First 5!

The first five...People to leave a comment on this post will receive something made by me. However, there are some limitations:
1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it is going to be - cards, bows, shoes, a bag, frame or a little invention of my own. I may bake something and mail it to you . Who knows? Not you that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. It may blow your mind!
Here's the catch, if you choose to do this. You must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog.
Now time to comment and start thinking about what you will be making for someone else! ;)

REALLY do comment! I want to be crafty, so now I will have a reason to be! And still comment if you don't live near me - since most people that follow my blog live far away! I can still send stuff!

Pretty much about food...

Gage got the coolest spoon today, so I had to share it with everyone!

We have been working on self-feeding, so this spoon is perfect. It has a nice grip that fits his hand just right, then there is a "scoop" on both sides, so no matter which way he puts it in his mouth, it is right! It also is "gag-proof" since it has little "walls" on each end as well. How cool is that!!

It has a really weird name though, it is called Baby Human.

His nurse brought it over for him today, I was stoked! Ok so really, I just call her his nurse, but she has to have a title other than that! I hear everyone talk about their OT and DT... so maybe she is one of those? She comes over and checks on his health, weight, eating, gets updated on his doctor appointments, and she does some speech therapy with us as well until Gage is "old enough" to have an actual ST come over to work with him. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? What would her "official" title be? I feel kinda dumb that I haven't figured that one out yet... yes it has been 10 months! haha oh well. When she came over today, Gage and I were out in the back yard playing so she came and joined us outside in the nice weather! It was fun to have our little "meeting" in the gorgeous weather we have been having!

So another thing I have been thinking would be fun to post about was the foods everyone's little ones like to eat! Gage loves trying new things and eats everything really well, but I kinda get in these times where I just make the same things over and over. I was thinking it would be fun to all share our ideas about what we feed our kids so everyone could have more to make! So here I go...

I usually just make Gage whatever we are having, then make adjustments to it if I need to.
Breakfast: He always has some "Yo Baby" yogurt before whatever he has for breakfast. Then I usually make him...
Scrambled egg yolks mixed with cottage cheese
Toast with butter
or Baby cereal mixed with breast-milk, yogurt, and sometimes some babyfood fruit.

Then lunch and dinner just whatever we are having, then I have on the side for him one or a few of these things, cuz he loves to eat them! They are...
Black beans
Rice
Noodles
Olives (obviously sliced up)
Canned carrots (I like the canned kind because they are really soft... carrots kinda scare me!)
Green beans
Peas
Beets
Corn

For snacks, I usually will give him some of the things I listed above, or else the Gerber snacks. Usually the yogurt melts, or the dried fruit bars (I'm not exactly sure what those ones are called). And grahm crackers are another thing I give him for snacks, too. Then I also give him a bottle for snack before he goes down for a nap or for bed.


Haha k sorry, I am pretty sure this is the most random and off-the-wall post I have ever done, but I am looking forward to everyone's responses! :) Gage is too... I'm sure he is sick of always having the same things over and over! If I remember anything I left out I will add it to the comments, then everyone can just check the comments if they want the ideas, too!

Update...

Hey everyone! First, I want to tell everyone thanks so much for your concern with Gage and his sleep study! Sorry I didn't let everyone know more about it earlier, we actually just got the results back today. Unfortunately, we don't have the best news in the world... Like I suspected, the results came back showing that Gage does indeed have sleep apnea. The part I wasn't expecting was when his sleep doctor said that it is SEVERE sleep apnea. And he really meant SEVERE. I guess that to "qualify" it as severe, there has to be 10.. um... I don't know what they are called... so I will just call them "episodes" an hour. Apparently Gage averaged about 20 an hour. So of course I started immediately calling to schedule for an appointment with the ENT our doctor recommended, but I won't be able to make the appointment until tomorrow. Hopefully they can fit us in soon!

So here is my question... Anyone had any experience here or familiar with this at all? I would love any suggestions or information! Thanks everyone!

Well we now have a little 10-month-old on our hands! He is just getting more and more fun, and his personality is developing like crazy! He knows exactly what to do to make us laugh, loves giving HUGE hugs! They are the best!




He also has been busy getting his first tooth! You can tell he thinks it is pretty weird, he always plays with it like, "what is this weird thing that showed up in my mouth!?" The picture is kinda bad, but if you look hard enough you can see it! He doesn't love having his mouth held open, so it was the best I could get! (It's on his left side of his mouth...)

About time for some pictures...

Have you been wondering what this cute little guy has been up to?

Well, it has been a LONG time since I have posted any pictures, things have just been crazy! So I decided to put off homework and cleaning the house to get some pictures up from this past month! :)

The weather has been beautiful, except for the occasional snow storms that just won't leave us alone! Gage absolutely LOVES to go swimming. Pretty sure we could stay out swimming all day long and he would be just as happy as could be!

This is the book that I made for Gage. I used really simple pictures and put just one picture on each page. He loves to look through the pictures and talk to them!

Out for an evening swim! Ok, really, we didn't get done swimming until like 10:00 and Gage didn't even act like he was tired! But that's because we were swimming and he didn't want to stop. Once we got him inside and in his PJs, he was OUT! I have tried and tried to get a movie to upload from this night, it is the cutest thing ever. My dad was holding Gage and would splash me across the pool. Every time he did, Gage busted up laughing, harder than he ever has before! It was too cute, I will try again to get it up, but I don't know if it will work...

Out enjoying some sun!

I can't believe I still haven't even posted about this yet! On March 26th, the scheduler in the sleep department at Primary Childrens Medical Center called to say we had been approved by our insurance for Gage to get a sleep study. Then, to my suprise, she said there was an appointment open the next day! So Gage and I made the 4 hour drive up to Salt Lake on Friday, the 27th for Gage's sleep study. It was fun to have a little get-a-way with just Gage and I. We went out to dinner at Olive Garden before the appointment began at 8:00 pm. Every one just couldn't get enough of Gage, even the manager came out to our table like 3 times!

Like my friend Amy said, "Only Gage would be grinning from ear to ear in this picture!" It is so true, the nurses commented the whole time they were hooking Gage up how well behaved he was and how he acted like he didn't even care. He actually just sat and laughed at me playing with the pin-wheel and making faces!

I know this picture is kinda weird, and dark... but I wanted to get a picture of all the cords coming off his head. Then they put a "lunch-lady" hair net over his head to keep him from pulling them all off.
I was so suprised at how well Gage slept that night, he did wake up more than usual, but didn't have any problems falling right back to sleep! I was so proud of him!

This is the picture of Gage's hair all covered in "GOOP" after they took everything off! They used lots of this sticky gel stuff, so it made his hair all gross. I thought it was really sweet, in the morning when one of the techs was unhooking everything, she said, "I really do just want to tell you, he was an exceptionally good boy, kids his age are never this good. I just wanted to make sure you really knew that!" I really am so lucky to have such a good boy, he is so happy and calm-tempered.

I just love this picture, I think it is absolutely precious!

And out for another swim in Gage's new floaty! I thought this thing was so cute, it has the cute shade so that he can stay out longer without me worrying so much about him getting a sunburn! And he loved it, too!

Well, I will try to be a little better about updating more often... but I am not making any promises! I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend, it is such a great opportunity for us to take some extra time to really think about the sacrifices our Savior has made for us.

Happy Easter!!