JASON~ASHLEY~ALYSSA~ZACH

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY ZACHSTER

2010-05-29T18:23:00.003-06:00

So excited!!!!

Calvin, Alyssa, Peyton, Addison, Sami, Logan and Jessica.

Gavin

Peyton and Zachary.

So tired..............

My mom and I.

Zach's car cake.

THANK YOU!!! Shane for making it even though it was your birthday! It turned out darling.

Happy Birthday Zachary!

You have been the light of our lives since the minute you were born. You will never know what a wonderful blessing you have been to your family. I will never forget how I feel in love with you the minute I saw you and all your dark hair. You have been through so much the last couple months and are still always laughing and smiling. I am so happy you are mine!

P.S. Thank You Justin for always being my professional photographer at parties. I don't know what I would do with out you. I really appreciate it.

LOST?

2010-05-27T18:28:00.005-06:00

Zachary had what I thought was his last Echo Cardiogram for the next year. Little did I know that when we went to Primary Children's Hospital on Thursday May 13, 2010 they would be calling me a week later telling me it was lost. WHAT? I called on the 14th and asked to hear the results and they just kept putting me off. Finally when we went to the Pediatric Infectious Disease Doctor the following Monday the receptionist told me they were having a problem retrieving it off the machine. So I asked if it was lost and of course I hear "Oh no they will get it off the machine just give them a couple days." Last Friday Primary Children's Hospital called me and left a message saying it was lost and sorry for the inconvenience. Like they know how inconvenient it was that is my child had to be sedated and couldn't walk with out falling over for at least 36 hours. And he screamed for a solid 4 hours after the procedure. They insisted that they use a different medicine on him.

Well long story short we went back up to Primary's on Monday and he was re sedated with the medicine they used at Utah Valley Hospital. (The whole reason we went to Primary's this time was Utah Valley thought they would have a hard time getting our insurance to cover it since they are not providers. I got my EOB from the insurance on Tuesday that said they covered it 100% at Utah Valley.) They called on Wednesday and said that there was no damage to his coronary arteries from the Kawasaki's Disease.

Thank God!

I am so grateful that there was no damage. They said that his dilated aorta looks about the same.

We went and met with the Cardiologist a couple weeks ago up at Primary's to talk about his congenital heart defects. They said that it's just something they will have to keep an eye on. He will need a annual Echo cardiogram and has no limitations on activity for now. The Dr. said that maybe when he is teenager he won't be able to play contact sports that he could get hit in the chest from. Good thing Jason and I are about the farthest thing from sports people as you can get!

I am so happy that Zach is CURED!!!!

According to the Pediatric Infectious Disease Doctor.

DISNEYLAND WITH GRANDMA

2010-05-27T18:25:00.002-06:00

Since our trip to California was canceled because of Zachary being sick. Alyssa went with her Grandma, Aunt Sandy, and cousins Sami and Segna. She had so much fun riding and airplane for the first time and going to Disneyland for 5 days. I am happy she still got to go and spend some quality time with her Grandma.

OUR LAST MONTH........

2010-04-21T12:18:00.017-06:00

March 24, 2010

Yep, that is Zach in a hospital bed. It started on Friday, March 19 when I took Zachary into the doctor with a 102 degree temp. The Doctor looked him over gave him a Strep test that came back negative and told me he thought that he had something called Adnovirus and it was going around. He said that he would probably have a temp for the next 5 days and to just treat it with Tylenol and Ibuprofen. Well all weekend his fever would spike to 106 degrees every 3 hours. I kept calling all the Dr's that were on call that weekend and they all reassured me that if he did have Adnovirus that this was common. Finally, on Sunday we made an appointment to see the Dr. that was on call. She preformed another Strep test and it came back negative. She sent us down to the ER at Timpanogos Hospital for some blood work. Finally after sitting in the ER for 2 hours we asked how much longer and they of course had no clue. We decided that I would just take Zachary to our pediatrician in the morning. It was 11pm on Sunday so by the time they even had the results it would be morning.

