Locked Out!!!

Chase has been trying to figure out doors lately. He has figured out how to open the downstairs bathroom door in our house but so far that is the only one (it must be easier to open or something). He likes to close the doors in the house and quite often gets stuck in a room because he has shut himself in. Well for some reason, if there is a lock on the door that you lock by turning a little thing on the door knob, he thinks that helps him open the door or something. I knew he did this but I have always been inside when he locked the door and never thought about the possibility of being outside. We have a lock like this on our front door and the door out to the garage. The other day I had been shopping and when I got home both younger boys were stinky and hungry so I got them taken care of and then went out to get the bags out of the trunk. I left the door open cause I was just going to be a second and heard Chase shut it. But I didn't think much of it until I went to open the door. Yep Chase had locked it. I was in shock for a minute. I didn't have a key or a phone. So I ran around to check the front door not expecting it to be open because we had been gone all day. Sure enough it was locked too. All the blinds were shut so I couldn't see in. About that time Kamron started screaming, then Chase started crying. I was imagining Chase crawling into Kam's car seat and laying on top of him (which he has done several times) so I started to panic thinking that my baby could be suffocating just on the other side of the door and there was nothing I could do about it. So I was crying and praying and yelling for Chase to unlock the door and trying to think which window would be the best to break. After about ten minutes Chase turned the lock again and let me in. I was so relieved and then I was really mad!!! So needless to say I hid a spare key outside so the next time I can get in.

Just a few days later I was over at my parents house along with Debbie and her kids and David and his kids. Debbie came upstairs and said Chase was locked in a bedroom. Sure enough, he got in a room and again turned the same kind of lock and was stuck. Usually it is easy to break out of a bedroom but this door required a specific key. So mom got every key she could find and we tried them all but none of them worked. After about a half hour David, my brother, was able to use a pocket knife and screwdriver to break him out. You would think he would learn! I tried to show him how he locked it but he just freaked out that I was locking him in again.

Then (yes I know you would think we would learn) I took Matt to get his haircut the other day and I was paying for it so I had my back to the front door. And a lady that worked there came in and said is there a reason that the front door is locked. Yeah, he had locked the door of the business. What a twerp!!!

Manger Scene

So we were at my parents house last night and I saw this little gingerbread manger scene. I didn't think much of it until I found out that my dad made it and then I thought it was pretty funny. But come to find out that the youth were making gingerbread houses at mutual last Wednesday to use as table centerpieces for the Ward Christmas party. Dad goes to mutual since he is in the Bishopric and he decided to make one too but made a manger scene instead. It was pretty funny with a Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. He used animal crackers for the animals and had little marshmallow angels with halos and everything. My sisters and I were busy making dinner and trying to make skirts for the bridesmaids for my sister's wedding next Friday and my parents were in Layton. So nobody was really paying attention to Mia and Chase. I walked into the kitchen and this is what I found!

Hopefully Dad doesn't care too much that they ate the manger scene! At least they were getting along for once.

Newborn Pictures

We got Kamron's newborn pictures back today. I think they turned out really cute!!! The photographer was great. Now I need to get the other boys in and get a family picture taken with our new addition!!!

You can definately see the red in his hair!

This was an idea I saw from someone else's newborn pics.

Changing Diapers

I just had to tell two funny stories about changing diapers. The first one was the day after Kamron was born. I was finally able to get up and I decided to change Kamron's diaper for the first time. you would think that I would be a pro at changing little boys' diapers since Chase is still in diapers, but apparently I forgot about newborn boys. So I was trying to get all the nasty meconium tar poo off of Kam's bum and meanwhile he is screaming at the top of his lungs. All of a sudden, he stopped screaming and it was more of a drowning noise so I looked up and he was peeing all over his face! His mouth was wide open and he must be a pretty good aim cause most of it was going right in his mouth (hence the drowning noise). It was all over his face, in his ears, up his nose, in his mouth and hair and eyes. I felt terrible. Poor little guy!

