The Magleby's

Perinatologist, 14 weeks

2011-01-26T13:20:00.002-07:00

After our 2nd OB appt the Dr we met with wasn't convinced that I did indeed have Incompetent Cervix... this was I will admit more then deflating to my hope with this pregnancy... I had put all of my eggs in this IC basket and then to hear him say that but not have any idea based on my records what could have caused it instead then it felt like we were back to square one. He wanted us to meet with a Perinatologist and see what she had to say. It was 2 weeks away and I have to say those 2 weeks were sort of a low point for me, I was frustrated, upset and worried about how this would continue and those dang pregnancy hormones did not help AT ALL with those worries.

The day finally came when we met with the Peri and they did an ultrasound. As soon as the tech had me lay back to do the ultrasound Zach asked if she was taking the baby out of mommy's tummy, he was very concerned- it was adorable- and we reassured him the baby was going to stay in mommy's tummy for a long time. It was so fun to see the lil baby in there squirming around and having the craziest hiccups. Zach thought it was so funny to see the baby hiccuping and that was all he could talk about when you asked him about seeing the baby :) After she got all the pics & info she needed she left and we waited for the Peri to come in. She had me explain everything that happened the day Zach was born from the time I woke up until the time he was born. After I got it all out she said, while it doesn't sound like the textbook definition of Incompetent Cervix right off the bat (which is a painless dilation, and I was definitely feeling the contractions) she thinks that at the point where I felt a sharp pain -the first thing that made me call the Dr- I was already probably 5or6 cm dilated and my body was starting active labor. Trying to wrap my mind around that freaked me out, I had gotten up that morning, gotten dressed and drove to work all without knowing I was already halfway dilated!! So she told us she wanted me to get the Cerclage still and sent us on our way, and I must say that leaving her office that day it felt like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders, we were back on track and ready to go!!

around & about the house... christmas edition

2011-01-26T13:08:00.003-07:00

Just some fun pictures from our adventures leading up to Christmas

Zach has taken up photography... any chance he can get his hands on the camera he'll take a picture of anything.... his favorite subjects are himself and Spider-Man :)

Joe's amazing Aunt Annie made us this Advent calendar and Zach would ask first thing as soon as he woke up in the morning if he could go put on a new ornament!

One night after I finished making dinner I didn't put my apron away & left it on the chair.... I turned around & found Zach had decided he wanted to wear it too!

Zach's present he made at school..... this is the bag, look very closely at who it's from, haha it made my day seeing that!! I wouldn't expect anything else from him!

Christmas Tea

2011-01-26T12:47:00.004-07:00

For the last several years we've gone up to the Grand America Hotel with Joe's family for Christmas Tea, and it has become such a fun tradition! This year we mixed it up a little and had a girl's table and a boy's table, which was a lot of fun!! After enjoying some yummy yummy food and fantastic company Santa & Mrs Claus came and visited with every table and then read a story to the kiddo's. Afterwards they all got to sit on his lap & tell them what they wanted for Christmas and it was so fun that Zach was actually excited to do it this year! He walked right up to Santa, hopped on his lap and asked for a Camera! As always we had a fantastic time and afterwards walked around the hotel looking at the amazingly beautiful ballrooms & some pretty neat looking gingerbread houses!

Zach was feeling left out that everyone else had theur feet up so he joined in :)

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

2010-12-13T19:11:00.003-07:00

So, we have this tradition.... every year we go up to Salt Lake to look at the beautiful Christmas lights at Temple Square. This tradition began in 2004 when Joe proposed to me while we were up looking at lights at Temple Square after the Christmas Concert :) And we've gone back up there every year and managed to continue the tradition with Zach! Zach loves it (of course) and has so much fun running around yelling out all of the colors of the lights.

We were very lucky to have such a nice randomly walking by man take some GREAT pictures of us, he even positioned us nicely and up on the steps so we could get the whole Temple in the background! I love going up and seeing the lights, it seems to make the already amazingly beautiful Temple look even more beautiful!! I hope we can carry on this tradition for many many more years to come!

Christmas Decorating!

