Winter Fun!

These pictures were taken the first part of March 2008.







JayDee and Jayden have put some wood to good use. JayDee is trying to snowboard down our hill with Jayden waiting for his turn. Not only do I have to worry about JayDee and his inventions but also about what Jayden is watching and learning.



Cora doesn't need the sled in fact she says it goes too fast so she would rather slide down on her bum.








Anna is ready and waiting for good weather and grass so she can go on her picnic.











The kids showing off the big snow drifts in front of our house.

Which one should I use?

This is Emmalee's BEAUTIFUL blessing dress. I can't show you the full thing yet. But would like to know which bow she should wear with her dress.
Here we have the pretty big pink bow.
Or we have the little white bow. Let me know which one looks better.

Prince and Princesses

Aunt Christy bought tickets for all the kids to go to see Disney Princesses on Ice in Salt Lake. They had a blast. Because Emmalee was so little she and I stayed home that weekend. I got so bored with the quietness around the house but it was such a nice weekend because I only had one little one to take care of. I would like to have a break more often. But I don't know if I could handle it. I realized that I love the noises that the kids all make (maybe not as loud though).
Brooke, Jayden and Cora all trying to see what is going on down on the ice.
Here we have five of the seven dwarfs. Can't really tell who is who! Thank You so much Aunt Christy! They had a blast!!

"HELP ME MOMMY!"

I woke up one morning to Anna crying "Help me Mommy!" I got out of bed and went to find her. I went through the whole house. I couldn't find her. I told her to keep crying so I could follow the sound. I eventually found her under her bed. She had crawled under the bed to get her sippy cup and then I think got scared and couldn't get out. I asked her if I could get the camera (typical of a scrapbooker!) and she said yes. Afterward she wouldn't let me get her out until I showed her the picture. But I did get her out eventually.

Talk about crazy!!

I had Emmalee wanting me to hold her and Anna wanting to hold Emmalee so we just figured a way for it all to work out. Anna better not get too used to this because it wasn't as easy as it might look. Plus when it was time for her to get down she thought she would try and take "her" baby with her. I will have to keep my eyes on Anna at all times!! It is a good thing that Anna loves her baby sister as much as she does though!

Any Doctors in the House?

Dr. Brooke holding her little Emmy! Because of colds going around the family we came home from the hospital stocked with masks for the kids to wear to protect our little Emmalee. Dr. Jayden is such a PROFESSIONAL when it comes to loving sisters!!

Dr. Cora is not afraid of holding this baby as she was with Anna!! She makes such a GREAT big sister!!

Thank You!!!

Mom and Dad,
Thank you so much for making such a long drive to come and see our beautiful Emmalee. It means so much to me that you would do that. I am only sorry that you couldn't stay longer. I miss you so much! I love where we live so now I guess I get to convince you to move out here so we can see you more. Just think Dad, you could have all the fish you want and Mom, there is so many roads that you could go for walks or bike rides and never get in the same routine. Plus Dad, I would eat the fish if you caught and cooked it and Mom, I would love it if I could have a partner to get out and walk with each day. It would make it a lot easier for me to get out and go. I love you both so much and can't wait to see you and show off Emmalee!!

"Kings of the Yard"

Jayden playing on the side of the house with his friend Andrew Collett. I was out cleaning the van and saw them on this snow drift and had to grab the camera. We definately didn't get as much snow as you guys on the Wasatch Front but we did get good snow drifts. This is the most snow that we have seen since we have been here in Dutch John so far. But each year it seems to get worse. I hate to think about what could be coming next year. I am so ready for green grass for the kids to play on. I am so sick of the mud and grass being tracked in the house!! I know we need the water so I should be more grateful but it is hard to be grateful when I am constantly cleaning!!

The best time of the day!

I am so amazed that Emmalee loves the bath as much as she does. One thing we learned at the hospital was that she loves to lay without her clothes on. I guess the cold doesn't bother her. After her bath I put her on the bed to rub her down with lotion and she is as content as can be.
With all of the others I hated bath time because all they would do is scream but Emmalee will lay there as long as we will let her just as happy as can be. She has out grown this bucket and is in her own bath in our bath and that has made it even better!!

The best gift so far!

I have the BEST Husband ever! This was my surprise when I got home from the hospital with Emmalee. I have wanted a piano for so long and I finally got one. And not a hand-me-down one but a brand new one. In Vernal there was a piano sale the same weekend I was in the hospital. I asked JayDee to go look to see if there were any good deals but knew in my mind that it was a huge possibility that I wouldn't be getting one. JayDee came back to the hospital with the camera. He had taken pictures of the piano there and told me the price. I couldn't believe the price of it but he never said that we could get it so I didn't get my hopes up. In fact the Sunday we came home from the hospital it was the last thing on my mind. The weather was so horrible that we had several white out spots and slid off the road (but we were being watched over and made it okay). When I walked in I saw somethings on our computer desk that should have been on our organ so when I looked over to where the organ was you can probably guess what happened next. Of course I started crying like a baby (those darn pregnancy hormones!!!) because instead of the organ there was my BEAUTIFUL new Piano!!! I absolutely love it!! It is a great stress reliever. Anytime I start getting worked up about the kids or anything I get to go and let it all go in the songs I play. Watch out Mom, I am going to start begging for your red books (atleast the first one).

