Decorating the tree

The day after Thanksgiving we put up our tree.

It was so fun decorating it.

Kaleb

Kaleb loves being the big brother, he helps get Jazelle's diapers and wipes, and he can't stop giving her enough hugs and kisses. I have to actually tell him to stop.

Jazelle

Our beautiful little girl is growing so much everyday, we feel so blessed. At her 5 weeks appt. she weighed 8 lbs 5oz. She is now 7 weeks old and starting to smile and coo.

Who would have known?

Did you think that Breastmilk is only for feeding baby?  As breastmilk is “clean” and has anti-bacterial & healing properties, have you considered other great uses for it?

Here are some that you can try!  [Note:  Suitable for babies & children, and even adults!]

Eye infections / Conjuctivitis ("Pink Eye"):  Squirt into the eye.  Do this as frequently as possible until healed.  If the baby/child doesn’t allow you to squirt breastmilk into his eye, then do it while they are sleeping.  Squirt around the crease of closed eyes, then gently lift the lids to allow the breastmilk to seep into the eye.

Sore/cracked nipples:  Rub into nipples after feedings and air dry.

Scratches/Scrapes/Cuts:  Squirt & clean wound first with the breastmilk; then apply some more on wound and air dry.  This is really great when on outings where no ready water supply is available.  If the cut is on the lips or mouth area, healing will be especially easy for a breastfeeding baby or child.  Just the simple act of nursing the child not only calms the child from the pain of the injury, but the breastmilk that must pass the wound during nursing will close the cut rather quickly.

Mosquito bites / Ant bites: Squirt on bite and rub in.  Helps to stop the itching.

Ear infections: Squirt or pour into sore ear

Acne / Eczema / Diaper rash:  Wash skin with water, then apply breastmilk all over.  Air Dry.

Facial Cleanser:  Apply breastmilk on face & wipe clean.  Great even for removing eye-makeup!

Sore throats/Mouth Sores:  A baby/child that is still breastfeeding can benefit by directly nursing.  If not, drinking a cup of expressed breastmilk will help.  It certainly helped when my then 19-month-old son had mouth sores from a bout of Hand, Foot & Mouth disease.  His mouth was too sore to nurse directly from the breast, but drinking expressed breastmilk from a cup helped heal the sores in a day.

Stuffy noses: Squirt into nose and suction or squeeze out as you would with saline.

Don't worry

I'm still here! It's been forever since I've posted and I have so much stuff to post about. Jason just left out of town Tuesday, and took the camera which has all of our photos on it, so you'll have to wait till he comes back Saturday. About him being gone I have been doing pretty well with a 6 week old and a very busy, very opinionated 2 yr old. Jason sadly had to go to Seattle and Hawaii. We all feel so bad. LOL well I promise I will get back to you all soon. 

1st Doctor's Appt.

Today Jazelle had her first Doctor's appt. She is 9 days old. They took her weight and she is now 6lbs 5oz! The doctor says she is doing great! Newborn's are supposed to get back to their birth weight by 2 weeks, and she had passed it. I was worried because I have been having troubles with her nursing. She only nurses for about 5 min, they falls asleep and is impossible to wake her! so I was wondering if she was getting enough. I do nurse more often, but i don't mind that. So I am Happy to hear she is healthy and gaining weight!

Rock the Vote

On Election Day Jason took Kaleb to the polling Place to turn in my ballot, Kaleb came home so excited by his "election " sticker.

Who's Who?

Can you tell which one is Kaleb and which one is Jazelle?

Jazelle

Kaleb

Kaleb

Jazelle

Happy Halloween!

Our little Police Officer

Kaleb carving a pumpkin! Jason actually gave him the knife!

Finished product!

Jason's says "It's A Girl"

Baby Jazelle and I returned home from the hospital.

10/31/08
Jason got me my favorite treat!

Baby Jazelle is here!