2010-12-13T19:02:00.002-07:00

After we got back from California, we broke out the Christmas Decor & got busy!! Zach was SO excited to put the ornaments up on the tree, I think he put most of them up by himself :) He picked out a Spiderman/Green Goblin ornament this year, and has been dying to get it out of the box, so when I told him we could put it up on the tree it was a most joyous day for him!! I love that he is old enough to remember the tree from last year, and that he is SO excited to decorate it. Everyday when he sees the stockings he checks in them to see if Santa came yet :) I keep telling him that Santa wont come until Christmas which is still 2 weeks away but lets be honest, that doesnt mean anything to him!

Zach showing off his new ornament

putting the first ornament up on the tree
Zach & daddy trying to find good spots for their ornaments!

and topping it all off with the star!

ta-da! Merry Christmas!

Baby Magleby #2 on the way!

2010-11-28T12:58:00.002-07:00

Well, that pretty much says it all, we're expecting Baby Magleby #2!! Our Due date is June 21, 2011 and we cannot be more excited!! We told Zach right away as soon as we found out because we figured it would take him the entire 9 months to get used to the idea... as most of you know he is extremely leary of babies... he doesn't know what to make of them especially the crying part... he has very sensitive hearing as it is, and is very emotional so when the crying goes on and on it really upsets him. We're hoping that since they baby is ours, and will be here 24/7 he will get used to it, and it won't bother him so much. He seems to be getting excited about the idea.

Down to the nitty gritty... so in hopes of not repeating what happened with Zach's premature birth we've set up a pretty good plan with my OB. He was FANTASTIC at listening to my list of things that I've researched over the last 4 years and wanted to try. He mentioned Incompetent Cervix right off the bat which I have to say was a bit of a relief... because once you know what it is you know what you can do to prevent it... not knowing is the hardest part!! So that being said here is our plan to keep this lil one in here as long as is humanly possible:

1) A Cervical Cerclage. We'll be going in a few weeks to have one placed (once finals are over!). Basically in the case of Incompetent Cervix the cervix can't hold the pressure of the growing baby and it gradually begins opening up and most of the time you don't know it until it's too late. So the purpose of the cerclage is that they sew the cervix shut and (if we make it that long!) they remove it at 37 weeks. In the event where it is placed as a preventative measure rather than a rescue measure (once you've started dilating) it has an 85-90% success rate (success is counted as making it to 37 weeks and beyond).

2) 17p (alpha hydroxyprogesterone) shots. I'll be doing these once a week from weeks 16-36. These are found to be very helpful in pregnancies after preterm births of preventing subsequent preterm births. This was the main thing that I have researched over the last 4 years as the Dr's had previously said no to Incompetent Cervix. I cant even tell you how many case studies, message boards and other websites I've researched this one to death on. I was so excited as soon as my Dr said yes before I even finished talking about it. He said that he has had a lot of good experience with it and was going to recommend it!

I'm feeling very positive about this, and have very good feelings (as well does my Dr) about this pregnancy going farther than we did with Zachary. We go in in a few weeks for an ultrasound which we are SO excited about... I suppose the one good side to a High Risk pregnancy is all the extra ultrasounds, lol. So we'll keep you posted!!

Thanksgiving pictures!

2010-11-28T12:33:00.005-07:00

Zach playing with Reighlynn

Making some yummy birthday pizza's

Zach was really excited for all the cheese!

Singing happy birthday to Joe!

Grandpa trying to sneak a piece of Zach's cinnamon rolls... he wasnt having any of that!!

Nathan & Katie

Thanksgiving 2010!

2010-11-28T12:09:00.004-07:00

This year for Thanksgiving we made a super quick trip down to California to have Thanksgiving with my family!! It was so much fun! We flew in Thursday morning, (which was also Joe's birthday) and made it home in time for lunch, got to see JT & Kasaundra and their cute lil twins and Nathan & Katie with Reighlynn which was so fun! We had a relaxing afternoon and had fun hanging out with the fam!

That night, in honor of Joe's Birthday, we made homemade pizza's and had some yummy cake. Zach loved the cake and managed to eat most of Joe's piece! :) The next day we celebrated Thanksgiving, having everyone there except for Stephen & Lacie and Anderson (we missed you guys!). There was lots of yummy turkey... yummy mashed potatoes... yummy stuffing and corn... all the amazingly yummy traditional Thanksgiving yummyness!! Topping it all off with of course the pumpkin pie and chocolate pie :)

All in all it was a perfect trip down, we got to see lots of family, do lots of relaxing, and feel plenty rejuvenated! I love trips like that, where you don't need a vacation afterwards to recover from your vacation!, lol.