So Monday morning I took him to our pediatrician and he looked him over again and said that he really thought that he had Adnovirus and it was normal for him to have this high of a fever. Finally after he realized the whole time I had been taking his temp under his arm he got really nervous. Because it really is one degree higher under your arm, so all weekend it was around 107 degrees. He did s0me blood work to test his white blood cells and was worried when it was high. He sent us to the hospital for blood work and a test to see if it really was Adnovirus.

The test results finally came back around 7pm and the Dr. called me and was really worried and asking me if Zachary was moving his head. I told him that Zach had been screaming since I got back from the hospital. He said the blood work had him worried that Zach might have bacterial meningitis. He wanted us at the hospital as soon as we could get there. Of course all this is going on when my mom and both my brothers are out of town for the weekend. When we got to the hospital they were ready to prep him for a spinal tap. I was trying not to show how hysterical I really was, but this was only the beginning of the scariest thing that has ever happened to us.

March 24, 2010

The results came back negative along with at least a 2 dozen other things they had tested him for. The Adnovirus test also came back negative. We were in the hospital for 4 days and 3 nights. They started him on a iv antibiotic and he pretty much slept through the whole hospital stay. They never found out what he had at this point so Thursday morning they let us go home and decided that he had gotten a cold and it had infected his lymph nodes and that is why he had a fever and they were so swollen.

We were home and Zach was really tired but hadn't had another fever and seemed to be doing okay. We were suppose to go see our Pediatrician Monday morning when Alyssa woke up throwing up. I called and talked to him personally and told him Zach seemed to be doing okay except his lymph nodes were still swollen. He didn't seem to concerned and planned to see us Wednesday.

Everything was fine so I decided to go back to work Tuesday morning. It was about 10am Tuesday morning and my cell phone rang and said it was our Pediatrician when I answered I could tell something was the matter just by the tone in his voice. He was asking me all these questions like. How is Zach? Fine I guess. Was he more irritable than normal? Yes. Were his eyes red when all this began? Yes. Was there any rash that I had noticed? Yes, but just under his arms and I just thought that it was eczema. Finally I just asked him what he thought was going on. He explained that he had been at a seminal that morning at Utah Vally Hospital that the Infectious Disease Doctor from Primary Children's Hospital was giving on a disease called Kawasaki's. He explained that he talked to him about Zach afterward and they both thought this might be it. He needed me to take him to get blood work right away. I was of course in a panic again I really thought all this was behind us. Little did I know this was just the beginning!

I took him to Payson Hospital for the blood work and with in 45 minutes the Pediatrician was calling saying the blood work looked like this was it. He wanted me at Utah Valley right now. I couldn't believe this was even happening. This could not be happening to Zach. Of course Jason was in Salt Lake at work and had car pooled with someone.

We got to Utah Valley and our Pediatrician and the Infectious Disease Doctor were waiting for us. They explained there is not a true test for Kawasaki's Disease it is just based of blood work and symptoms. They also explained that it is swelling in your arteries and that it can cause aneurysm's around your coronary arteries of your heart. The only cure is a blood product called intravenous immunoglobulin which comes from 20,000 blood donors. They explained all the risks and told me I had to make a decision right then because they have to give it before day 10 of fever onset. Hello!!!!! It was day 12! Of course the risks out way the benefits especially when they are talking about aneurysm's around my baby's heart.

They went ahead with the IVIG and gave it to him over a 12 hour period and he seemed to be doing okay and not having any complications from it. The next morning they had set up for him to have a sedated Echo Cardiogram to check his heart. They also told me that they would be doing 3 Echo Cardiograms over the next 6 weeks. One that morning and another in 2 weeks and the last one at 6 weeks. They had explained that the first one usually isn't the one that shows the damage it is usually at 2 or 6 weeks that they would find any damage.

They came up to our room and sedated him which was really scary since this was the first time that he has had any type of anesthesia. He seemed to do okay except not wanting to be woken up after word and crying a lot.

March 31, 2010 after his Echo Cardiogram

When the results came back the Pediatrician called our room and told me the good news was that there wasn't any damage from the Kawasaki's but........ they found some abnormalities that he was born with. You know that your life is falling apart when all your Dr. can say is "I am so sorry that every time I talk to you I have bad news." They found out that on his aorta he only has 2 valves instead of 3 it's called a bicuspid aorta. Since the blood is having to pump harder, he also has a dilated ascending aorta and a dilated aortic root. He said that he doesn't think it will be a problem now but defiantly when he gets older it will be. He said that the Dr. that read his Echo Cardiogram was going to refer us to a pediatric Cardiologist at Primary Children's Hospital.

