Beckett's 1st E.R. visit :(

My poor baby boy had to go to the emergency room earlier this week. I never want to have to go to the emergency room again. On Sunday Beckett's eye started getting swollen and goopy so we took him into the doctor on Monday, just an eye infection, got some medicine, good to go....or so we thought.

That night we put Beckett to bed, an hour later he woke up screaming, his eyes are almost swollen shut and he had a temperature of 102.5 (even with Tylenol in his system). We took him down the road to the emergency room to make sure it wasn't serious. He went through a couple tests there (lasting four hours-we were there until 2 am). They put tubes up his nose to suction his mucous & take samples. He then had to get a chest x-ray to make sure his lungs were clear. The x-ray was awful, he is so small that they put him in this torture contraption with his arms straight above his head and plastic holding him in place. It was so sad, traumatizing for me. His lungs looked clear, luckily, so they diagnosed him with Bronchiolitis.

The next day we went to his regular pediatrician, Dr. Boettger. He gave him another breathing treatment (with an oxygen mask) that we brought home and are doing here as well. His tests were negitive for RSV (luckily!) but he has another respiratory viral infection. He is getting better, he is strong, but still having trouble breathing and a really bad cough. I hope we don't have to deal with anything like this again. The only problem now is that I got sick too....now Josh is taking care of 2 sick babies :(

Above is a happier picture of B this past weekend, he is getting big and SO close to walking. Leaving on a happier note....his 1st birthday is in just over a week. Woo hoo!!

Easter

Celebrating Easter was much more fun with a little kid. Beckett got an easter basket for the first time, which he enjoyed (you can tell by the picture, haha). Beckett experienced his first easter egg hunt at my parents house (with help from Bree). We topped off the day with our tradition of going to my grandpa's brother Curt's house for dinner & an easter egg hunt. It's a legit easter egg hunt out there because he has a farm and they are hidden everywhere. It was fun and I can't wait until next year when Beckett can understand more of what is going on. B is the cutest, isn't he?

Race with Passion 5k

Man, oh, man. We braved the weather this morning and ran our first 5k of the season at This Is The Place Park. The course was super rough-about half of the race was straight uphill. It was even more rough for Josh who was pushing Beckett in the jogger. It was rainy and about 39 degrees outside. We were all bundled up, put a rain cover over the jogger for B. Beckett did pretty good, Josh did have to get Beckett out of the jogger for about 5 minutes of the race to warm his hands up. Even with that & it being an uphill race we still crossed the finish line in about 33:30 minutes AND Josh won 1st place in the baby jogger division (isn't it great to be parents?) It was fun, they had great prizes (Josh won $50 certificate to Babinski's). I think we'll do it again next year!

11 Months

B at 11 months...

-standing on his own (hooray!)

-has started sleeping consistently through the night by himself (10-11 hrs)

-is learning and picking things up so fast

-loves 'big people food' and is starting to dislike baby food

-loves drinking apple juice from his sippy

-waves

-playes peek-a-boo

-climbs like a crazy man

-laughs and makes funny faces

-says 'dada' & 'mama'

-loves to play with his tongue and spit

Spring Break 2012: St. George, UT

We got to enjoy a bit of a break from this hectic life in St. George last weekend. My parents were nice enough to plan the trip, it was wonderful. We enjoyed some great weather Friday & Saturday and filled the day with as many outdoor activities as possible. Sunday & Monday weren't as nice outside but we still had a great time. Beckett unfortunately got sick on the trip, that was a bummer. We took him to the Instacare Saturday-found out he had Croup. They gave him some medicine and he is getting back to normal now. Now the only problem is....is that I already want to go on another vacation.

Hiked at Snow Canyon National park

Hung out by the pool.

Bike riding.

We did lots of hanging out.

We ate breakfast at our favorite joint, The Bear Paw. Beckett also spilled an entire cup of ice water on my dad, haha.

We ate a delicious lunch at The Painted Pony

Weekend of Fun :)

This weekend was so much fun for our little family. After waiting patiently for the movie to come out we got to go on a date and see The Hunger Games. AWESOME. It was such a great depiction of the book, Josh & I loved it. Josh even ordered me a hunger games shirt online, so I rocked that. Beckett had a good time too, playing and having fun with Bree, and gma & gpa Stape.

THEN to top of the weekend and make it even better we went and checked out the new City Creek Center. We had a great time checking the place out. Tons of great stores, lots of fun stuff was going on today. We even got a picture by a human statue(?) I'm not sure if that is the correct term, but it's all i've got.

Delicioso Recipe

I found this recipe online (via Pinterest), made it last night, yummm! So good (and pretty healthy) that I thought i'd share.

Smoky Corn & Black Bean Pizza

6 servings

-1 tomato, diced

-1 C canned black beans, rinsed

-1 C fresh corn kernels (I used frozen & cooked them)

-2 tabelspoons cornmeal

-1 pound whole wheat pizza dough (I used the refrigerated kind, didn't like it-the pizza dough that you make from a box is good, or homemade which I do when I have time)

-BBQ sauce

-Mozarella cheese, shredded

Combine tomato, beans, and corn. Sprinkle cornmeal on a baking sheet & lay the stretched out pizza dough on top. Spread BBQ sauce on the dough, as much as you'd like (I like it a bit thicker, 1 C), mozarella on top of the sauce. Then sprinkle with tomato mixture. So, the directions are to grill the pizza but since it's still winter I baked it like normal. 425 for 15 minutes.

Grilling directions: (medium heat) AFTER patting cornmeal on the bottom of the crust, transfer it directly to the grill for 4-5 minutes, lid closed. Using a large spatula, flip the crust & top the pizza. Close the grill and cook for another 4-5 minutes.