Shutterfly!!

2010-11-11T08:39:00.002-07:00

first off let me say how much I LOVE shutterfly!! I love that they have so many wonderful things to choose from. We've made a photobook of Zach's NICU stay with them, and it turned out so perfectly!! We also made a small soft copy 5x7 size photobook of Zach's first trips to Disneyland and he loves looking through it and pointing out all of the fun things we did there, and the fun Characters he got to meet.

Pictures capture so many of our favorite memories, it can take you right back to that very moment, and is something we treasure so much in our family, pictures mean so much to us. Being able to use a site like Shutterfly really helps to get some memories organized now that I am SO far behind on scrapbooking.... I am really considering just making Zach's baby book on here, since clearly I haven't worked on it since he was about 4 months old.

This year we are going to be doing our Christmas cards through Shutterfly, our first time using them for this and I am so excited!! They have SO many cute designs to choose from my favorite being this one!! http://http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/cool-peppermint-dots-christmas-5x7-folded-card?sortType=1&storeNode=93476

This is also another cute one: http://http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/snow-pals-christmas-card?sortType=1&storeNode=93476

They also have really cute calendars which work as great presents for say Grandparents, or even for yourself!! http://http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars

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Halloween 2010!!

2010-11-06T17:16:00.006-06:00

Well, our Halloween week this year was crazy busy to say the least!! :) Tuesday night we went to The Pumpkin Patch so Zach could pick out his pumpkin... as always he had a blast looking at all the different pumpkins until he found the right one!! :)

Thursday afternoon we made our yearly Halloween costume trip to take Zach into Grandpa Magleby's work. Zach had a blast riding the elevator up and then was so excited to see Grandpa and everyone in the office was excited to see him! They were all charmed by his cuteness & offered him candy which he quickly accepted!! I'm so bummed I forgot to take pictures while we were there!! :(

Then Friday night we went to our Ward Trunk or Treat which was a little crazy, a little crowded, but Zach had a lot of fun playing the different games to get his candy prizes :) He then LOVED the cake walk, where he got a cupcake. We didn't get too many pictures since it was so crowded, but we did manage to get one of War Machine with his cupcake :)

Saturday night we went over to Grandma & Grandpa Magleby's house to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood :) As per tradition JT & Kasaundra came with us and for the first time the twins got to go trick-or-treating too!! They were such cute lil' skunks!! So here is everyone who dressed up in their Halloween costumes: Delilah the skunk, Kasaundra as the lady from Bones, Zach as War Machine, Linda as Spider-Grandma, JT as the guy from Bones, and Porter the skunk!

After we finished Trick-or-Treating Zach got to call Uncle Dan and they chatted it up for a bit, and Uncle Dan read him a book which he sure enjoyed!

Linda tickling Porter with her cape, he loved it!!

Overall it was such a fun week and Zach was really into trick-or-treating this year. Every house we left he would hold up his bucket and say "I got another candy!!!" like everytime it was such an exciting surprise to get another one!!

My little Study Buddy

2010-10-16T15:32:00.002-06:00

Zach has been quite interested in my Anatomy book.. here's a little background on why...

Zach thinks that all things skull/skeleton are Pirates... due to the Skull that is on a Pirate flag, therefore every skull is a Pirate... he LOVES Halloween decorations for that reason. SO... fastfoward to my anatomy book...

I try not to study too much while he is awake, I can usually get a good amount of studying in during nap time and at night after he goes to bed at night, but this week I've been studying for my Midterm (which was today) so I've been studying a lot more than usual. Thankfully Zach has been very interested in it (thinking it's a pirate and all) so he has been asking a lot of questions about what is what, so it's really helped me to study. At one point this week I had checked out a skull, a hand & a foot so refresh on them and Zach thought it was the COOLEST thing in the world :) He is sure such a good study buddy :) If only he thought History was as interesting...

Zach comparing the book to his "Little Pirate Boy" that he picked out this year... he loves it

The little Nole

2010-10-16T15:24:00.002-06:00

Zach has become quite fond of watching Football with Daddy this year :) It's Joe's dream come true, he's been waiting for this since the day we found out Zach was a boy!! It helps that with my having a lab Saturday mornings, it's just Joe & Zach here & they have sure bonded over football. They can be found cheering together, even if Zach isn't quite paying attention and he hears Joe yell "Touchdown" and Zach will drop whatever he is doing, run to the TV and yell "Touchdown!!"

melts my heart!!