After all this horrible news they told us that they would be discharging us since Zach seemed to be doing so well.

Yeah, he did well until we got to the pharmacy to get him his 81mg Aspirin ( they have him on Aspirin to help prevent aneurysm's around his heart.) He started throwing up. I just figured that it was from the anesthesia. He seemed to do okay for the next hour or two. When Jason got home he started throwing up about every 20 minutes and couldn't keep anything down. I called the Pediatrician and he said the same thing that it is probably the anesthesia and to call him in the morning if he was still sick. Well by 8pm he had a 103 degree temperature and was lethargic. We were using both thermometers and under both arms totally convinced that he didn't have a fever he hadn't had a fever for a week. I called the Pediatrician again and he said to meet him back at the hospital. I couldn't believe it! We hadn't even been home for 5 hours. When we got there they of course started another IV and did more blood work and took some other tests on him. His white blood count came back at 23,000 which is extremely high. They started thinking that maybe the Kawasaki's had inflamed his gallbladder or that he might have appendicitis. So the next morning Zachary had an ultrasound of all his organs to make sure that they all looked normal . Thank goodness they all looked well. But all the Dr's were still trying to figure out why he had a temperature. We were there for another 2 nights and they still found nothing.

April 1, 2010

Well, we have been home for a little over 2 weeks and Zachary seems to be doing well. He is really tired and kinda grumpy. But hopefully all is on the up and up..... He had another Echo Cardiogram last Thursday and they said that they didn't see any aneurysms around his coronary arteries.

April 15, 2010 after his 2nd Echo Cardiogram

We are so happy that we are home and that Zachary is doing better. We came home 2 days before Easter, Alyssa was really worried the Easter Bunny wouldn't know where to find Zachary and her. Through all of this we sure have come to appreciate our children. It has taught us that when you really think things are bad and they can't get any worse they sure can. And that really everything materialistic doesn't matter just as long as your children are well.

We go to Primary Children's Hospital next Monday to meet with the Cardiologist to see what the future holds for Zachary's heart condition. Hopefully it is just something we will need to keep a close eye on.

2009-08-20T09:35:00.009-06:00

~2ND gRadE~

~hERe shE CoMes~

Alyssa started 2nd grade today!

What a big girl! She had to wear this dress and she even told me how she wanted her hair. I can't believe that she is already in 2nd grade. She is getting so grown up, she didn't even want me to walk her to her class. But since I walked her all the way to school since Jason had my car there was no way I was letting her walk in all by herself. I dropped her off to class and she basically told me to get lost and wouldn't pose for any pictures.

Alyssa in front of her new classroom.

~SUMMER FUN~

2009-08-19T18:28:00.026-06:00

~FEEDING THE DUCKS~

August 9, 2009

~BRIDAL VEIL FALLS~

August 9, 2009

~AQUARIUM~

August 1, 2009

~FIESTA DAYS~

June 22, 2009Gavin~Alyssa

Alyssa trying to win a goldfish.

Unfortunately she really won a fish. We went and collected it when we were all done riding rides, lucky for us the guy gave us 2 fish (so needless to say $35 and a fish tank later we are the owners of 2 fish)

Jason~Alyssa

~4TH OF JULY~

2009-07-20T09:28:00.013-06:00

~HAPPY 4TH OF JULY~

12 MONTH CHECK~UP

2009-06-17T14:01:00.007-06:00

WEIGHT~21LBS 12OZ{40%}

HEIGHT~ 30 1/2INCHES {70%}

HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE~ 47.1 CM {70%}

GIDDY UP COWBOY.......

2009-05-30T21:49:00.007-06:00

We had a cowboy theme for Zach's birthday party and found some of the funniest and ugliest decorations.

