Precious Moments

A sweet friend of ours did some family pictures for us. Check some of them out on her blog, http://www.tonyapeterson.com/blog/!

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER...

I have been very overwhelmed lately due to all the medical problems of our little family. So for those of you who do not know here's the scoop:

June 29th 2009 Benson was born
July 9th Benson was circumcised
July 10th Benson had a STAPH infection on his Circ.
July 17th Staph too strong needed stronger meds
July 24th THRUSH...due to the killing of all the Good bacteria
July 26th Mommy gets THRUSH from breastfeeding OUCH!
July 30th Benson goes in for 2nd hep B vaccine, nurse doesn't secure his leg and bends needle when he kicks... ouch
August 2nd Found out nurse gave WRONG vaccine (hep A instead of hep B) have to start Hep B series ALL OVER!
August 3rd Meds not working THRUSH taking over ( really considering to Stop nursing!)
August 10th Thrush gone...YEAH
August 12th THRUST BACK...Mommy and Benson keep sharing...seriously thinking about stopping nursing
August 17th Thrush gone...HOORAY
August 22nd NEVER MIND...It's BACK...will this fungal infection EVER LEAVE?
September 9th Mommy ends up in E.R. KIDNEY STONES...WORSE THAN LABOR
September 16th Caden falls out of the tree, brakes his arm!
September 22nd swelling finally down get the cast on
September 22nd Hey when did the Thrush leave??? Oh well...still haven't passed any kidney stones though...
October 1st Passed a 6 mm kidney stone two more to go
October 5th Benson is has a Inguinal Hernia (like his daddy had as a baby) will need surgery to correct it.

...I feel physically and emotionally exhausted. I feel like I LIVE in the DR. office! We have a plaque on the wall that states, "When life gets to hard to stand KNEEL!" I that is what I've been doing A TON actually. But I got to thinking today...if I prayed this way ALWAYS not just when things are tough then how would my relationship change with my Father in Heaven? Don't I try to encourage Caden to share his favorite things with me? Don't I enjoy the happy times of my children? Why is it when things are tough, when life is "too hard" that is when we start praying "hard"? So I am posting this and putting it out there for all of you to call me on if I forget again...I want the same relationship with my Heavenly Father that I yearn to have with my boys. I want to share the joys in my life as well as my sorrow and hardships. So although Caden's arm is still healing, Benson has a surgery in the near future, and I still have two stubborn kidney stones procrastinating the day of their apperance...I am joyful that the THRUSH hasn't made a return. I am happy that when Benson cries his brothers rush to his side to make silly faces and sing. I am blessed to be married to a wonderful, loving, priesthood holding, man. I am so thankful to be sealed to my family in this life and the next. Come what may...my Heavenly Father LOVES ME!

Cast Day...

6 days after the BIG fall the swelling had finally gone down enough for a cast to be put on Caden's arm. I asked him to smile and this is what I got.

Then I told him to show me his "Get a happy meal after the cast is on" Smile
a much better smile, don't you think???

The color of the day was..."HURT YOUR EYES" orange!

Mommy was the first to sign since I had to sit through 2 hours in the Dr. office waiting!

With any luck the cast will be off before Halloween and the bone healed completely.

What are BROTHERS for???

The other day I was making dinner, which just so happens to be Benson's fussy time, when all of a sudden I heard Caden's sweet voice telling a story that we had read earlier in the day. I walked around the corner to find this...

...Benson was listening intently...
and watching Caden turn pages...
what a sweet moment!~

Then Benson heard mommy's voice and started all over again!

What GREAT BROTHERS Benson has been blessed with though...

~I love my boys~

A rather blustery day...

So here in the good ol Land of Enchantment a blustery day entails sunshine and LOTS of WIND. So we decided to take advantage and fly some kites.

Levi was afraid to let the string get any longer in fear of losing his kite to the wind!

Caden scored this SWEET Kite at a yard sale this summer

$2.00= hours of fun (when the wind is strong enough)

It took about twenty minutes to get this bad boy to fly


Can you see Caden???
He kind of blends in with the swing set
We had fun and can't wait for the next windy day...

Bumps,Bruises, and BREAK!!!

So Caden decided to CLIMB HIGHER than ever before. As a result we got to take a fun trip to the E.R.! A buckle fracture to the Left Radius near the wrist!

Daddy was a little worried! See the forced smile!

In pain and not too happy...



after 4 hours...

all splinted up for the next week!

Mamma called the DR. and the DR. said no more monkeys climbing in the tree!

Goodbye #26...

In a few hours I will bid farewell to my 26th year of life on this earth and venture into #27. I can say that I have never done anything I regret, ashamed of YES, but not regret. Here is why...I wouldn't be where I am today! Everything I've ever done in life whether good or bad, happy or sad has led me to being a wife to RYAN...and what a hottie...and a mommy to my 3 musketeers: Caden (Turkey), Levi (Pie-Pie) and Benson( Bug). I have my days of insanity and heart ache but at the end of it all I have MY ETERNAL FAMILY...here are a few picture of the past eight weeks as we once again welcome a little love from above, Mr. Benson!




I just had to post this picture. This is Levi's "CLASSIC" look he gives anytime you ask him to do something. I asked him to smile or make a silly face and this is what I got...but you have to love those brown eyes.


Kinda blurry, but I love,love,love his little bobble head.



Thrush baby...we will conquer. THANKS Shillawna for calling you mom and helping us out.

Caden being a ham and teaching Benson as older brothers do...

So grown up for 4 weeks old...sweet bug!

This is one of my favorites only 17 days old and so precious...

We love John Deere! Thanks "EM" for the cute outfit~

Binky man, I am constantly telling Ry that it's not his...Benson's first fireworks he was so thrilled! Slept through the whole thing!

This is the proudest big brother ever. Even though Benson is clearly unhappy in this picture Levi is overjoyed to be holding him. Sweet brother!

Our first day home with all the boys and this was the ONLY picture with them looking our way and even then Levi can't keep his eyes off Benson. They were so excited, I was overwhelmed and wanted to head back to the hospital for some more quiet time...this is how life will be now with 3 boys. What did I expect?

Eight weeks later I am adjusting well. I am very blessed! I am very humbled to have been entrusted with these sweet, STRONG-WILLED boys. I better head to bed before Benson wakes up. Maybe I will get more blogging done before the next month flies bye...but don't count on it...I am older and trying to keep up with these active boys.