The Larsen Crew

Friday, April 3, 2009

What a week!

The Larsen household has been very interesting to say the least. It all started Saturday the 28th when we were registering Daxton for preschool. Daxton was so excited that when we got there he said "Bye mom! See you later! I'm going to school." I had to tell him that I was coming to and he was ok with that. I have see him so excited about anything before. I think it is because his cousin Christian has been going to school for the last couple of years. Then when we got back from doing that my sister Chelsea wanted to get together to do a bbq with all of our family. So we arranged it together and had a good time. But that night Corbin started to get a fever which would end up triggerig the events for the rest of the week.
That night Corbin didn't sleep very well, which meant that I didn't sleep very well either on top of Hayden waking up wanting to be fed as well. It was quite exhausting the next day, but I was surprisingly not doing to bad considering we have 9 o'clock church and I had to get up at 6:30 to get ready. Mat stayed home with Corbin who's temperature was 103 at 6:30 a.m. It went down to 100 at 7:10 but we were really scared for him. Mat kept a close eye on him especially since he slept from 10 am to 4 pm. Mat checked on him every 2 hours to make sure he was still breathing. Poor lil' guy. That night we had FHE with my family and my grandpa gave the lesson. After the lesson we had other family members give Corbin a blessing. That night, surprisingly, he slept the whole night without waking up. HOORAY!!!
So I thought that everything was going to get better but on Sunday night Hayden started to get sick and was throwing up all over me. We finally associated it with feeding him the cereal and we have stopped feeding him cereal for a little bit. It happened the Monday before as well. We fed him cereal and he got sick that night and was sick the next day. So on Monday the 30th I had two sick boys, Corbin and Hayden. Corbin was feeling better but was EXTREMELY ONREY!!!! Hayden pretty much slept the whole day and it was good so that I could pay attention to Corbin and have him stop screaming at me.
Corbin's temperature had gone down and so I thought that he was all better. Well, again he didn't want to sleep that night. It took us forever to get him to go to bed and sleep longer than an hour. He finally slept for 4 hours and then was up screaming again. Then when he got up that next morning, Tuesday, he had a temperature again. I was getting really worried. He was constantly crying and I couldn't leave his side. I had to hold him the whole time, which made it difficult when I needed to feed Hayden. I was trying really hard to take care of both of them, but I couldn't do it so I had Mat come home and help me out. On Mat's way home from work he ended up getting a flat tire and found out there was a screw in his tire. YIPPEE!! Something else to add the mix of fun, huh! Well he got home safe and we ended taking it in to get fixed at Big O Tires on our way to take Corbin to the doctor. Our regular doctor wasn't in, but was saw his fill in. We were in quick and out quick and found out that Corbin's eardrum had burst because he had an infection in his ear. Oh joy! Corbin wouldn't take any medicine, Tylenol or Ibuprofen to help with the pain and the doctor was concerned and so he gave Corbin and antibiotic in the form of a shot. Oh, Corbin was not happy at all, but at least he got some antibiotics in him. The doctor wanted to see him the next morning to see how things were healing up. So we got it scheduled for 9:50 on April 1. Corbin didn't eat much food that day nor did he drink a lot of food either. He weighed 23.8 lbs and had a temperature of 102.2. He finally ate some food that day, too, some ham and that was about it. He fell asleep really early, too but stayed asleep until about 8 am the next morning. Poor guy! Well on Wednesday he was much better, still a little onrey but better. He ate tons of food that morning and when we went into the doctors he weighed 25.8lbs and had a normal temperature. He gained 2lbs from the day before. How cool is that! His ear was doing better and he was doing better since I carried him the day before and he was walking that morning into the doctor's office. Wednesday was also my birthday and I turned 25 years old. So weird! Well it turned out to be pretty good since it stopped snowing and it turned sunny. HOORAY!! My sister was so sweet and she got me a Willow Tree statue of an angel with a Thank you sign, and she watched 2 of my 3 boys while Mat and I went to dinner. Mat got me a new little camera that I can carry around wih me a little bit easier than our SLR Nikon. Love the camera. Love the pictures that it takes and how good they look but it is huge when I need a camera really quick for all the random things that my boys tend to do. So thank you honey for the camera. We went out to dinner to Brick Oven. Ummm.... good food. I got a salad and we ordered cheese bread sticks, and the Alfredo Deluxe pizza. Oh, I got full fast, but it was so good. We were going to go to the BYU museum of Art but for some reason their doors were closed. And I think it was an April Fools joke because there were a lot of students that coming up to and trying to open the doors and found out their were locked. It was pretty funny to watch, even if Mat and I did the same thing. We went back to get our boys, Daxton and Corbin. We ate cake and had a good time. Thank you Apryl and especially Dave for watching our boys so that we could go out for the evening.
Well, Corbin is doing better. Even though he is still a little bit onrey and is CONSTANTLY wanting me to hold him. Yesterday was a disaster and I couldn't even get one minute to myself, but we all survived the day. Today, he is much better and is starting to come back to my little happy Corbin with silly moves and making me smile all day. Like sticking both fingers up his nose. Yeah, got that on the camera. Well that's been our adventure as we have been trying to get ready for General Conference this weekend. Can't wait for that. So excited and hoping the activities that I have planned for the boys will help the boys pay attention a little bit better to conference and still have fun. Have a great weekend and tell you how conference goes.

