favorite spot to hang out as of late is Graces crate. He LOVES it. Since I have wised up and removed her dog food from his presence when he is downstairs, that's not of interest anymore. So, he has found that exploring the caged jungle is great fun, for at least 20 minutes, twice a day. He even gets Cahlin over there laughing at him and they play with each other. They think it's great! I think Grace thinks they're weird but, what can you do? :)
Notice how Cahlin is on TOP of the crate... :)Also,Note... Eyan has 2 Binky's in his possession.. he has taken this habit up just this last week of crawling everywhere with both at all times. I asked him to show me both.. he's such a good listener :)
And now he is demonstrating how he actually needs them both.. one is for when he is holding still checking something out and the other for travel. It makes since to him...
Since Grace has let Eyan have so many privileges with her things, Eyan decided to share the love... sharing his most prized possession... his bink.
He also, wanted to share his bottle... that's why she's so tuckered out... It's exhausting drinking a bottle!!

The Dreaded Plague...

Day after day, I sit around in my spare time trying to think of creative things to blog about. Lately, I have had nothing... :) my days consist of being a mom.. which I love but most days are pretty much the same. Then there's always the cake thing, but I'm pretty sure people don't want to talk cakes all day long. So, one thing that has made up Kevin and I's life this last week, is the dreaded 24 hour flu!! Oh, my word! I HATE it!! Kevin came home Thursday after work and wasn't feeling well, he said his stomach was hurting, I am TERRIFIED of the stomach flu so I went on the fritz. I was sanitizing everyone's hands like crazy, I wouldn't let Kevin touch anything and I quarantined him to our room for the night. When bed time came I was terrified of getting to close to him. And I had to wash our sheets the second we got up the next morning. Turned out he didn't have the stomach flu, just the flu. So, a few days passed and I thought well was good in the Jones house... no no, we got home Sunday night from family fun and I get sick!! I was sooo mad, and miserable. I will admit I whined a lot more than Kevin did. And It made me sad if he didn't cuddle me.. :( but HEY he already had it!! So, there was no risk of him getting it!! Our family doesn't get sick to often so when we do it hits us of guard. I hate the feeling of not wanting to move because every time you do your whole body hurts or when you kids jump on you it feels like you are going to bruise! Or even getting the chills hurt! Or feeling like you will never feel whole again and you'd do anything to make it go away!! Maybe I'm just a whimp, I need to man up.

***** I was just informed that the stomach flu and the flu are the same thing, to me they are not! The stomach flu is when you are puking and puking and puking. The flu is just where you feel horrible the whole day!

Come what may & Love it

I thought I would put something up, that lifted my Spirits and helped me feelcloser to the Lord. I hope you can take the time to enjoy also! I think that in the middle of the week we are so caught up in our lives and what's happening for the week that we need to slow down and refocus so that, Sunday won't be the only day that we remember the Lord and his sacrifice and love for us. I love the Lord and I am so grateful for his mercy and forgiveness. I know that everything I have is from him. I have a whole family because of him and I am grateful every single day that we are an Eternal Family!

Desmond Day

So, today we had the honor of having the Desmond's come visit us!! Melinda was sick so she stayed at the house while the rest of us went to church. It was so cute to see Cahlin and Caloway going to Sunbeams together. Plus, Emmalee, Savanna and Becca did such a great job being brave and going to their classes by themselves. I don't know if I would have been as brave as them. We were most proud of Dale, we didn't have to bribe him into going to class at all! The biggest problem was trying to keep him awake. Maybe it's because he had to much fun PLAYING with Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban this last week! ( It's a hard life.) He was most excited when his teachers had tons of food for them Elders Quorum. :)

We also had cake for Becca who turned 6!! She had the cutest butterfly cake!! Kevin's sisters are so good at cake decorating!! Their cakes always turn out so fun and cute! It was actually Makenna and Becca's birthday's this last week and they had matching cakes. How sweet!! We love those two little girls!! They always help when asked and they always have the cutest little smiles and the greatest stories. We enjoyed spending time with The Desmond's today and getting to talk to Kenna on the phone! I hope her birthday party turned out great!!! Happy Birthday girls!!Rebekah Josephine Desmond! Makenna Ann Johanson!