The Birth Story

So I was scheduled for a C-Section on October 28th, to be held at 10:30 am, they asked us to be there by 8:30 am. I had pre-registered for the hospital online so I didn't have to deal with all the hassle of filling out papers. I receive phone calls from the hospital the day before for a reminder! haha Like I needed to be reminded of my babies birth! So anyways we got my Mom to come over and watch Kaleb for us as we went to the Hospital that morning. Thanks mom! We get there at 8:45 and I go to sign the papers I needed to sign and had to register again because they didn't have me in their system! It was a little annoying. oh by the way on top of that I had 2 sleepless nights before this, so I was pretty anxious! anyways... we are finally ready to check into Labor and Delivery. We get there and I am hooked up to the "monitors", then it came time to the IV! it took them 3 times to finally get the darn needle in my vein! They said my veins would move just as they pricked me! I hate needles and having them move it around your arm chasing the vien is horrible! I almost cried. So they finally got it in my other arm. We wait and wait, time goes by, it is now 11:00, still waiting... now 11;30 12;00 wait I thought we were scheduled for 11:00? The nurses are very nice, and anxious too, we hear word from the ER that the surgines had a major surgey and it set them back. And that we were to be moved to 12:30! oh ok so 12:30 passes 1:00 hmmm. Then finally we hear from the surgines! they are here! Jason gets suited up in the handsome coveralls, and I get wisked away to the OR for the prep. I wasn't nervous at all. Until time for the spinal. I lean over try to relax my arms, and the guy says hold still 1, 2,prick! I wasn't expecting it and jumped! oops we have to do that again! So the second time, went smoothly, but I swear I felt every little thing, the needle the medicine flowing in my spine, the warmth of my legs getting numb. They kept asking can you wiggle your toes and I was like "Yes" this was ongoing for awhile it seemed, they kept preping me and I could still wiggle my toes! I think this is where the panic started to set in! The nurse assured me they wouldn't start unless I was completely numb! Thank goodness. so anyways I finally got numb and then they start to strap my arms down, and cover my face with the oxygen mask! That's when I thought I was going to die, I started feeling claustrophobic and freaked out! Then it came to the Surgery! I could feel all the tugging and pulling not fun! It seemed like it took forever to get her out! With Kaleb I have no recolection of anything it happened so fast. Then all of a sudden she comes popping out! And she is as gorgeous as ever!

Jazelle Autumn Gottfredson
October 28th, 2008
1:45pm
Weighed 5 lbs 15oz
Length 19 1/2 inches

The Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to Lombardi Ranch to pick out pumpkins. It was Jason's first time there and we had a good time. Kaleb got to ride the train with Jason and had a blast!

Family Date Night

Today we had our Family Date night before Baby Jazelle came. We decided to go to Mountaisa Family fun center. We ate dinner and played games. The place was practically empty so I asked Jason if we could play miniature golf. When I was pregnant with Kaleb that was our date night . Kaleb absolutely had a blast! he did better hitting the ball than Jason and I. He would get so excited when it would go into the hole. After a night of playing games, we had ice cream.

You take my breath away

I have to say, with this pregnancy I have felt the affects of what a "real" pregnancy is. With Kaleb I worked all through my pregnancy as a preschool teacher and did absolutely great! with no complaints. This one I am at home, and am complaining a lot! poor Jason. My back hurts! I can't get comfortable! I can't sleep! I'm dizzy. Lately I've been getting out of breath a lot! Just walking to the door or answering the phone. jeez I can't wait to get my body back!

In Daddy's footsteps

Jason and I discovered Kaleb walking around in Jason's shoes one day, and thought it was super cute. By the way his shirt says "My Dad is the Man" so true.

Fall Fun

This past Saturday we as a family went on the Fillmore and Western Railroad train ride called The Pumpkin Liner to a little pumpkin patch in Fillmore. Since Kaleb absolutely loves trains I thought this would be perfect for him. The train ride took about 45min and it dropped us off at the pumpkin patch which had vendors, a carousel, and jumpers. It was a great family day.

Doctor's appt.

I am now at 37 weeks pregnant and considered full term! yay! I had my ultra sound last Friday and everything went well. It was so nice to see the baby once more, and this time it was amazing looking, you could actually see her facial features. It looks like she will have big cheeks like Kaleb did. I can't wait to meet her in 14 days! well anyways I had my doctor's appt on Monday and he said she was still small, but everything was ok! he wasn't worried. Kaleb is getting more excited I think also. He always wants to cuddle my belly and give kisses to his baby sister Jazelle. He loves to say Hi to her, and asks if he can hold her. He will be a sweet big brother, I hope!

And she shall be called...

Jazelle Autumn Gottfredson

I got the Date!

Just now I received a phone call from my doctor's office and they have a scheduled my C-section!!
The date will be October 28th! I am so excited!

My doctor's appt.

So today I had my doctor's appt. I am 35 weeks along now! yay! Things are going great, I am measuring a little small. Surprise surprise, so the doctor ordered for me to get another ultrasound to check things out. I feel great, still getting the usual back pain and not enough sleep! My body is starting to wake up every 2 hours ahhh! Kaleb and Jason are treating me well. I still have no date yet set for my C-section, still waiting for that. Other than that everything is good!

Girls Night Out

A" few" of the sisters in our ward went out to celebrate all the September Birthday's, at Bj's restaurant. Let me tell you we had a blast! and the food was great!

Visiting Teaching

Well for the month of September, my visiting teaching companion and I, met with on of our sisters for a play date at the Skirball museum. Here they have a big Noah's Ark exhibit that the kids absolutely loved! Thanks Rebecca for the great Idea. Sorry I stole your picture.

The Gang

Kaleb and Grayson

The Ark

Kaleb enjoying his lunch

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:

I have received this in an email and thought it was funny.