Cub Scouts March 2009

Here are some photos that we took of our Cub Scouts group. We are over the Bears which is the 9 year olds. They are a lot of fun. This last month was on choosing a career and we talked about Mat's job as a graphic designer (no pictures but the boys had fun looking at Mat distort his face using tools in photoshop and indesign), as well as going to a family in a ward that does Exotic Bird Rescue. It is really cool. They told us a lot about birds and if the boys want a bird to do their homework and read a lot about the birds and what they need and how to take care of them. A lot of the birds that they get have been abused and it is really sad. I got a couple of pictures of the boys holding two of the 6 birds that they showed us that they had in their home. They had a great time. The next Mat was so excited to do. Our friend, Officer Jay Hurst came and talked to the boys about his job as a K9 officer and what his job entails. He brought his dog Endy which is not a German Shephard, but is from Czechslovikia and was 18 months old when brought to be trained. He is such a beautiful dog and very intimidating but a sweet dog. Mat was used as a volunteer in a couple of ways. To show us part of what they do in training the dogs they have a toy scented in 4 kinds of drugs, marijiuana, meth, heroine, and cocaine. They use the toys as a reward for the dogs once they have found the drugs. So Mat was volunteered to hide the drug, marijiuana on the stage and Endy was to find it. Endy found it quite quickly and was rewarded with the toy which he and Officer Hurst were playing with. Then Mat was also volunteered to put on this suit that weighed 60lbs. The suit is used to train in the dogs in biting a suspect when the dog feels threatened and to protect their master as well as keeping the suspect there. Mat put the suit on that makes him look like a sumo wrestler because he could hardly walk or lift up his arms. While I was taking the pictures I think I was more scared than Mat, who, if you look closely in the pictures, is smiling and really enjoying himself get attacked by Endy. I'm just glad that it was him and not me. It was fun to see the boys so involved and throughly enjoying every minute of it. Hope you enjoy the pictures. We sure enjoyed being there and learning more about these different jobs.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

CRAZY days gone by!

So sorry that I haven't blogged for awhile. Our internet has been giving us fits and we have just been really busy. I haven't had much time to myself to even look at my email let alone blogs. Sooo..... I will just write a little bit of an update. We have been doing pretty well. I have been tired lately with having the boys inside for the past few months and all they want to do is climb all over me while I am holding Hayden. I love being a mom, but it gets really tiresome if I am unable to get a little bit of time to myself. I just need that time to help give me a reboost for the day. Daxton has been doing awesome in Primary and he looks forward to it every week. For the last little while in Nursery all he would do is fight and bite some of the kids and I know that he was in need of a change and he loves being a sunbeam. Corbin, on the other hand, has been struggling in Nursery. He misses Daxton in there with him and so we have been having playdates with his Nursery leader and playing with her son Ryland. This last Sunday Corbin was crying the whole time which is a big step and was playing with the other kids and not strapped to Mat's leg. YEAH!!! Hayden has been getting so big and it has been hard to carry him around for very long. I wouldn't be surprised if by his 6 month appointment he was 20lbs or more. He is such a big boy. The hardest part is that if I put him down he is good for a little bit and can now turn from back to tummy and is working on from tummy to back. (He has done it a couple of times, but not very often.) This is when he gets upset because he can't move anywhere and then he spits up all over the floor. So most of the time he is up in my arms, which is fine for a little while.
This last Saturday we went to the Draper Temple open house with half of my family. Just us girl siblings and families and my parents, along with Chelsea's mother-in-law. We had a really good time and the kids did a wonderful job. We are so blessed to have some many temples so close to it. Corbin really enjoyed it and was really good in the stroller and loved looking for all the pictures of Jesus throughout the temple. Daxton had a good time and thought the bus ride was awesome and stopped in the Celestial room and liked the chandeler. Hayden was having a rough time, but he was strapped to the front of me and his legs are long enough that they kept bumping into my legs and I was having a hard time walking without hitting his legs. It was awesome to look in the sealing rooms and to see my whole family looking in there and it going on forever. It was a great feeling to have. Afterwards we went to Chuck-A-Rama in Draper and had great food. It was nice to know that my boys were excited to go to the temple. Everytime we go to the temple Daxton asks if he can come and we have to tell him in a few more years, but it was nice to say that he could come with us that time. We are looking forward to going again to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House in June with my family again. There is such a wonderful spirit there and I know that my boys felt it and hope that it can stay with them always.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

I have a big boy on my hands!!!!

( My thoughts exactly Hayden! )

Well, if you couldn't tell from the title of this post I am going to talk about Hayden. He just turned 4 months on Thursday and I found out that day that he weighs more than even Corbin did at 4 months old. Hayden now weighs 17 lbs 10 oz and is 26 inches long. He is really big! He is in the 75-90% in head, weight and height. I don't have a new picture of him since my post two times ago, but really hasn't changed too much since then. He is starting to get his hair back quicker than Daxton and Corbin ever did. Daxton was pretty much bold until about 1 year ago. Corbin's came in faster and Hayden's is even faster than Corbin's. They are 3 completely different boys. Especially in looks. Corbin looks like me, Hayden looks like Mat and Daxton is a good mix between Mat and I. I just thought that you all would like to hear how our little guy is doing. He is such a cute little baby. He is starting to roll over now, he hasn't yet, but is getting really close. He loves to laugh and has such a BIG smile almost all day long. He is very happy baby. So far... (cross my fingers and knock on wood)... he will stay that way. That way I will be able to relax for a little while and not be constantly all over the place with all three of them. The other two keep me pretty busy enough and I hope Hayden will stay being so good for me. Anyway, I'm just rambling now. I will have to get some pictures of just Hayden up here for all of you to see how big and cute he is. He's a doll and a little angel.

Hayden can now turn himself 180 degrees when he is on his playmat as well. He's growing up so fast. I found a few pictures that I haven't put up yet. I hope that this gives you an idea how big this little one is. Plus I just want to show him off.