The Hospital Visit

Ty got sick again! I thought we were doing really well, but then a little virus snuck in on us. It wasn't too bad in the beginning, just a lot of messy diapers. But then he started to throw up. This happened last Thursday. My sweet sister Sarah was babysitting for me for a few minutes in the afternoon. It was supposed to be a really easy babysitting job. Ty was taking a nap. Sarah had just had her wisdom teeth out, and I felt bad asking her to babysit, but it was just for a minute, and Ty was asleep, so I thought it would be okay. Well right after I left he woke up with a huge messy diaper that Sarah had to change, along with all his clothes. Then she brought him out to the living room, at which point he threw up everywhere. I came home just as Sarah had finished cleaning everything up. I felt so bad for both Sarah and Ty. Hopefully she will forgive me someday.

That wasn't the end of the fun though. About 8:00 that night, Ty started throwing up again. He kept throwing up about every 10 minutes for the next 2 hours. He finally fell asleep, only to wake up an hour later throwing up again. I kept trying to give him tiny sips of gatorade every few minutes, but every teaspoon I got in him came up 5 minutes later. I realized that Ty had not had a wet diaper since 4 that afternoon, and I got a little nervous. I woke Ryan up, and from 2:00 am until 4:00 am, we tried to get him hydrated. The doctor on call had told us to give him a tablespoon of gatorade every 5 minutes, and if he didn't have a wet diaper after 12 hours he needed to be seen. That was a lot of work. Ty would scream every time we tried to give him a drink. Finally at 4:30, he still had not had a wet diaper, and we were all worn out. We decided to take Ty up to Primary Children's Hospital so he could get an IV and get some fluid in him. Ty wasn't a big fan of this. It was really sad, they wouldn't let me be in the room while they gave him the IV, so I could just hear him crying for me. He did a good job though. We were really glad that he had that IV, because he refused to eat or drink anything the whole next day. Poor Ryan still had to go to work all day on Friday, despite having had no sleep. Finally on Saturday, Ty started eating again, and hasn't thrown up again since.

This is Ty being brave at the hospital. His IV had just finished. This picture is taken on a cell phone, so it isn't the best picture ever.

New Hair-Do

Just for fun, I combed Ty's hair back. He thought it was pretty funny. He loved looking at himself in the mirror. How can you blame him when he is as cute as he is. I got a picture of him before the fun wore off.

More Talking

I forgot to have Ty say some of his cutest words. Ryan and I love the way he says "no" and "yes", I am sure that will change eventually when he starts saying no to everything, but right now it is pretty cute. It is just a quiet shake of his head and a no. He is pretty good at letting me know what he wants by me asking questions, and he answers yes or no. He is so funny.

Ty Talking

I got this idea from Chris and Elise Hansen's blog. I hope they don't mind me peeking in, but I thought it was really cute. Ty and their little boy are about the same age, and both starting to talk. Ty says a lot of words, but most the time I am the only one who knows what he is talking about. My favorite word to ask him to say is "lifesaver". He says it so funny. This is my first attempt at making a video, and it has been very tricky, so I hope everything works out. Enjoy listening to Ty say some of his first words!

It's a........?

For those of you who don't know, Ryan and I are expecting. I am 18 weeks along, and our baby is due in June. Neither of us can stand not knowing what we are having, so as soon as we can find out, we go and have an ultrasound. We went to Fetal Studio on New Years Day and found out we are having another boy! I was shocked because my mom thought I was having a girl, and my mom is NEVER wrong. I am really excited to have two little boys though! So here is a picture of baby Cody.

Fun in the Snow

We had a major snow storm in Salt Lake last Thursday. We got about 8 inches of snow at our house. It wasn't fun to shovel, but Ty had a blast playing in it. He got some new winter snow pants and boots so I decided to take him sledding, and see how he liked it. He loved it! I thought he might be scared, but he wasn't at all. As soon as we got to the bottom of the hill, he would say more. I got cold before he did, and so I had to take him home screaming for more sledding. Ryan was home when we got home, so Ty got a little more time out in the snow. We can't wait for another snow storm, so we can do it again.

Christmas

We had such a fun Christmas. Minus the sinus infection that I got, everything went great! It was so much fun to have family in town. Ty became really good friends with his cousins Sam and Kira, and still asks about them every day. We talk about Sam, Kira, Uncle Matt and Aunt Stacie on a regular basis. We spent Christmas Eve at my family's house, where we kept up our tradition of acting out the nativity. Ty was very helpful with that. He ran around the room the whole time. Then Ryan, Ty and I opened up our traditional Christmas PJ's. That was the beginning of Ty's present opening, and he loved every minute of it.

This is Ty opening his very first present

He doesn't seem to excited about his pajamas. He really does like them though. Christmas morning we opened presents with my family. I got a Kitchen-Aid that I love, thanks mom and dad. Then we headed off to Ryan's parents. Ty's big present was waiting for him there, and I was really excited to see his reaction. We got him a Little Tikes climber, that had two slides and a tunnel. He went running in the house and as soon as he saw it, he got a huge smile on his face, and didn't stop playing on it until it was time to go.
I caught a picture of him the minute he saw his present. He was so excited! We are so thankful to all of our family for such a great Christmas and Holiday season. We are so lucky to live so close.