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Monica and I have decided to make the easter tradition a saturday thing and not confuse the children on the real meaning of Easter Sunday. So this morning the kids saw their baskets out on the couch with some toys and stuff in them. They were surprized! It is fun to surprize the kids :)

Jayden and Anna were the first to wake up and came into bed with us. I think they might have heard Emmalee crying at 6 am. So then Cora wakes up at twenty after six and we tell the kids to go find some Saturday morning cartoons. After about ten minutes Cora comes back and says "The Easter Bunny brought us presents!" Just then Brooke comes out of her bedroom and they all go and get their baskets and start unwrapping the toys.

At 9 a.m. we had the Easter Egg hunt put on by the Flaming Gorge Dam Employees Association. The kids did not get near as much candy as they have in years past, but they had fun! The easter egg hunt was over in about 4 or 5 minutes. Which I think is a record.

Just to let everyone know. Monica is doing great, since I am not as busy at work anymore. She likes me home and I like to be home, especially with the baby. Babies are miracles and I can not get over how amazing it is.

Brooke is doing very well in school and learning the scripture stories so well. Jayden wants to do everything better than the person next to him. I see his competativeness in him that I had when I was young. He is a little JayDee and I love him. Cora is so sweet and loving. She is learning to go to the potty and it is an uphill battle with her, but we will get her trained eventually. Anna is growing so much. She tries to carry on conversations and talk as much as she can. And she can talk! She will be the one that is on the phone for hours and not even get tired :) She is a fun little munchkin. Emmalee is a wonder to me.

I have thought about how much money it will cost to get these girls married, but I have not thought about the prom dresses. Hmmm..... maybe the girls can buy their own prom dresses :) We do have a savings account for all the kids and so I hope that will help them out someday.

We will post pictures of their new easter outfits someday soon!

Big Sister Anna taking care of "her" baby.

Snuggley Princess.

Emmalee sleeping.

Emmalee on the monitors the day she was born.

Minutes after the baby was born.

A New Arrival! (JayDee's version)

Emmalee Jean Guymon

was born on February 29, 2008 and is officially considered as a "leapyear" baby. We are so happy to have her in our home. Sure it is hard to get use to waking up 5 times in the middle of the night and I don't even feed her. Monica, on the other hand, has been so tired. Some nights Emmalee would rather stay up all night and not go back to bed. Monica is a walking zombie some days. But if you were to ask Monica or I, we would say it is such a blessing to have this gift from our Heavenly Father, that is of infinite worth and has so much potential.


Let me tell you the story from JayDee's perspective on how Emmalee came into this world. First of all Vernal's Ashley Regional Medical Center averages about 30 births per month. So when we went in to get started, there were 8 other babies in the Labor & Delivery section. So we had a lot of babies there! Therefore, Monica's nurse was from the surgery section and new to Labor & Delivery. We also had another newbie from anesthesiology that was making sure the epidural was working.


So the doctor came in at 12:30 p.m. and broke the water. He then said that he would be back in probably 5 hours and left us in the able hands of the newbies :) During the next hour the labor had progressed tremendously. The nurse said she had dilated to a 7 and said that it might help if her bladder was drained to see if that would help move things along. Guess what? It did move the labor along. It was so quick that the nurse checked again and said "You are a 7." And the next thing we see is the head come out. It was amazing!


All the while, Monica was feeling all the pain because the epidural was not working. So the anesthesiologist (in training) and the nurse (in training) were learning how to deliver a baby, whether they liked it or not. But help was on it's way!


Monica was screaming when the head came out and so all the nurses came to see what was happening. Then just a minute later Monica had another contraction and said "I feel like I've gotta push!!!" and the next thing I saw was Emmalee come flying out onto the hospital bed.


It was amazing!


The doctor missed the delivery and all the excitement. We feel so blessed to have a healthy baby girl. She is so precious and beautiful. Maybe Monica will add to the blog and put in here two cents :)


Emmalee was 6 lbs. 11 oz., 20 inches, and born at 1:46 pm with a full head of hair!

Our Beautiful New Baby (Monica's version)

Emmalee Jean Guymon came leaping into our lives Friday February 29, 2008 at 1:46 pm. She weighed 6lb 11oz and is 20 inches long. She decided that since she was going to be born on Leap Day than she better make a grand entrance. I had been in true labor for only an hour and 15 minutes when she came. The Doctor had left the hospital because he didn't think she would come as fast as she did so he missed the entire birth. I delivered at Ashley Regional Medical Center in Vernal. They average about 30 babies a month and this particular weekend they had 9 babies so all the nurses were busy so I didn't have an OB Nurse but a MedSurge Nurse. Between her and the Anesthesiologist they delivered Emmalee. I got to experience the whole thing natural because the epidural that was supposed to be working wasn't. But I wouldn't change it for the world. It is the neatest experience! I don't think I would be sane if I did natural deliveries for all five kids but one was great! She gave us a scare the first night. She stopped breathing twice. A whole bunch of tests were run and they think it is because of the rapid delivery all the mucus and amniotic fluid wasn't all out of her body and she was chocking on it. They kept her on monitors that first night and reported that she had a good night and that she hadn't had any other episodes. We brought her home Sunday March 2, 2008 and she is doing just fine. All the kids love her but I don't think as much as little Anna. She has informed us that Emmy is hers and not ours. We have to be careful when we let her hold her because then she won't let us have her back. We know that Anna will be her protector.

Monica and JayDee Guymon have some wonderful kids. Brooke who is 6 1/2, Jayden who will be 5, Cora who is 3 1/2 and Anna who will be 2.