Camping Fun!

This last weekend we had the Staheli family reunion, so we decided to go camping in Pine Valley since it's pretty close to the ranch! Our friends Angelina and Jarred were camping next to us and we all had a good time! Our boys are the same age so they had a lot of fun together! I love Pine Valley! It's so pretty and Jake can go fishing at the lake and catch fish for us for our lunch and dinner! It was fun for all of us! It was the first time we went camping as a family, and Jake cooked the entire time so why wouldn't I love it?!

Happy 4th of July!

I have more pictures to upload but I've been so lazy about doing my blog lately! We spent a day up at Pine Valley fishing and relaxing and then we went up to Jake's parents house and spent the night and hung out in Enterprise for the day. Jaxon had fun doing the races and we enjoyed a cute program at the high school that they do every year! We got home to see the end of the fireworks but it was nice to be home and not out driving around-because there was so much traffic everywhere! Cars were even going up Webb Hill for quite a ways. There was a fire that started just before you get into our neighborhood because some people were lighting the fireworks that shoot in the air, so that was a little crazy! I love this picture of my cute boys! Hope everyone had a great 4th

Good Thing....cause I was worried

I'm extremely hopeful that my crib parts are delivered to me soon! I heard about them being recalled and the manufacturer was going to send out a new order....I sent for them in the beginning of April...it's now almost July and they still havent come! Good thing I ordered them before Logan was born, because he probably would have all ready outgrown his crib if I sent for them any later! But there is some good news-I just got an email again about them being delivered by Fed-Ex, and they should arrive within 5-7 business days. Good thing, cause I was worried, not that I'm holding my breath or anything but Logan needs to start sleeping in his crib sometime soon, because he is going to be too big to sleep in the bassinet!

Our Bundle of Joy!

Our baby boy has finally arrived! He is so sweet and reminds me so much of Jaxon when he was a baby. His name is Logan Grant Gardner! He was born on April 27, 2011 at 9:24 pm. He weighed 8 pds. 10 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long! I can't believe he is all ready 2 weeks old, but I have enjoying every second of it! He wakes up every 2-3 hours, not at all like his big brother who slept through the night-so that has been an adjustment! He is so alert, and has beautiful blue eyes and blonde hair-which I'm sure will change but I love that for now he is a blondee! I feel like a zombie walking around not being able to think clearly and thinking that everything is hilarious! I'm not a typical new mommy I guess-pain pills tend to either make me really sleepy and generally everything is hilarious (just ask my sister and Jake the few days after I delivered)! There I was April 29 in my hospital bed watching the royal wedding at 4 am because I was up with the baby! The first few days he was up almost every hour! A lot of the staff at the hospital were celebrating the royal wedding! Labor and delivery had name tags of names of many of the royal wedding attendees and they even had cake/cupcakes and made a fun night of it-but ya gotta make some kind of fun when your on the night shift! So that's one thing I'll never forget where I was the day of the royal wedding!

It's fun to see Jake be the new proud daddy again and see him be in a protective role :) I worried about how Jaxon would react, and now I wonder why I felt that way because he is such a GREAT brother! He loves to hold the baby and he tries to sooth him, and checks on him quite often-he too is a proud big brother. Most people who have come to see him are surprised how little he looks because he weighed 8 pds-I think it's because he is so long-he weighed 2 pounds heavier than Jaxon and he is 2 1/2 inches longer than Jaxon! So many of our friends have stopped by to see our little guy and brought gifts and dinner and I'm so grateful! I forget how great it is to have a new baby, and to have that special presence of a new little bundle of joy. I'm trying to take in every second, because they don't stay little for too long, and he's completely worth losing sleep over!

Marry me mommy!

He is asking me to marry him...he says he got that from "Tangled" he also always plays with my hair and tells me it looks like punzels (Repunzel's) hair!

Today Jaxon cleaned his room, dressed himself, and even brushed his teeth this morning without a fight and I wanted to jump for joy!

