Viva Las Vegas

We headed down to Las Vegas for my cousin Heather's wedding in the Las Vegas Temple this weekend!

We picked up a pizza on our way to the freeway friday afternoon, and then we were off!

Sam was exited for the trip!

really... exited... 

;)

(notice that he is still holding on to his toy!)

Sam got to meet his Grandma Johnson for the first time!

That night we went to this restaurant called 

Hash House A-Go-Go

We ordered the pork-ribs in a bed of horseradish mashed potatoes... 

they were delish!

I guess I should get used to dining with Sam by my side...

he was not okay sitting in his car seat away from the center of attention!

 Our cousin Ryan ordered the Chicken and Waffles 

(apparently it is Martha Stewart's favorite dish at this restaurant)

My cousin's Matt and Shannon offered to let us stay at their place for the weekend. It was so fun catching up with them!

She has two awesome kids named Claire and Miles! They loved little Sam :)

Claire loved holding sam. She would come up to me and ask many variations of "Can I hold Sam?" or when that didn't work she would say "Mom said I can hold him now."

 She was the best babysitter ever! 

Kevin wasn't loving the camera that day...

 but sam sure was!

Yes. 

We went to the city of sin. 

No. 

We didn't sin... too much :)

Yes.

We enjoyed a beautiful wedding.

No. 

Not in a chapel on the strip.

But,

In a beautiful temple on a hill!

I hope you enjoyed our little weekend adventure. 

:)

A video for your enjoyment

The video is really pixelated, I will try to fix it later. But, it will have to do for now. Sorry...

Sam is growing so much everyday, he coos a lot now and loves mobiles. Here is a video of him hitting his toy and talking to the camera.

We are convinced he said "Hello" at the end.

So would this count as his first word?! 

:)

Back to Work

I am slowly starting to come back to work again. 

Came take a look at our new Broadcast Facility!

We moved in 3 months ago, fancy huh?!  

But. I miss seeing this beautiful boy every minute of every day. 

 It is hard to transition from only talking baby talk to communicating with adults again, but It's really nice to be back to the grind.  I have gone down to 30 hours a week, and my hours are very flexible which makes taking care of Sam a lot less stressful.  Kevin watches Sam while I am at work, because he works nights at his new job at BD Medical. Kevin and I don't hang out as much as we used to because our sleep and work schedules are opposite, but It is so worth it knowing Sam is always with one of us.

:)

Holy Blow-Outs Batman

Sam likes to do this...

 ...and a little bit of this on a daily basis.

 Meet my beautiful work phone...

Well, Sam killed her last night.

I went to the store with a friend, and forgot my purse.  I put my phone in the car-seat under the blanket.  When we got back to the car, I took my phone out and the screen was black and would not turn on again.  When we got home I took Sam out and he was SOAKED! I knew my phone was lost forever, I even tried putting in a bowl of rice!  I went to the sprint store Saturday and got it replaced for just 35 dollars. I told them the story and everything, but apparently the water-damage indicators did not go off so they had to replace it! Even living without a phone for less than a day was awful.

Lesson Learned: Never trust the capacity of a diaper.   :)

Spring is coming!

3/13/2011

It's starting to warm up outside.

So that means we can finally break out the stroller at go on a walk!

It is still too cold for Sam so we have to bundle him up in a cocoon.

He loved the scenery!

We liked getting outside too...

Thank you for stopping by :)

My blogging BFF

He either hangs out on the desk...

3/9/2011

... or on my lap  :)

3/15/2011

I have gotten really good at typing with just my right hand.

Oh the talents you pick up...

:)

Sam's first dirt bike ride

Gotcha ;) 

Kev just sat on the bike with him while I snapped a couple pictures...

3/5/2011

Sam thinking "Are you really going to make me do this?"

Kevin's dream come true...

:)

Not So Down With the Sickness

2/13/2011

Sam got a cold. 

He had a stuffy nose and a cough. 

It didn't seem bad at all, he was not very fussy, 

so we just made sure to keep him comfortable and keep his nose clear.

Sad daddy trying to keep his baby happy.

2/15/2011

Sam all ready for his 2 week checkup, seeming happy and content.