Bowling Night!

Kevin surprised us last night and took us Bowling!! We were so excited! Cahlin had never been before and he had a blast! He had to wear the cutest little shoes and everything! He even almost beat me!! Kevin bowled a 136 I got a 101 and Cahlin got 70!! He did pretty good! At the beginning of the game he was beating me! It did help BOTH Kevin and I have the gutter guards up!! Eyan loved watching and yelling!! I was impressed with the bowling alley too, there was zero smoke!! It was great!!! I did feel like a retard with the 70 year old gals next to us bowling a perfect game.. :) seriously they were that good!

A wonderful life

Life has been just chugging along. The days just seem to pass and fly by. I can't even believe that it's Wednesday already this week! Cahlin has been sick so we have been doctoring him! In the last 2 days he has taken almost a whole bottle of Tylenol. At his doctor appointment yesterday. The doctor told us that since Cahlin is prone to having Febral Seizures we can't let him even get close to running a high fever. How scary is that? To know that the second he gets hot, we have to drug him like crazy and keep him from getting worse. Anyways, turns out he has strep! AGAIN! But his right gland or tonsil is HUGE. His neck is so swollen.

But, on a lighter note! Cahlin was introduced to the world of bubble wrap!! I always loved popping all the bubbles when I was small. This was the first time that he actually sat down and popped and popped and popped!! sniff... we're so proud! :) Eyan is just being the crazy little almost toddler ever! He just got his 2 front top teeth! He looks so cute with his little razor sharp pearly whites! They hurt too!! 11 months has gone by so quickly and I'm sad my little baby is getting older. But I'm also excited to see the great relationship between he and Cahlin grow as they get older. During his 11 month photo shoot he was way to busy destroying train tracks and playing to give me his cute smiles. But he still looks cute to me!! And of course we have to include our other child! Grace is doing well. She has chewed through my shoe laces...grrr... and also destroyed two of Cahlin's train tracks. Lucky for us Carmen gave us a crate to keep her in while we are gone! haha.. who gets the last laugh now!!! :)

Changes

So, Kevin and I decided to change the name on my cake decorating gig to The Cake and Bake Co. so, just to let everyone know the blog address is different now too! It's http://www.cakeandbakeco.blogspot.com !

Bachelor

I am going to go crazy waiting to see tonight's Finale of The Bachelor!!! I can't watch it until tomorrow and I'm dieing knowing that it will be on tonight!! This sucks! I am rooting for Melissa, I think she and Jason have a good connection and I think that she would be good with Ty. I feel like Molly is still to young and scared I think that she will chicken out in the long run. I don't think she's ready for a huge commitment. I'm not even going to talk about DeAnna, that girl makes me so angry. I don't know who she thinks she is coming back on the show and messing with this poor guy again. She choose Jesse and he was a loser so get over it!!! So... happy Bachelor watching and I can't wait to gab about it with everyone!

Scary

Saturday night Kevin got home from work and he went in to tell the boys good night. He came out a couple minutes later and said that Cahlin felt warm. So we took his temperature and sure enough he had a fever. He did fine through the night and morning but then Sunday afternoon he got a fever of 104.3. So, we put him in the tub to get him to cool down. It worked he cooled off to 102. So, he was exhausted and needed to sleep so we laid him down about 20 minutes later he woke up FREAKING out he was having spasms and hallucinating. It was really really scary and hard to see. Finally he quit and he was fine, he acted like he didn't know what just happened. His temp was at 99 degrees. So, we laid him back down and it happened again. After this we called the doctor and he told us to NEVER put him in the tub again for a fever. It makes them cool down to quickly and their bodies basically go into shock and that happens. I am writing this so that all of you know NOT to put your kids in the tub for fevers. It's very scary and horrible to see.

On a lighter note here is a cute video of our boys this morning. Keep in mind Cahlin is not feeling very well and that's why his poor little face is so sad.