2010-09-25T13:54:00.002-06:00

I sure do love my Zachy Maggy!! He always says the funniest, cutest things, and some of them just melt my heart... his latest thing is coming up with some duo that we are... SO for example today when I put him down for his nap he says "I so love you Spiderman" which then means I say " I so love you Venom" :) It is so cute... we've been Spiderman & Venom, Spiderman & Green Goblin, Batman & Flash, Iron Man & War Machine, Curious George & Man in the Yellow Hat (i never get to be George though!) and Optimus Prime & Bumblebee...

It cracks me up every time, and sometimes when he throws in a new one it takes me a second to think of who the opposite would be :) I sure do love this kid!

Busy Busy Busy

2010-09-21T21:23:00.002-06:00

Yikes, it's not like I'm very good at updating the blog on a regular basis as is but now it's probably going to be a lot less likely!! :) I just started back at BYU this semester... my 8 yr long semester off has officially ended :) I'm kind pretty excited and since I'm going at night it's probably going to be a few years before I'm done... but it's been kind nice being back at it :) keep your fingers crossed for me... I think I'm gonna need it :)

here & there... round & about...

2010-09-21T18:45:00.002-06:00

Fun pics from around and about the house!! :)

Zachy Maggy was so proud of himself for writing the letter Z!!

This is what happens when you think your 4 year old is playing nicely upstairs in his room...

Sleepy War Machine taking a quick snooze...
Some very rare mommy & zachy snuggle time!!

writing his letter B's!!!

2010-09-21T18:34:00.002-06:00

On Labor Day we finally made it up to the Living Planet Aquarium!! We've been trying to get up there for a long time, but it never seems to work out with our schedules!! Zach thouroughly enjoyed himself, he especially loved the fish tanks!! :)

"It's a REALLY big froggie!!"

Zach really wasn't sure how he felt about petting the mantaray's... he kept patting the water, so they kept sqimming by but when they would get close he would pull his hand out & wave :)

Penguins!!!

It was a great trip!! Fun was had by all, and I'm so glad we finally made it up there!!

First Day of Preschool!!

2010-09-21T18:29:00.002-06:00

Another year, and another First Day of School!! Zach was SO excited to go back to school, and has been dying to wear his new Iron Man backpack!!

His new teacher is so great, he really seems to like her a lot!! He did so great at drop off, in fact he just waked right in put his backpack away and ran off to play!! MUCH better experience than the first day of school last year!! :)

a little Halloween sneak peak...

2010-09-21T18:27:00.000-06:00

While at Costco we happened upon this lil guy and Zach decided he needed it for his Halloween costume!! Look of for War Machine this Halloween!!

Trout Grandkids photo shoot!!

2010-09-21T18:13:00.004-06:00

While my Mom & Katie were up visiting we took the opportunity while all 5 of the grandkids were together to take a few shots of them (since they are all so stinking cute!!)

It was literally Zach's worst nightmare, (he is terrified of babies for whatever reason, so to be surrounded by 4 of them was a lot all at once!) but we were able to bribe him with m&m's & sprinkle doughnuts and Lacie's mom did SUCH a great job of getting them while they were smiling/looking at the camera!!

All 5 Trout grandkids!!

Then Shauna took pics of all of them by themselves, and they all turned out so cute, but I just LOVED these ones of Zach!! :)

The true sign of lots o' babies!

Another Grandma Trout visit!?!?!?!

2010-09-21T18:05:00.003-06:00

About a week after my parents came up for Anderson's blessing my mom and Katie came back up to bring Kasaundra & the twins home :) It was so fun to have her stay with us!! Zach especially loved having her here :) And while she was here she made us some SUPER CUTE curtains!! Then we were able to have everyone over for dinner :) It was so fun to have everyone over & get to spend some time together with all of these cute babies there are these days!!

Everyone over for a big family dinner :) (minus my dad, stephen & nathan)

Joe sneaking in a little Anderson time, its hard getting that cute little guy all to yourself!

Anderson!

2010-08-14T18:14:00.002-06:00

On Zach's birthday his cousin Anderson was born (to Stephen & Lacie) He is the cutest little boy & looks just like his daddy!

(Picture courtesy of Lacie's blog!)