My mother-in-law came with me to the appointment. While in the waiting room my mother noticed that his chest was cracking and we started getting worried.  Turned out, our pediatrician was worried as well. He hooked Sam up to an O2 monitor to check his oxygen levels and his was in the 70's which is alarmingly low. They tested him for RSV and it was positive.  RSV is a virus that only acts like the common cold in adults, but it can kill small babies.

Sam was 13 days old, I was hysterical to say the least.

He told us to go to a hospital right away to get him hooked up to oxygen. He advised us to go to the orem hospital, not the Payson hospital by our home. When we got there they hooked him up, but shortly after the insurance advisor of the hospital told us that our insurance was not contracted with that hospital so we had to switch hospitals. 

And of course we were transferred to... Payson.

Sam was not stable enough for us to take him ourselves, so Sam and I got our first ambulance ride. I was very happy with the Provo hospital, the nurses were very sweet and everyone was so caring. they also didn't charge us a dime for going there first.

They handled this hysterical mother very well.

When we got to the Payson hospital they quickly set us up and made us very comfortable.

Here is sam with his getup.

The oxygen tube took some getting used to, but he handled it very well.

Sam was the star of the floor again. He was the healthiest of all the sick babies!

He didn't need much help except for the oxygen.

"What are you guys doing to me!?"

Kevin and I took turns watching him and going home.

We decided that this was why Kevin lost his job. 

I don't think I would have been strong enough to do this alone. 

Kevin's parent's were LIFESAVERS too! 

They watched Sam while we went out to lunch to help us decompress.

To help pass the time and keep our sanity we:

1. Had the DIYnetwork to give us renovation ideas 

2. Had a lot of room service, for "free"

3. Got our moneys worth in ice cream and soda.

I never thought i would see him sleep in one of these hospital bassinets again.

2/20/2011

After 5 days our baby finally goes wireless again 

and we couldn't be happier... or more cautious.

We quarantined ourselves for a while after this. No more chances!

2/2/2011 Samuel's Birthday!

2/2/2011

5:30 AM - Kevin wakes up for work, I can't sleep so I get up too. Kevin goes to work and I go downstairs to watch TV and clean the house because I was set to be induced that friday.

7:30 AM - Kevin walks in the door informing me that he had been laid off, but his work was giving him a  months severance pay to help while he found another job, and our insurance would still be in effect for another 2 months. So it was bad, but not as bad as it could have been.

7:35 - AM We call the hospital letting them know that we will be inducing that day. At first the nurse said that was not possible, but after politely letting her know that she will let us have our baby today and some sweet talking my OBGYN they told us to come right in! 

10:00 AM - Pitocin is started and my water is broken

11:00 AM - My Best friend Hannah shows up for moral support!

12:00 PM - I receive my epidural. 
I tried to hold out, but the nurse kept saying, "Quit trying to be a hero and get the epidural already!" I didn't need very much more convincing than that! 2 hours of pitocin induced contractions was all I wanted, I did my due diligence.

No more pain. 

I look totally high, and felt high too. It was hard to keep both my eyes open. The rest of the labor i played card games with Kevin and Hannah. I did not take any naps because I was too exited for him to get here!

10:00 PM After 2 hours of pushing, my little piece of heaven FINALLY came to this earth :)

Don't mind his Alien vs. Predator head! He has quite the journey!

2 relieved and proud parents. 

The actual birth was not that bad. Don't get me wrong, it was to most pain I had ever been in.  

I opted out the my last shot of epidural before pushing so I could feel my legs and push better to make it go by faster, but it still took 2 hours! 

Word of advice to future mothers out there, when the doc and everyone around you keeps telling you "you are almost there!",  they are lying.

It was such a great experience and I would like to think i had a good attitude through the whole process. Kevin was such a good sport and he cut the chord! Hannah was awesome! She stayed the entire time and got me McDonald's after because the cafeteria was closed.

Sam came back to us, after the nurses took care of him, all bundled up!

One proud, and VERY tired mamma!

His cute little smooshed face :)

Auntie Hannah!

Sam's First Bath

Newborn diapers were so huge on him!

Samuel Kevin Egbert 

7 Pounds 8 Ounces, 21 Inches long

The day might have started out a disaster, but it also ended up being the happiest day of our lives :)