(As you can see from the awesome cowboy cutout above)

Everyone got a cowboy hat, bandanna, sheriff badge, western candy, toy horses, bouncy balls, notepads, pencil sharpeners, cowboy rubber ducks, and my personal favorite the Jesus tattoos and pencils. (I ordered all the stuff from Oriental Trading and was just ordering anything that was western and/or cowboy, apparently I really wasn't paying attention because when all the stuff came the pencils and tattoos said stuff like "Lasso up Jesus" and "Wanted by God")

Brandon, Baby Logan, Shane, Willie, Logan and Jessica.

Valerie, Les, Sammie and Sandy.

Zachey and all of his presents.
We got him a wagon for his birthday. I ran out of wrapping paper and decided to put all his presents in it. The last thing a 1 year old needs is tons of presents to open, good thing he has a sister that LOVES opening presents.

The outlaw himself............

Alyssa and Dad helping Zach open all his present. He got lots and lots of trucks, tons of clothes, a puzzle, a pool, and lots of other fun stuff. Thanks to everyone that came and also thanks for all the cute gifts.

Zachey wearing his pinata.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TO THE CUTEST BOY IN THE WORLD....

WE LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH!!!!!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY ZACHEY!!!!

2009-05-28T21:30:00.008-06:00

Today my baby boy Zachary turned ONE!!!

I can't believe how fast the last year has gone by, it seems like we just brought him home from the hospital. He has been such a fun little boy to have in our home.

Since his birthday party isn't until Saturday we wanted to do something fun. So of course that means CAKE.... He didn't really know what to think of the cake, but he sure liked the candle.

♥ This little boy has stolen my heart ♥

Happy Birthday Zachey!

BIRHTDAY PARTY!!!

2009-02-07T22:21:00.000-07:00

Alyssa was pretty excited about her birthday invitations, especially since I wrote a cheesy rhyme to go with the theme song of SpongeBob.

Alyssa and her SpongeBob birthday cake.

Jason was in charge of BINGO for all of the kids

We had Hawaiian Haystacks, salad, rolls, birthday cake and ice cream. The kids played BINGO, beat up 2 pinatas, went home with treat bags and homemade SpongeBob sugar cookies (that took me 4 hours to frost.)

Alyssa got 3 Nintendo DS games, High School Musical DVD, books, jewelry (her Grandma gave her a diamond ring~yes it's real~ (this 7 year old has more jewelry than me!), clothes (YEAH!!!), littlest pet shops, and from Jason and I she got a TV for her room. Now she is the only person in the house that has a flat panel TV.

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!

2009-02-05T15:52:00.014-07:00

CHUCK~ E ~CHEESE

Alyssa wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese on the night of her birthday, since her party wasn't until Saturday. She had never been there and was really excited, I am pretty sure she is the only 7 year old who has never been to Chuck E Cheese. She was pretty nervous when Chuck E himself came out, but who can blame her he is kinda creepy. I tried to talk her into going and dancing up at the front, I told her if she did we would go get ice cream. She started to cry because she was so scared of him and of course we still went and got ice cream.

Isabell her cousin came with her and they had fun eating pizza, playing games and riding the rides.

Happy Birthday to the cutest, smartest, silliest, sassiest, sweetest, funniest 7 year old I know.

HAPPY BIRTHTDAY ALYSSA!!!!!

SPONGETASTIC....

2009-02-02T09:18:00.004-07:00

Alyssa is obsessed with everything Sponge Bob. She loves everything about it and can tell you about every episode, she has seen every episode at least 10 times.

(Yes, she watches way to much TV)

She was pretty excited when I found Zach some Sponge Bob pajamas. That is what happens when your 8 month old doesn't fit in the baby clothes and wears 18 month clothes, you can find about any type of pajamas.

~HIGH SCHOOL TAG~

2009-01-25T18:58:00.016-07:00

I was tagged by Jackie, it was kinda funny to look back and see how ridiculous High School was!