1 -- You believe in Santa Claus. 2 -- You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3 -- You are Santa Claus. 4 -- You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . having friends.
At age 17 success is . . having a driver's license.
At age 35 success is . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 70 success is . . . having a driver's license.
At age 75 success is . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . not peeing in your pants.

My doctor's appt.

So today I had another doctor's appt. Everything was normal as always, I was measuring fine, the heart beat was fine, blood pressure was still good, but the most shocking was my weight, 2 weeks ago I weighed 131 today I weighed 138! a whole 7 pounds I had gained in 2 weeks! I thought how is that possible? The ladies were even shocked, they asked what I was eating, I have been hardly eating as much as I should. weird. So now I know why I've been having such horrible back pain. well that's my story.

Cooking

Well as some of you know I really don't enjoy cooking at all, I mean what's so fun about chopping and cutting and running back and forth in the kitchen adding here stirring there? Well lately I've been trying to better myself as a house wife and cooking decent meals for my hubby. So Monday night I try to think of things to cook, I love the internet so that's where I look up recipes, since my hubby went on his Mission to Louisiana I decided to try and make Jambalaya! I found a crock pot recipe nonetheless so I would have to stand over a stove forever, it was still a lot of preparation, and ingredients, but it turned out absolutely yummy! Yay me! My husband even seemed to enjoy it! So we will see.

Olympic Fan

Here is a video of Kaleb enjoying the woman's Olympic Basketball team.

September 11, 2001

We will always remember!

Pictures from Olivera street

Waiting for the train

Playing with the puppets

Date Night

Saturday night Jason and I had the opportunity to go on a date night! Finally, I am so grateful for my sister for watching Kaleb for us. Our night consisted of dinner and going to see the Body Worlds 3 Exhibit at the California Science Center.

The Exhibit consisted of real human bodies, posed in a variety of positions, that have undergone a process called “plastination” to preserve them. The show also features healthy and diseased organs side by side for a visual comparison. My most favorite part was looking at the stages of Life which included Placenta's, and Fetus's from 5 weeks to 32 weeks! It was very real seeing it in real life because you only hear and see in magazine's what they look like. It was also very sad knowing that these precious babies have passed. The most amazing thing was to see a 9 week old fetus had fingers and toes! all so tiny. As for the Adult human bodies it was very educational to see what your insides looked like. All the muscles and even your brain! Next Time you all should check it out at least once. It was so nice to spend the time with Jason and just talk. He is such a hard worker and I Love him so much. I hope to have many more Date Nights!

I need a Vacation!

So my husband left again yesterday for out of town, on business. His destination this time was to Good old Hawaii!!!!! He will be there till saturday. No Fair! He just informed me that the hotel he is staying in is great! His room over looks the beach and so forth. And I informed him that I was here stuck with three 2 yr olds, one having a fit and hitting another, and no peace whatsoever. Well I hope he enjoys himself, he will be taking me out Saturday night, so I can regain my sanity.

My doctor's appt.

Today I went to my usual doctors appt. I'm 31 weeks now! can't believe it. I am at the weight of 131lbs and have only gained 11 pounds so far? I was shocked also. The doctor said she wasn't worried because the baby is measuring at 31 weeks and doing very well. Her heart rate was at 152 beats very fast. So I am at the point where I am going every 2 weeks! yahoo! I can't wait to meet our little angel!

"Good Morning!"

So some of you have known that I have had some problems with Kaleb and what time he's been waking up in the morning. Here's the deal... Kaleb started waking up cranky in the morning, so I thought he must not be getting enough sleep! so I moved his bedtime from 8 - 7:30pm he seemed a little bit more rested but still a little cranky. We continued this for about a month or so then he started waking at 6 am then suddenly moved to 5- 5:30 am. I wanted to pull my hair out! Since I wasn't getting enough sleep myself. So after getting tired of this, we decided to move his bedtime back to 8 -8:30. And we've explained to him time and time again that when the sun goes down and the moon comes out it is night time time to sleep, and when the suns comes out and it is light it is time to wake up! We've also told him not to call out for mommy when it is still dark because she is sleeping, it took a while for this to sink in but he finally got it! This morning, I usually wake up conscientiously at 5 since I was used to it, didn't hear a peep. Then fell back asleep till 7am! went into his room and by my surprise he was standing in his crib with his little crib aquarium toy on waiting for me to get him. I happily and excitedly said "Good Morning" with a great big smile on my face, and he returned the favor by saying "Good Morning" I missed you!" oh how sweet. He gave me a big hug as I picked him up from his crib. Now my recent struggle with him is nap time! aaahhh!

Travel Town

Yesterday myself, Kaleb, his friend Daniel and his mom went to visit the train museum Travel Town. It was so much fun! Our boys are so obsessed with trains so I thought we could take them to see old trains they can climb and run in. They absolutely loved it . I think the train ride was the best, it took you all over the museum and we got to go twice around, Kaleb was really excited about that. I also bought him a Thomas the tank engine shirt.