Catching Up

My sisters and me. Just having fun with the kids.

We went to Lagoon and Alex loved it!! This is him on Puff the Magic Dragon.

This is his cousin Avery, my oldest sisters boy. My sister lives in Kentucky so we don't get to see her very much. Alex totally attached himself to Avery. Everywhere he went Alex had to follow. The best part was that Avery loves him too!!! They are great friend even though there is a big age difference. Their birthday's are only 1 day apart. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

We planted our first garden this year. It's really hard to see in this picture. I will have to take another picture of what it has grown into now. It is doing awesome!!

Me and my boys at Jackson's birthday party. We had a cookout in the mountains.

This a girl in Alex's preschool class that he totally loved. He had a major crush on her for most of the year. Aren't they cute?

This is Alex and his preschool teacher Miss Amber. She was awesome! Alex totally thrived in her class. How cute is he in his cape? His graduation was adorable!!! Now on to Kindergarten.

Ben's favorite thing to do is taking a bath. I just had to take a picture. He usually is splashing all over the place.

Jackson and I on the 4-wheelers.

This is Alex and Dad going 4-wheeling at the cabin. Alex totally loved it!

Alex just being funny. He is trying to look all cool in his sunglasses.

Ben first trip up to the cabin. I don't think he really cared where he was as long as Daddy was with him. He is such a Daddy's boy.

These pictures are in no particular order. I just wanted to get them on my blog before I forgot what we where doing. What a great time we are having watching these sweet boys grow up. They are such a delight to have around!

Ben's 1st Birthday

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Ben was born. What a delightful little baby he has been. We had a whole weekend of birthday fun just for him, celebrating with all of the families. Most of it involved eating lots of delicious food which is perfect for him because that's his favorite thing to do. Here are just a few of the pictures from his special day.

This is Ben enjoying his cupcake with green frosting. I know it doesn't look like it but he really does like it. He is just intense when he eats.

This is us reading his new story about belly buttons. He LOVES it. He giggles every time I read it to him. I think is's so cute. I love that Alex came over to listen to it too.

My sweet little guy. Isn't he adorable?!

This is him in his birthday shirt and crown playing with his new toys.

What a happy and cheerful baby he is. We feel so blessed to have him in our family. We hope that he always stay just as sweet as he is right now. Happy Birthday Ben!!! We love you.

All About the Pokemon

For those of you who don't know Alex loves his Pokemon. This is a picture of his favorite Pokemon friend Gangar that he got for Christmas. He sleeps with it every night along with one of the other stuffed Pokemon friends that he has (I will take pictures of the others another time. There are quite a few). It's amazing to me that this obsession he has with Pokemon has lasted so long. He has been into it since he was about 2 or so and it has never ended. He likes other things too but those things seem to come and go after a period of time but not Pokemon. I guess this one is here to stay which I think his Dad is just as happy about. Truthfully, I think his Dad enjoys the cartoons almost as much as Alex does. They have a lot of fun watching them together. It's pretty cute watching them on the couch together on Saturday mornings. I think that's why every kid needs a Dad because most Moms wouldn't indulge their little obsessions like Jackson does with Alex's Pokemon. Alex is very lucky that his Dad understands him and loves him like he does.

Growing More Everyday

I can't believe how big Ben is getting! I was looking at pictures of him the other day and it totally surprised me how fast he is growing. This last year seems like such a blur to me. It is totally unbelievable to me that he is going to be a year old at the end of this month. He has been such a delight for all of us. I can see that his personality is changing now that he learning to move around and he has definitely learned how to get our attention. The other day at dinner he didn't like that daddy and mommy were talking to each other instead of to him, so he started yelling at the top of him lungs. Not the right way to get attention if you ask me, but I guess you have to try. He also has learned that crawling towards the stairs makes us all a bit nervous (a habit we all have to break). He absolutely adores his big brother Alex too. Anything he is doing he laughs at. It is really cute!! It's amazing to see what he is learning everyday. He is such a great baby but a guess I can't really call him that any more. He's not much of a baby anymore. Oh well, he's still my baby!