So last weekend was his blessing, it was such a fun occasion to get together to celebrate, and while there we decided to get the grandbabies (who were there, we missed you Reighlynn) together for a picture! Zach, not being a fan of babies in general, was not too keen on the idea until I told him he could get a sprinkle doughnut on the way home. After that he promptly laid right down!
I'll have to add some more pictures later after I get them from my mom! She took all the pictures, including a super cute one of Zach giving Anderson a kiss! :)

Family Reunion... Sort of!

2010-08-14T17:57:00.002-06:00

Last weekend we drove down to Richfield/Monroe for a Magleby family Reunion on Monroe Mountain. We drove down Friday afternoon and got to the Hotel in time to get ready for some swimming with Grandpa Magleby. We got down to the pool and Zach wanted NOTHING to do with it, so back up to our room we went, and settled for some daddy/zach wrestling matches :) Zach had a blast, until it was time to calm down & go to bed!

Then Saturday morning we woke up, got some breakfast, checked out of the hotel and it started raining... we looked at the mountain we were supposed to drive up, and it was covered by a huge raincloud...the whole mountain. Not to mention the lightning that was flashing on the mountain as well... So we decided we weren't going to head up... no need to risk getting stuck on the muddy road, or getting struck by lightning. So instead we drove into Monroe, and Dave showed us all of the family houses and buildings that are amazingly still up. We saw the store that Hans O. Magleby built (Joe's Great Great Great Grandfather, who came over from Denmark) and his house as well as a lot of other family houses, the old Relief Society building & some other fun landmarks.

Hans O's House

Us in front of Hans O's store

The old store

Afterwards we stopped by the Cemetery and saw where Hans O, his wives & children were buried, along with a lot of other Magleby family members.

Zach & Joe with Hans O's graveside

All in all I think the tour of Monroe was actually just as much fun if not more fun than going up on the mountain. It was so neat to see where everyone came from and all of the family history that is still down there!

Sundance

2010-08-14T17:38:00.004-06:00

For Katie's Birthday we went up to Sundance and had a yummy meal at the Foundry Grill, and then strolled around outside anjoying the beautiful scenery up there. We really need to go up there more often, its so close there really is no reason not to!

Happy Birthday Aunt Katie!!

Zach & Grandma playing Cars while we waited for our food

Zach & Grandpa counting how many cars there are

me & joe :)

had to get a family photo!

Zach's 4th Birthday

2010-08-14T17:12:00.003-06:00

Well, my baby turned 4... it sure doesn't feel like 4 years has passed since he was born, but I have to say every year I am more and more grateful that it is this year rather than the day he was born. He has come such a long way from those early scary days, and with every passing day I think i forget a little more and a little more just how scary it was, and only remember how great he is now. He is the best little boy any parents could ask for. So loving, and happy, and genuinely worried for people when they are sad. He is a good listener, so fun & outgoing, and becoming quite a funny person. He has the cutest personality and now that he is talking so much you can really see it coming out, and he says just the funniest things. He brings such a joy to our lives, and I just cant even begin to think of what our lives would be like without him.

Enjoying a yummy birthday breakfast of French Toast & Banana's

Opening up his birthday card's from great grandma grandpa trout & great great grandma herran!

For his Birthday day we made some cupcakes and took them to our favorite nurses at the NICU!! I am so mad I didn't get any pictures while we were there! But they were SO excited to see us, especially Zach and see how great he looked, how well he is talking and just generally how healthy he is now!! We are so grateful for these nurses and doctors... not a holiday, birthday or general milestone Zach achieves goes by without me thinking of them... without them Zach wouldn't be here today.

Afterwards we went to go see Despicable Me... Zach has been asking and asking and asking to see this since he first saw the previews, and it was SUCH a cute movie!! Then we went out to Brick Oven for some yummy dinner! Zach enjoyed his yummy pizza and they even sang Happy Birthday to him, and brought him a ice cream sundae with a sucker in it!

Then on the way home we stopped by Toys R Us so he could pick out something fun with his birthday money he got from Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Trout and Great Great Grandma Herran! He picked out this Iron Man 3 pack he has had his eye on the last few times we've stopped by.. he was in HEAVEN!

Zach's 4th Birthday Party: TRANSFORMERS!!