1. Did you date someone in high school? Yep, and now I am married to him.
2. What kind of car did you drive? Honda Civic
3. Did you pass your driver's license test the first time? Of course.
4. Were you a party animal? I don't think so.
5. Were you considered a flirt? Um, probably when Jason wasn't around.
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Yep, orchestra I played the violin from 3rd to 12th grade. I avoided letting anyone know about it though.
7. Were you a nerd? No.
8. Were you on any varsity teams? No.
9. Did you ever get suspended or expelled? No, but I did get caught sluffing way too many times. 10. Can you still sing your fight song? No, I don't think I ever heard it considering I sluffed every assembly.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? NONE!
12. Where did you sit at lunch? Anywhere and everywhere. But not in the lunch room!
13. School mascot: Bulldogs.
14. School colors: Green/White
15. Did you go to homecoming and who with? Nope, school dances are for nerds. I only went to two of them and I really could have had a endless date (Jason) to every single one.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No way!
17. What do you remember most about graduation? That it was really stupid and I don't understand why everyone cared so much you were graduating High School it's not like you are graduating Medical School.
18. Where did you go on Senior Skip Day? What are you talking about, everyday was Senior Skip Day! I bet I didn't even attend half of my Senior Year.
19. Were you in any clubs? FHA (Future Homemakers of America) and FFA (Future Farmers of America) If you were in Floral Design you had to be in FFA. But deep down in side I was hoping to become a farmer someday.
20. Have you gained weight since then? Hell yes! Who hasn't? Unless you haven't had any kids!
21. Who was your prom date? Yours truly ~Jason~
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? No probably not, unless Jackie goes with me.
23. Did you have a job while in high school? Startups Candy Store and Roberts Craft.
24. Worst class? Math.
25. Favorite class? Catering.

Alright, I tag Shana, Kamie, Jenny and Bethany.
Have fun girls! Reminiscing how much you loved High School.

IN THE DOG HOUSE?

2009-01-07T21:04:00.006-07:00

Alyssa was given a dog at school and as an assignment needed to build it a dog house. So of course I tried to pawn this project off on Jason, and it really worked. He spend 3 hours hot gluing popsicle sticks together. What a good Dad! If you can't tell it's name is Fluffy, hopefully she has the best dog house in her class! By the way I was the one to glue all of the glittery stuff on. Jason is crafty but not that crafty.
Jason said that the dog house is almost as good as the flower pot he spend a whole Sunday painting a year ago. It had pink and purple flowers all over it.
Anything for his little girl♥

Jason was also SO proud of his full camo outfit! Even the shoes!

SANTA CAME TO OUR HOUSE!!!

2008-12-26T14:58:00.016-07:00

Zach got toys, toys, and more toys.....

Alyssa got a Nintendo DS, ipod, dvd's, lego's, clothes, littlest pet shops, a jewelry box, and a lot of other stuff.....

~CHRISTMAS EVE~

2008-12-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

Alyssa and Zach in front of Alyssa's tree in the new pajamas they got tonight.

Every year since Alyssa was a baby she has opened new pajamas on Christmas Eve.

Zach liked the paper ALOT!!!

Alyssa setting out cookies for Santa Claus.
She frosted them all by herself.

~MERRY CHRISTMAS~

2008-12-24T11:59:00.002-07:00

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS!

2008-12-24T09:47:00.016-07:00

It was Grandma Peart's annual Christmas party last night. Santa always comes and all the kids get new pajamas. Alyssa wouldn't have anything to do with Santa but after Zach sat on his lap she decided to sit on his lap. Zach was a pretty good boy considering he is getting over croup that he was lucky enough to catch from Alyssa. She had it last weekend, we were sure we would end up in the ER with her 104 F fever that wouldn't go down. She is feeling better. But sure enough Sunday night Zach had a fever and was barking. But it seems like he has a less severe case of it and is feeling better. Thanks to our 3 doctor visits in one week and lots of Decadron.

Such a HANDSOME BOY!!!

Alyssa and Zach in the cute jammies from Santa.

~I swear Zach looks bigger than Alyssa in this picture~

6 MONTH CHECK~UP

2008-12-01T09:35:00.003-07:00

WEIGHT~ 18LBS 3OZ {60%}

HEIGHT~ 27 INCHES {75%}

HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE~ 46.5 CM

HAPPY 6 MONTH BIRTHDAY!!!!

2008-11-28T09:00:00.002-07:00

Zachary is 6 months old today.

He is growing up so fast. It seems like he was just born yesterday, then it also seems like we have always had him. He is such a joy to have in our life. Jason, Alyssa and I are so lucky to have such a sweet little boy.The last 6 months has reminded me how much work it is to have a new baby, but then it has also reminded me how wonderful it is to have a new baby.

