poor nate

poor nate or should i say crazy nate!!! the boys like to make a slide out of their mattresses in their bedroom. they take one and prop it up on the top of jack s bed and slide down. seemed pretty safe and harmless until this happened!! i was downstairs, heard a thump and a scream. i raced up to find a pool of blood on the carpet near an ikea bench that actually has cushions on top but must have managed to hit the corner. blood was gushing from nate's head so i grabbed a towel and started to apply pressure (when he would let me). jack went and got daddy and we tried to calm him down. we first tried the dr's office since it's around the corner, but it was a friday afternoon and no openings. we then dropped jack off at our neighbors (thanks so much to the jensens!!) and went to the ER. we drove with nate illegally in johne's lap and were lucky not to get in an accident or get pulled over. he was starting to get sleepy on the way there, so we kept him talking and looking for things out the window. there wasn't a wait when we got there and we went right back. they gave nate the shots to numb him up, then stapled his wound. he didn't cry or even move the whole time. he was a champ! luckily there was no other sign of head trauma and he will get the staples removed thursday!

my baby is 3!

i can't believe my baby nate is 3 already!!! we have been trying to call him big nate since we have a new baby, but that hasn't really stuck yet. he's been our baby for almost 3 years and he is so lovey and cuddley it's hard to believe he's not a baby anymore. we are so blessed to have our sweet little nate in our family! it's hard to get mad at him with his big dimpley smile!! nate will love and hug just about anyone and most people automatically love him because of that! we love you nate and happy birthday!!!

nate got a mailbox and it came with a happy birthday card

the key that opened the mailbox was his fav! he carries it around in his pocket!!

first day of school

jack's first day of preschool was september 13th. he was a little apprehensive at first because his teacher from last year, mr. jake, wouldn't be there. he loves it now and loves his teacher miss danielle!! he likes her because she's short! the way he says it is really cute because he can't say his r's! i'm especially grateful for preschool this year because jack was really sad when all of his buddies got to go to kindergarten. it keeps him busy enough so he doesn't get too sad when he asks why his friends can't come over to play! i'm glad to have him home 1 more year. he's been such a good helper. he and nate are such good playmates and we'd all miss him too much if he were gone all day! yay for preschool!

hair cut

nate has been saying for weeks that he wanted monica to cut his hair, not mommy, not daddy but monica!! when it came time he stalled, tried to hide and run away. finally i brought the wagon over to him and he happily got in and agreed to a haircut!! yay for wagons and yay for monica!!! we are so glad monica is 6 hours away!

after

before

ps. ok so i got my before and after mixed up but too lazy to change it now! i blame it on the blogging and typing with 1 hand!!

pss. it's amazing what a haircut can do! he looks so much older in his after pic!!

family visit

we had a ton of fun with my family! we watched football, movies, ate lots of yummy food (thanks to my mom and everyone else that helped cook!), played games, went swimming, played at the park, cut hair, played outside, rode scooters and bikes, took pictures, laughed a lot, did a little shopping and most of all had fun just hanging out!

my parents with the grandkids (minus levi)

my grandparents in their boise state attire with me, my brother nate, my 3 boys and jane

aj's blessing

we blessed asher labor day sunday while all of my family was visiting. aj wore the same little suit that the other 2 boys wore on their blessings, but they were 2 months old. aj was only 2 weeks old, so it was a little big. it was extra special having my grandparents here visiting all the way from boise! we had such a great time with everyone and feel really lucky to have all my siblings live relatively close to us! thanks to everyone that came and participated in the blessing!! aj is such a special addition to our family. he has been such a good baby and we are blessed he is healthy and strong. we love our baby aj!

4 generations

baby AJ is here!

we are so excited for our little asher jay gledhill to join our family!!! he was born thursday august 19th at 8:53 pm. he weighed 6 lb 9 0z and was a short 17 1/2 in long. i was induced at 36 weeks, 6 days because of preeclampsia. labor was just over an hour and relatively easy. aj has done remarkably well considering his early arrival. he has had no problems that usually come with babies being pre-term. we are so excited to have him home with us and have enjoyed every minute of our time with him! welcome to this world and to our home baby aj!