2010-08-14T16:47:00.004-06:00

For Zach's Birthday this year he decided he wanted to have a Transformers party... I thought for sure it would have changed to Toy Story, or How to Train Your Dragon or one of the other fun movies that came out this year, but NO Transformers it was!! So we had a fun party on Pioneer day, which happened to be the closest Saturday to his Birthday. We had a blast seeing friends, and watching the kids play in the water!

The Birthday Boy!! I can't believe my baby is 4!!

Getting things set up!
putting the finishing touches on Optimus Prime :)

Optimus from the front

and from the side... Not my best cake, but Zach loved it!!

Zach & Uncle Ben... can you tell Zach was saying cheese!

Bubbles!!

the kiddos table for lunch :)

As soon as Zach saw his Auny Emily he went right up to her and gave her a big hug and took her hand and they walked off together, it was so cute!!

Aunt Katie helping Zach be brave enough to get close to the sprinkler & dump some water on it!

trying on his new Iron Man mask!

Aunt Annie, Katie, Zach & Grandma Kay

Zach blowing out his candles (with some help from mommy)

trying out his new Harley :)

Zach & Kaylin squeezing in a little bit more playtime before it was time to clean-up!

As soon as we got home Zach put on his mask & said "I AM IRON MAN!!"

4th of July Weekend!!

2010-08-14T16:28:00.003-06:00

As has become our yearly tradition on the 4th of July we went to the parade in Provo with the Magleby's and JT & Kasaundra & the twins came with us too. It was so much fun as always!!

It was so much fun the the 4th was over the weekend this year because it seemed like all the fun festivities were spread out!

On Saturday the 3rd we went up on the Kimball Tower with Joe's family and watched the Stadium of Fire Fireworks, this was Zach's 1st year going up there and he loved it!!

The on Monday the 5th was the Parade. This year we brought some of those little poppers, thinking Zach would like them, and if not then Joe would definitely have fun with them!! As it turned out, Zach LOVED them!!

me & joe :)

Annie, Linda & baby Delilah!

Uncle Dan making sure the loud sirens don't hurt Zach's ears!

"It's a MUSTANG!!!!" Zach was very excited there were so many Mustang's in the Parade!

Mommy & Zach

After the Parade we went over to Dave & Linda's house for some yummy lunch and Zach's favorite pool time!! looks like he picked yet another water fight with daddy.... uh-oh!

Water Fun!!

2010-08-14T16:22:00.002-06:00

One of the best things about our new place is that we can pull out Zach's water table all the time, (without having the people downstairs complaining about water getting on their balcony)!! This particular day Zach and daddy got into a big 'ol water fight!

Feeding the Ducks!

2010-08-14T16:07:00.002-06:00

Once it was finally warm enough outside we decided it was time to go feed the ducks again!! Zach loved it so much last year, and had been asking about it for a while! So we made up our bread bags to take & visit our duckies!

cute little baby ducklings!

"come here duckies I want to feed you!"

and no visit to the duck park would be complete without the huge slide!

So happy to be on the swings!!

trying to climb the rock wall with daddy's help!

sliding backwards down the slides! the only way to go!

hangin out around & about

2010-07-23T23:31:00.004-06:00

Just some fun pictures from our adventures hanging out in riverside!

great grandma trout & delilah

jt & nathan doing what they do best... guitar hero

enjoying some snuggly time with a super cute sleeping porter... i love this kiddo :)

since jt&kasaundra slept at her parents house and nathan&katie slept at her parents house it was just us and stephen&lacie at my parents house and it was so fun! It was a great chance for us to get some time together and anjoy a few things such a rousing game of monopoly... and learning that when you really want a cheeseburger, you call cheesecake factory ;)

jt & delilah

zach LOVING being thrown up by uncle jt

stephen & lacie chillin on the couch, enjoying the madness around us :)

zach was being so silly, and this one turned out so cute with his great-grandma & great-grandpa trout smiling at him :)
also, while we were down there (the night before we left to come home) katie had her little girl, Reighlynn and we were able to swing by the hospital and meet her before we left to go home!

It was such a fun vacation, and such a fun way to celebrate our time together.

Big 'ol family breakfast!

2010-07-23T23:21:00.002-06:00

Saturday morning we all got together and met up with Grandma & Grandpa Trout and went out to breakfast! :) A great time was had by all! :)

dad with porter & delilah

zachy maggy

me & joe

grandma & grandpa trout

jt & kasaundra

nathan & katie

stephen & lacie

stephen & porter :)

10 years?!?!?