The second story happened on the day we got home from the hospital. Tim was being very nice and trying to help me out as much as possible. So he was getting Chase ready for bed. Chase isn't really used to anybody but me getting him ready so he was throwing a fit. While Tim was changing his diaper, I sat there trying to calm Chase down. Tim was having a hard time getting the diaper on so I looked up to see what the problem was. Right then he said, "I can't get this diaper to fit right" I had to laugh when I realized that he was trying to put one of Kamron's diapers on Chase. It took me awhile to stop laughing and explain why he couldn't get it to fit.
But thanks hun, I really do appreciate all you did and are doing to help since the baby was born!!!

Here are a few new pictures I wanted to share!!!

Chase might be a little jealous!

He is so tiny, he doesn't even really fit in his carseat

All my boys!!!

Matt and his cheesy smile.

Bunkbeds

The day I got home from the hospital we realized we had a problem. I wasn't supposed to pick up anything heavier than Kamron (6 lbs) and Chase was still sleeping in the crib. I hadn't even thought about how I was going to get him in and out until my mom mentioned it. So Tim took the front off the crib so Chase could climb in and out all by himself. He thought it was really cool but I was a little hesitant. I wanted to keep him in the crib as long as possible to put off dealing with him being able to get out of bed on his own.

We bought bunkbeds a few months ago but hadn't put them up because of our plans to keep Chase in the crib and out of pure laziness. For some reason, I guess talking about sleeping arrangements for Chase, Tim decided to put up the bunkbeds that night also. The plan was to let Matt sleep on the top bunk and eventually (preferrably after we bought a second twin mattress) we would move Chase in there too. Well Chase "helped" daddy put the bunkbeds up and the whole time Tim was telling him how one of the beds would be for him someday. Tim finished putting the beds together at about the boys bedtime (it took a lot longer than he thought it would go figure). So Tim told Chase to go get in bed. Matt's bedding was still on the floor and Chase grabbed his blanket and pillow and put them on the bottom bunk and climbed in. Tim said no go get in your crib. Well Chase saw these cool beds and there was no way he was getting back in the crib. We tried carrying him back to his room but he kicked and screamed and would just run back to the bunkbeds. So eventually we decided to let him try the bunk. I think he fell out of bed three times that night (another reason I wanted to keep him in the enclosed crib) and there have only been a couple of nights in the 2 weeks since he has been sleeping in the bunk bed that he hasn't fallen out. But he still loves it. He has even been pretty good about staying in bed once it is bed time or nap time.

Oh Gross!!!

This morning I decided I was going to get up and take a shower and blow dry my hair and get dressed in something besides pajamas so I could feel like a real person (this hadn't happened yet since I had the baby). So I decided to put Chase in the shower with me to make it easier than trying to bend over the bathtub for his bath. When we got out of the shower, he ran off as usual so I decided to hurry and get dressed before I chased him down and got him dressed. As I was getting something out of my dresser I looked across the hall into his room. I saw a bunch of stuff on the floor so I decided to go investigate. Turns out he had pooped on his bedroom floor (that is a first!) But not only that, he had stepped in it with both feet and tracked it all over his room. It was smashed on the bottom of both feet and in between all of his toes! So I started to clean it up right away before it got tracked around anymore and Chase sat down to watch. After I got it surface cleaned (I still need to use the carpet cleaner that Debbie let me borrow) I looked at Chase sitting on the carpet and asked him to stand up. Sure enough, there was poo all over his bum and now more on the carpet. I think it must be time to start potty training.

Kamron Jey

Kamron Jey was born on Thursday, October 30th at 1:54 p.m. He weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. He is extremely cute and has a whole head of brown hair. He looks like he already needs a haircut! His hair goes past his collar and his ears. He is a really good eater and sleeps a whole lot. Both mom and baby are home from the hospital and doing well.

Chase got to come by the hospital on Halloween in his Scooby Doo costume. He loves holding his baby brother.

Right after surgery!

He weighed 6 lbs 7.4 oz

Proud Papa!!!