A Lund Halloween

Aren't my boys so cute? We had so much fun on Halloween this year. We actually got to do lots of fun things to celebrate Halloween this year. The Thursday before Halloween, Alex had a great party at pre-school that Mom got to help with. Then on Friday we had a Halloween party with Grandma and Grandpa Lund, Aunt Nicole and Uncle Devan and cousin Eva. Mom got to use her new Halloween plates and bowl, which are so cute with monsters and ghosts on them, to serve her "cowboy" chili in and then we went to the church to have a "trunk" or treat party. Alex loved it and got tons of candy. Everybody loved the boys costumes too!

On Halloween night Grandma and Grandpa Burt came by to see the boys in their costumes. Then Dad took the boys around the neighborhood for more candy ,of course, because we didn't have enough from the night before. Alex has really gotten into the spirit of the holiday and totally loves it. He doesn't seem to care so much for the candy but he loves all the attention he gets from dressing up and ringing peoples doorbells. He still keeps asking me if he can go trick or treating again. How cute! I think that even Ben enjoyed too. I have to admit that he made a really adorable Yoda. At first I really wanted him to match Alex's costume but in the end it really didn't matter and it made Jackson so happy. However, next year I told him I want them to match. We'll see what happens.

New Posts Are Finally Coming!!

Ok, so I know that it has been far too long since my last post on here. This is an official declaration that I am done with my sabbatical and I am finally going to start updating my blog again. I know that in the past I have not been very good at keeping this current but since I just had a milestone birthday, I have made a few goals for myself. One of my new goals is to have a new post on my blog every week. So, now every who reads this is my witness. You can all feel free to nudge me and encourage me if you see me struggling in the area. I figure since I am really bad at writing in my journal this will be my way of capturing the memories of our family.

Anyway, bare with me as I try to catch up on the things that have happened since Ben was born. It is crazy for me to think that he is 7 months old now. Wow, time is really racing on.

Here He Is!!!!

BENJAMIN WALTER LUND

Benjamin Walter Lund was born on March 29th, 2009 at 2:41 am. We was 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and 20 in. long. The labor and delivery was pretty normal but Mom had some scary things happen after he was born. Real briefly I will give the run down. About 20 or 30 minutes after he was born, my blood pressure started to drop really low. I was really light headed and dizzy and extremely nauseated. My nurse was really great and very attentive to what was going on. They gave me some medications to help and then started to push on my uterus to make it contract. When they did that I started having enormous blood clots and a lot of blood come out. After several times of this happening, they started to weight the amount of blood that I was losing. Then they called in the doctor who helped deliver Ben. (Much to my disappointment my doctor wasn't working that night.) The doctor then decided that I was losing too much blood and they were going to have to take me to the OR to explore why I was bleeding and clean me out. During this time they found that a piece of the placenta was left inside so they cleaned everything out and gave me a bunch of medication. When I was sent back to Jackson, they took a sample of my blood and found that I had lost about 50% of my blood. So, then they had to give me a blood transfusion to replace some of that blood. After all of that I finally started to stabilize. They watched me very closely in the hospital for the next couple of days and my OB visited me several times. He told me that it will take quite a while to replace all of the blood that I lost so I have to take it really easy because I am going to be really weak for a while. On a very positive note though, Ben is absolutely perfect. He has had no complications and has been such a good eater and sleeper for me!! It is so nice to have such a beautiful baby. (Alex had a really rough delivery and came out not looking very pretty.) We feel so blessed to have our 2 wonderful little boys. It is amazing how the new ones that come to us just seem to fit right into the family. Alex has been so sweet and loving with Ben. I really hope that continues!! We can't thank everyone enough for all of the prayers and love that we have received. We are truly so blessed!!!