Dan and Nathan

Dan was able to hold Nathan again yesterday. Nathan has been on c-pap for several days now and is doing wonderful. They have upped his feedings and he weighs 2 1/2 pounds. They are waiting for the blood work to come back and see if it looks good. He is doing so good. Mel says that Nathan likes to suck on the Binky and his cry is getting so much better. With the tubes down his throat it made it sound horse. But with the c-pap it is on his nose so it gives his throat a rest and that is a good thing. Kim says that the c-pap on his nose isn't as big as it looks. Of course everything about Nathan is small. We hope that Nathan keeps doing good. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK NATHAN!!!

What a Beautiful Baby!!!!

Another Busy day

Today Kim and i bottled sweet pickles. And as you can see Emalee is heart broken that she gets to hold Reagan. Reagan is now 1 month old.Here is the finished product of our hard days work. They are really good.And this is my very happy husband. They are officially done with the harvest. They are very proud that it only took 41/2 days from start to finish. They finished at 10:00 p.m. last night. Just before the second snow decided to grace our presence.

Harvest Time

It is that time of year again and everyone is working from sun up til sun down. Justin came home to run the digger. And Tyler my brother is driving that truck.
Ryan and Dallin are running the crossover. For Ryan to be able to do that he had to bring his office with him.(according to the pit crew)Kathy got a laptop and Ryan downloaded all his work programs on the laptop. So it sits in the tractor with him. So he is still able to work. Which is really nice. Amazing how fast the sun went down.


They have the most amazing sunsets and the view is always so pretty. How lucky.

Best crew

This year i took it upon myself to feed the spud crew. I am usually in one of the trucks but with little kids it is to hard. I think Kathy had to take my spot. So i took hers. I have a better appreciation for all the work she does during harvest. Cooking for that many is a lot of work. But that is the only way i get to see Ryan. I think i am going through withdrawals not having him home all the time. It will make me appreciate him when he is home again. So my kids have had to help and of course eat the food. Tonight we had Chicken Enchiladas, Pumpkin Bars, and Hot Chocolate.
Poor Emalee by the time we feed the crew she is so tired. By the time i get home everyone is asleep. which make for a very quiet ride home which isn't all that bad. I couldn't resist in taking a picture of her dead to the world. She is so sweet.

So Much Fun

Yesterday Kim and I bottled the carrots in my garden. Being the nice mom that i am i made Kenadee, Dallin, And Emalee help Pull,Clean, And Cut the tops off the carrots. They were so thrilled.... They were great and did what i had asked and so now we all have orange finger nails. But we got it done just in time for the snow i guess.

Gotta Love Idaho

I don't know if you can see it but that is snow that you can see. We, may i remind you that we live in Idaho. This is the first snow fall. And i agree with Sarah...... WHAT!??!?#!@?

First time for everything

Today Dan was able to hold Nathan for the first time. And how special of a moment that we get to share it with any one who looks at this blog. Nathan is doing very good and is gaining weight like he needs to. He weights 2 pounds and 2 1/2 ounces. What an amazing little angel.

My Project finally done

This is the blanket that i made for Reagan, Kims new baby. I finally got it done. It is a rag quilt. It was a lot of fun to do and easy. I am just slow. But it is done and i am very proud of it.

Bad Hair Day

Jaren woke up from his nap with some pretty scary hair. Maybe it is time for a hair cut.

First Bath "Nathan"

This is Nathans first spit bath from his momma. Mel said that he enjoyed his bath but when he was done he wasn't very happy. They switched his bed so he had "Clean Sheet Day".
Nathan just hanging around for the day, nothing better to do.
Dan trying to calm him down after his bath.
You Can see Dannys hand compared to Nathans hand he is still so small. But he is gaining weight. Mel says that he is nolonger the smallest baby in the nicu. He beat another baby by 5 grams, which equals to about 1 teaspoon. He weights about 1 pound 15 ounces now and his feedings are at 5.1 mills per hour.

Nathan

Mel said that today was a good day. Nathan is doing very good. They did an eye exam on him and they said that it looks very good. They will do another exam in two weeks. Mel was very happy that she was able to give him a kiss, so neat. The exam is very uncomfortable for him but he is a little trooper. So far so good.

Boring Day at school

Dallin must have been bored at school yesterday. He took it upon him self to cut his hair. I don't think that he thought that i would notice but it is right in the front of his head. It is pretty bad that a 7 year old is cutting his hair. I guess i should feel blessed that he is my first to cut his hair. But as you can see it is easy to cover up once you brush his hair. So it really isn't to bad. LUCKY HIM:)

Emalee and Reagan

This is Emalee and Reagan. Today we spent the day at Kims house making bows for Reagan and helping her with what ever we could. Emalee loves Reagan and is always telling me that she wants to touch her and hold her all the time. Kim was nice enough to let her help feed her a bottle. Emalee talked about it the whole way home. And kept telling me that she is so cute. I also was quick enough to get a picture of Reagan smiling. She is so stinking cute. Since i was there i took some pictures of Kims new home so i included them. There are quite a few. But it is Always fun to see the progress that is going on up there.

Laundry room

This is the Bathroom By the Kitchen and Formal Living (no picture of that room).Kim did a really neat paint in this bathroom This is the bathroom that is by the back door from the Garage. Next to the Laundry room. Sorry the picture is sideways. This is the "secret" passage to the toy room. It is in the hall closet and it goes over the second set of stairs that go up. Kind Cool. This is the downstairs family room the door on the left is the theater room and the door on the right is what Kim would like to call "The Kimmie Room". The other picture is looking on the other side looking into Hailey's room the "The Spare Room".
This is the Theater room. It has a wet bar and theater seating. And the really nice looking cabinet.
Slade and Teagan in Slades room. They have combining room with the bathroom in the middle of the rooms. Jack and Jill i guess is what they call it.
Hailey's Bathroom which is down stairs.
Play room and the door you see is the bonus room.

Master bedroom shower

These are looking into the front room from the front door and the main set of stairs going up. Clynt did a wonderful job on the railing. If you look closly you will see the wonderful sunset that kim will be able to enjoy out her back windows. GORGEOUS. And looking down the stairs at the front door.

This is the Kitchen and the bottom one is looking into the Kitchen from the front room.

Update on Nathan

Nathan is doing very well they have uped his feedings and they are now giving him vitamins and extra calories add to his milk and Mel says that he is doing so great. They have had to put some straps around his arms so he won't tug at the tubes and all the other things that he can get ahold of. Which that is kinda funny. Mel said last night that he is about 1 pound and 12 ounces.

FUNNY

I thought that this was kinda funny. Kenadee using Jarens brush and brushing her leg hair. She was kinda embarrassed when i told her that i was going to put it on the blog.

Reagan Kim Cutler

Reagan Kim Cutler was born September 12, 2008. She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. She is a week old in this picture. She is so cute. Emalee is always asking to touch her. Kim is doing good and their house is almost done. When it is done i will get pictures posted.