What a week!

It's been a bit of a crazy week in the Baadsgaard house. First of all Jed left for a business trip a week ago Monday (May 12th). I knew he was going to be gone for 10 days so I was trying to be tough about it. Well, Wednesday night Cash wakes up bawling at about 2:00am (remember my last post where I was bragging about the 8-9 hours of sleeping a night---gone are those days!) So I changed his bum and fed him a bottle and put him to bed only to have him wake up about every 30 minutes for the rest of the night. Needless to say I was pretty tired. So the next day he's all congested. So the next night he sleeps in his swing so he's elevated.....once again not sleeping. So by the third night of this new sleeping pattern I'm delirously tired and cranky and Jed calls to tell me that he's going to be gone another 4 days!!! So obviously at this point I tell him "that's ok---whatever you need to do".... RIGHT!!!! I did what any sleep deprived mother would do----I start bawling hysterically!!!! So finally I calm down enough to go to sleep reminding myself that I've done everything that the nurse told me to do for Cash. So as I'm laying in bed feeling sorry for myself I try to give myself a pep talk telling myself it could be worse......I could be a single mom without any help ever or I could be one of those mom's who has a husband in Iraq for a year! Eventually my self talk of "suck it up" worked----but not without a little retail therapy! Above is a picture of Cash before we went to the doctor finally---yip, he had an ear infection to boot! Don't you just love the rolls on his legs!

By Saturday night I couldn't stay in my house one more minute so I went to my niece Kylee's princess birthday party! Is that pathetic that the absolute highlight of my week was going to a 7 year olds party and making pizza---it rocked!! Below is a picture of her modeling the new dress I got her. She's so cute!

So seeing as it had been a few days since Cash has thrown up I decided to head to the Nordstrom sale today with Amy. Well, as I was using my birthday gift cards (thanks girls) to purchase TWO new pairs of shoes (pictured above) Amy decides to pick up Cash out of his stroller. Well, about two seconds after picking him up he pukes all over her-----I'm talking projectile puke right in the middle of the Nordstrom shoe section!!!! Clearly Cash hasn't learned the proper respect for such a place yet or he would have held it until we were in a more appropriate place like Vanity to throw up----oh wait I would NEVER go in the store! So after a quick change of Cash...and Amy we continued our shopping. Well, then he decided to puke again upstairs in Nordstrom---but only the shirt/jeans section so at that point I was all "ok, fine---we'll go home and I'll clean you up!" As you can see from the picture below I think he's feeling much better now.

Mother's Day and Maile!!!

What a week it's been! I had my first mother's day yesterday which is so fun! Being a mom is the best thing ever! Jed and Cody started the day out right by making the ladies a big ole breakfast and it was grubbin! We then headed off to church and then out to the farm to celebrate mother's day with Jed's family which was another grubbin' meal. On our way home we stopped by Jed's mom's grave to put flowers on it---I always find it to be such a sweet feeling when we visit her grave even though I didn't know her very well I have such respect for the mother that she was and the great job she did in raising Jed, Lesa and Chad---they are all three such good people.

Maile and her boys have been here all week hanging out with us. It's been sooooo fun. Who knew Maile and I would end up being so close and like hanging out with eachother seeing as we hated eachother growing up. Her boys are so fun to have around and I'm so impressed with how polite they are. She's seriously done the best job in teaching them manners and to be obedient. Below are a few pictures of Kangaroo Zoo. We went with Meridith and her kids and of course I had to bring Rylee ---they seriously played non-stop for almost 3 hours. It was all we could do to get them to force down a cookie before playing some more. I think it's pretty much a toss up as to who's the most bossy----Quinn, Rylee or Hayli???

Finally after a week of being here Cannon warmed up to Jed and I. Until then he gave us the best stink face every time we looked at him. He thought Jed was quite alright after he took him on a 4-wheeler ride behind our house. Below is a cute picture of Quinn and Rylee. Rumor on the street is that they got married at my house one night while they were playing. Every morning Quinn would wake up and say to me "which of my friends is coming over to play today?" He thought he was quite popular.

And of course I had to include a cute picture of my chunky monkey Cash. He had his 2 month appointment about 2 weeks ago and weighed in at a nice 13 pounds 9 ounces. The best news is that he's sleeping a good 8 to 9 hours a night!!!!!!

Weekend to Remember!

So as many of you know we blessed Cash in church this last Sunday and I have to say that besides my wedding day it was the best day of my life! To have so many family and friends there that we love so much to support us and share in such a wonderful day was just incredible. The weekend started with my parents and sisters all coming into town. Then on Friday afternoon there is a knock at the door and there sits a little carseat with Tatem (my friend Natalies little 3 week old baby girl) and she had a note on her chest that says "can Cash come out and play? love, Tatem" Needless to say I had no idea that Sarah had driven all the way to Twin Falls to pick up Natalie and Tatem and bring them to my house for the weekend. Tatem is just the tiniest, sweetest little thing you've ever seen! Thanks again for coming girls---it was such a great surprise!! Below is a picture of the old Ricks College gang and our babies....too fun! My cousin Carrie (in the middle) blessed our babies the same Sunday and it was so great because all of our family got to be here for both blessings.




The next big surpise came on Sunday morning when my Aunt Kay (below in the striped shirt) called me and said "so on 1600 north in Orem---how do I get to your house?" I was so excited---she and Uncle Dean drove my grandparents up from Blackfoot so they could be here for the blessing. It was so neat to have them here. I have to admit that I got quite choked up when my grandpa who's almost 90 hobbled up to the front of the church to be part of Cash's blessing----it was so sweet. Thanks again Aunt Kay!!





Here's just a few more fun random pictures. Above is me trying to "crack the eggs" --note that we got a new trampoline mat---it was one of my great finds on Saturday morning when I went garage saling with my mom and dad! Below is Sarah and Nikki it's so fun to me how my friends have all seemed to become good friends with eachother and it's like this big ole reunion whenever we have a party! I think we ended up with about 65 people at our house on Sunday---the more the merrier is our motto! And last but not least is a great picture of my mom and my second mom--my aunt Pat. Thanks again to everyone who came to support us. I'll say once again.... I have the best family and friends in the world!!!!!