I love you so much Zach!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

2008-11-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

GIVING THANKS.....

2008-11-27T00:05:00.001-07:00

We are so THANKFUL for our darling children. Alyssa is always saying or doing something so funny. She loves to help with everything that she can get her hands on. That includes taking care of Zach. She loves to read, dance and sing to him. Zach is the happiest baby and loves to be in the center of everything, he thinks that he might miss out on something. He keeps his eye on Alyssa at all times just in case she does something that he should laugh at. We are so lucky to have each other and our sweet children.

SHE CAN SEE.....

2008-11-19T09:08:00.008-07:00

After receiving a letter from the school nurse saying that Alyssa failed the eye test at school. I decided to take her to the eye doctor even though she just went about one and a half years ago. Then she had perfect vision and now she has 20/100. She is pretty blind! I feel bad that she has been walking around not being able to see. Jason and I always made fun of her because when we would see something in the car and tell her to look at it she would say she couldn't see it. Then of course we would just laugh. Little did we know she wasn't lying!

She was crying at the eye doctor saying she didn't want glasses and no one in her class had them. Sandee our friend works at the optical shop, she helped Alyssa pick out the cutest glasses. She told Alyssa they would be done in a week and Alyssa has driven me crazy asking me when they would be done. So in the end she loves them and can't believe she can actually SEE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2008-10-31T19:15:00.009-06:00

I had this great idea before Zach was even born that Alyssa would be a pirate and Zach would be her parrot. But of course Alyssa had to change her mind and not be what her mom wanted her to be that would have been to easy! So she ended up being a witch and Zach was a giraffe. (Thanks to Gavin) They are still darling though. In the end Alyssa's best friend was a pirate and then she wished she would have been one too.
(Guess she should have listened to her MOM!)

Alyssa and her pumpkins.

Zach in his stroller.

Jason and Alyssa carving pumpkins.

Don't you love Alyssa's hair? It was crazy hair day at school.

Our other babies!

ALYSSA'S 2ND TOOTH IS MISSING!

2008-10-27T19:02:00.003-06:00

Alyssa was running around the kitchen and ran into Jason. And once again I was the one to pull out her tooth. But this time Jason got a little queasy and needed to sit down. (what a sissy) She was pretty excited that she had lost another tooth and was a little nervous she would look a little gappy and funny.

But she looks so cute♥

This time the tooth fairy brought her $10 which she was pretty excited about!

HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY BABE!!!!!

2008-10-26T20:50:00.058-06:00

For Jason's Birthday we had poker night at our house. All of Jason's friends came and I hope that they had a good time. Thanks to Gary we had a good teacher since some of us needed a little help(mostly me)Thanks to everyone that came we need to start a regular poker night.(Hopefully all the girls will play next time so I am not the only girl playing) By 3:30am Jason and Justin were still playing and decided to split the pot. WOW!! They are rich the pot was an amazing $50.

Brandon~Justin~Gary~Jason~Curt
All of them in deep thought.
HOT TABLE! HOT TABLE!

Alyssa~Shana~Kamie

Brandon~Justin

Of course Alyssa had to help Jason blow out his candles.
I hope you had a great birthday babe.

I LOVE YOU TONS!!!!

ALL IT TOOK WAS AN APPLE....

2008-10-25T11:01:00.008-06:00

After months of having a loose tooth it finally came out with a little help. Jason has been telling her that if she eats apples it will fall out in the apple. All I could think was "sure have you really ever heard of someones tooth falling out in an apple?" I swear that is a myth. Well Alyssa was eating an apple Friday night when she came down stairs and sure enough it had moved. Since I have worked for an Oral Surgeon for 2 years I decided that I was ready for my first tooth extraction!

What the Tooth Fairy brought Alyssa!

~IT'S OFFICIAL~

2008-10-20T22:57:00.007-06:00

After a year of Jackie my BFF driving me crazy about starting a blog, I have finally given into the pressure. I should have started before Zach was born so it could have started with all the cute baby pictures of him. Here I go hopefully I can learn to do this, but I already know my blog will NEVER EVER be as cute and fabulous and Jackie's but thanks to her I can try!