2010-07-23T23:12:00.003-06:00

While we were down in Riverside we planned a dinner get together with most of our old gang, some of us haven't seen each other since graduation (1o years ago! gasp!). It was really fun to catch up and see what everyone is up to now, and even more strange that almost all of us have kids now! Even more fun was that we just picked up where we left off, like it hasn't been forever! Hopefully we can all get together again before another 10 years passes!

such fun times! Some of the funnest experiences of my life were with these people :) We sure missed the ones who couldn't be there! Hopefully next time!!

Hello Trout's!! :)

2010-07-23T23:06:00.003-06:00

After our vacation at the Beach House we headed back over to my parents house where ALL of my brothers and their families were also coming into town!! It was so fun to see everyone (since both Stephen and Nathan have been gone in boot camp and then their advanced training since the end of last year/begining of this year!) It was fun to get together, play with the kiddos & enjoy some yummy food!

Bye Bye Magleby's... :(

2010-07-22T23:31:00.002-06:00

Unfortunately all fun vacations must come to an end. We had such a fun week, loved spending time with people we don't get to see all that often, and made lots of fun memories!

See you later Magleby's! Can't wait till we're all together again!

2 Grandma's and 2 Grandpa's!!!!!

2010-07-22T22:53:00.003-06:00

One night when we were at the beach house, my parents came over for dinner. Zach was so excited once he realized what was going on and yelled out so excitedly "2 Grandma's and 2 Grandpa's!!!" It was so cute, and so fun to have my parents over with my in-laws! I'm so grateful both our families get a long like long lost friends who've known each other for years and we can spend time together with both of them! :) Love all of you!!

Gettin' some sun!!

2010-07-22T22:17:00.007-06:00

Oh the beach.... it never gets old, you can never get sick of it... its just amazing!

Zach (as always) was Grandpa's little shadow. In this particular moment he was helping Grandpa get the chairs set-up for the bonfire :)

Zach really liked getting the sand wet... I'm sure it was just fantastic for his sensory issues to play with the wet sand vs the dry sand, he loved it!

So cute Grandma & Grandpa :)

Beach house, we loved you! We can't wait till we can all get together again!!

A day in San Diego!!

2010-07-22T21:37:00.005-06:00

We had one day we spent in San Diego, which was wonderful! San Diego is one of my favorite places in California to go, there is so much to see, and so many neat places to go.

First we went to Old Town and grabbed some lunch at a very yummy mexican restaurant.

After lunch we walked over to visit the recently remodeled Mormon Battalion visitors Center. I haven't been there in years, and I have to say the interactive-ness of it made it a lot of fun. Even Joe said he had fun, and that's saying something ;)

After the tour we went out and panned for some gold! :)

Zach thought this was the best thing ever! He pumped that water like a pro!

View from the top of the Visitors Center

After a fun afternoon in Old Town we went to a Padres game! It was Zach's first time at a baseball game, and I think all of our first time at the new Petco field!

Funny story of the night... about halfway through the 1st inning Zach saw a guy sit down next to Joe with a piece of pizza... and he promptly turned to me and said "I really want some pizza!" I was so shocked by this whole complete sentence that came out of nowhere it kind of caught me off guard. I told him we would get him some in a little while, once we were a little farther into the game. About 5 min later the vendor guy came buy selling pizza and Zach frantically turned to me again and said "I really really want some pizza" in the saddest little voice I ever heard. So of course we got some then, and he ended up eating about 3/4 of the thing (and it was a huge slice!)

We ended up leaving after the 11th inning since it was so late... I think if I remember it ended up going 14 innings? It was so much fun, and Zach was passed out int he car before we even got to the freeway :)

Disneyland with the Magleby's!

2010-07-22T20:36:00.005-06:00

We took another trip to Disneyland while in California, this time with the entire Magleby family! It was so much fun! Zach had so many people to take him on different rides, and carry him and he loved every minute of it!

On the way into the park with Uncle Dan and Uncle Ben

First ride of the day we got on Dumbo, Zach rode with Grandpa Magleby and he had such a blast with it going up and down!

After Dumbo we got on the Peter Pan ride, and thank heavens we got on when we did, by the time we got off the ride the line was 40 min. long!!