He was so excited to go to the baby doctor yesterday-he likes to call him "the baby doctor" and every time someone's name was called to go see the doctor he got so excited and thought it was for us and yelled "ok time to go see the baby doctor mommy, YA HOO!" Luckily the office staff didn't get annoyed because sometimes he can get overly excited! We heard the baby's heartbeat, which Jaxon talks about all the time-he always kisses my tummy and tells his brother he loves him! He asked me yesterday if I was going to have my baby today and I told him no it's just an appointment and he was so bummed but I couldn't help but laugh a little because he kept saying "OH MAN, but I want to see him!" Every time I have a contraction or I'm just not feeling good he is always there to hug me and ask me if I'm ok. I'm down to weekly appointments now and every time I go, my blood pressure gets lower and lower. This is a good thing because it was just the opposite when I was prego with Jaxon! Dr. Thompson asked me if I was ready and I said I'm not sure ;) although all the baby clothes are washed and put away, the crib is up (still can't find the missing pieces though) but I need to pack a bag-which is a must for me to do because Jake packed a bag for me last time and he forgot some things, but it was a sweet gesture! I'm getting so excited I can hardly stand it! The only thing I really worry about is that I go into labor and my family won't be here yet! There's just nothing like having your family around to support you! My family is always there for me and has been at every major milestone (and the small ones too) that I keep worrying about being in pain at the hospital without them there ;) my family will all be here for Easter, so I think it would be convenient then don't you?! I was just thinking I'll go ahead and pencil that in on my calendar! HAHA If only that's how it really worked!

Clean Freak!

Lately I have been going going going! I love it, and it's probably the best thing about being pregnant! Jake says I'm nesting-I've always hated that phrase, not sure why but I do! So there! Last week I was cleaning out closets, washing baby clothes and bedding and put my crib up all by myself (Pat on my back, I'm not one to put things together by myself)! I just have one problem, I can't find two pieces to my crib! Our crib converts into a toddler bed so Jaxon slept in it before we got him a big boy bed. The crib is put together with the bedding, but I can't find the plastic pieces that hold up the front of the crib-which is kinda important to have right?! I think I'm so motivated to clean things is mostly to find those two pieces! I cleaned out our storage room yesterday and now it's ALOT more organized! My mama would be proud! Today I have been organizing my scrapbook stuff, something that needed some major TLC! As a bonus, I found some Mickey Mouse/Disneyland scrapbook stuff so now I can scrapbook our pictures from Disneyland!


Hmmm I've got to find those dang things! We also can't decide on a name! I'm not too stressed but it makes it a lot easier if you have a name at the hospital! A lady in my ward said she didn't name her son until he was 3 months old! WHOA that's a long time to go without a name! Of course, if we just went with Jaxon's pic it would be Buzz! I thought it would be fun to go with another "J" name but Jake's not a big fan of having having all his kids names start with the same letter.

Anyone?

Lately I love to look at blogs, especially craft blogs ideas for teaching-basically I look at blogs every day because I love getting good deals on couponing sites and that's where I hear about great deals! I love looking at loved ones blogs because frankly I love to see what people are doing with their lives and I love to see when someone has created something and shared with the world because a lot of us need to find inspiration from somewhere! But I have one question...where is everyone these days? I think Facebook has a lot to do with it! Maybe people don't like to blog as much as I do either but I also think of blogging as a kind of journal that we are documenting. If I ever wanted make a blog book or create my own book from my blog in the future I will be so glad that I had something to create a book with! I love to scrapbook, but sometimes organizing all the pictures and getting everything out to make a big mess just doesn't appeal to me as much because I know I will only get one page done and still have a gigantic mess to clean up! Anyway I hope one day the Facebook trend will also fade and people will come back to blogging...ok I'll get off my soapbox now! It's time to go enjoy this beautiful 60+ degree weather we are having! I planted some flowers yesterday:

I hope this brings a little happiness to those who are tired of the cold weather!
XOXO