How do they do it?

I don't know how people cut little kid's hair. So today I couldn't handle Asher and Cohen's long hair. Well especially the tail that grows in the back. So I called their aunt Genelle(who usually cuts their hair for me, and does an amazing job) and asked her to walk me through it. So I did it and boy do they move around a lot. Especially since I got hair ALL over them. I should have done before and after, but I was so eager to get started so tomorrow I will take the after picture. Honestly I think I might have done okay. But wow, was it a challenge.

We have been sick here in this house hold. I got sick on Monday night, and that lasted until Wednesday. Cohen got sick on Wednesday and Asher Thursday. They both still have a cough and runny nose. So you might have guessed it, but poor little Gray is sick now. He really had no chance of not getting sick. So yes I am very concerned. I got this cool suction the other day. It's battery operated and is so much better than the bulb, but not as good as the hospital wall suction. It's been doing wonders for him. We have the humidifier going, did the steam shower. I am trying to keep him in a different room than the boy's, but it is hard to do. Hope it just gets better.

A little about Gray

Didn't mean to just end it like that. See not very good at this. An update on our family.
We added another little boy to our family. Gray Bentley Anderson was born on January 21, 2010 at 7:41 am. He was 6lbs 4 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long. He HAD dark brown hair but now is falling out, so who knows what color it will come in as.



He unfortunately got RSV when he was almost 4 weeks of age. I noticed he was sick on Feb. 13 and so I took him in on Monday and they checked his oxygen in take and it was around 95. So they had me bring him in on Tuesday and it around 93. So we scheduled for Thursday. Well Tuesday night wasn't a great night and I knew he was getting worse so I took him in on Wednesday the 17th and his oxygen level dropped to 70. So the doctor told me he needed to go to the hospital, so crying full of hormones they sent me with Gray on oxygen to Children's hospital. They started sucking his goobers and started an IV and next thing I know they said he needed to go to the main Children's Hospital and we were going by ambulance. So they finished getting his IV set and the flight team came and put him in one of those incubator things and off we went. We were in the hospital for a full week. It was the hardest thing I had to watch, but honestly I felt a lot of pressure off my shoulders now that we were with people who knew what to do for him. Like I said we were there for a full week and then were able to go home with him on oxygen for another week and a half.

While we were with Gray, me never leaving his side and Zach leaving for work during the day and back as soon as he could, my sister's, sister-in-law and friends took care of my boys. They will never know how much I appreciated that. It is so nice to live by family for many reasons, but at times like that it was a huge blessing. Now he is doing well. He is gaining weight and it almost 11 weeks old. He is such a sweet baby, sleeping great. The boys love having a little brother. I am thankful to have all my boys home and healthy.

Lost and Found...AGAIN!

So I am going to try this blog thing again. I couldn't get on and forgot my password and what not for the second time. Here's to remembering.

I've finally done it!

After much thought and pressure I decided to create a blog. To be honest I finally figured out how to create one, not so handy with the computer.

So most of you have know my son Asher as having long hair, when we were out in Oklahoma for Zane (Zach's brother) and Michelle's wedding I decided to cut his hair. Zach's sister Genelle cuts hair (sorry I can't remember the technical name) so she did it and he actually was great. His previous record isn't too hot. We are talking about full on fits, yelling, screaming, squirming you name it. I think he loves not having to lift his hair up to look at animals at the zoo, to see anything or getting his snot in it.

Before and yes that is how he smiles for the camera...eyes closed.

After-striking a pose!

Cohen turned 18 months on May 16th. He finally started to really walk on the 18th. He was ready for so long, I guess it was a whole comfort thing. He is in nursery:) and guess what I am too-with both my boys. I was recently called to serve in our church's nursery. I do enjoy it.

These are my two cute boys, getting older and bigger each day. Well this whole blog thing isn't too bad, hopefully I can get to it again and make it cute like my sister's and my sister-in-law.