As we got off Peter Pan we noticed there was NO line at Dumbo, and we decided to go again since Zach had so much fun the first time! Joe had just as much fun as Zach did I think making Dumbo go up and down and up and down! :)

Zach also went on the big rockets with Grandpa Magleby, I was a little nervous as to how he would do with this one since it was so high, but he loved it!

Posing with Buzz Lightyear!

On the Buzz Lightyear ride with Aunt Katie... Zach was SOO excited to see Zurg throughout the ride!

About to go in and enjoy some lunch at Club 33 (mine and Zach's first time!)

The whole gang!

The whole family with Lightning McQueen & Mater!

While we went on Soarin' Over California Grandpa Magleby waited outside with Zach (since he was 1 inch too short for the ride!) and when we got out Zach had passed out, so cute!

Big snuggles for Uncle Ben!

I highly recommend the Pixar Pals Parade at California Adventure... it was SO cute!!

Getting ready for the new Toy Story 3-D arcade game ride! Zach sat on my lap and I aimed while he shot and he LOVED it, he asked to go again as soon as we got off, but the park was closing :(

The last ride of the night was Autopia, Zach got to drive (with daddy pushing the gas pedal), about halfway through he decided he didn't need to steer anymore, haha thank heavens the cars are on a rail!

All in all we had such a fun day, it's so nice to have these vacation memories with our family! Here's to many more years of fun family memories!

Rainbows... and chillin at the house :)

2010-07-21T23:58:00.004-06:00

As usual per tradition we made our trek to the Rainbow outlet... the only way to properly buy Rainbows :) Oh so comfy... how we love you :) Also we just had so much fun hanging out with family... we take it any time we can get it when we are all together, its so much fun and we wish it could happen more often! :)

Zach & Aunt Katie taking an afternoon snooze

mmmm..... spaghetti!
all ready for church... iron man and all

nice after our san clemente ward (which we later found out was JT & Kasaundra's old ward!)

enjoying some sort of tv... either basketball or the apprentice season finale

hanging out waiting for dinner :)

hooray for rainbows

I think everyone actually got a pair or two

Lumpy Seas..... oh and Dolphins!

2010-07-21T23:39:00.004-06:00

Picture courtesy of Emily's blog :)

One of our first outings once we all got together was to go whale/dolphin watching out in Dana Point :) Those of you who know me know how much i LOVE dolphins and whales and mostly all marine animals, so I was pretty excited! We decided it was probably not something Zach would enjoy so Joe more than happily volunteered to stay home with him. We got there and the guys warned us that the seas were pretty rough, so we got some dramamine and hoped on board. They warned us at least another 2 times once on board that there were "lumpy seas" and to be forewarned. So we set off finally and it was pretty lumpy to say the least, and lets just say my tummy was not a fan ;) I LOVED it, other than the lumpy water part :) We came across what they called a mega-pod of dolphins, and it was just beautiful to see!! It was pretty much the highlight of the trip for me (next to taking Zach to Disneyland of course!)

Before we set off to lumpy seas

Katie & Em (yay for sisters!)

out at sea :)

the mega-pod!

Ahh... the Beach House... how we love you!

2010-06-22T19:19:00.003-06:00

After a few days at my parents house we met up with the rest of the Magleby clan down at the Beach House in Capistrano... it was so fun to get together with everyone (some of whom we hadn't seen since Thanksgiving!) Zach went straight outside to the sand, which barefoot he was not a fan of, but once we got his water shoes on he was all for it!

The view out the sliding glass door! Beautiful!

Zach running for dear life away from the water! Look closely at his face, its priceless!! He eventually let go of Katie's hand and kept running towards the house!

Having a post nap snuggly with Aunt Emily! :)

Then Joe broke out the kite and got it all set up for Zach (it was a Bumblebee kite of course!)

Bowling with Grandpa!

2010-06-22T19:07:00.002-06:00

We decided bowling would be a fun activity that Zach was bound to love :) Balls, knocking things over... what could be better!

Zach bowled his first Strike!! (he ended up getting 3 in the course of our 2 games!!)

He had so much fun bowling, to him the ramp was the greatest thing he's ever done!

Even Grandpa had some pretty good bowling moves (though I'm sure his back was none too pleased with those moves!)I was very impressed with Zach... he lugged that ball over to the ramp all by himself (until we were about halfway done with the 2nd game, he was pretty pooped out by then!)

And then here we have Zach with Sally again :) first thing in the morning he would hear her meowing out in the living room and come right out to find her :)

Giving Sally kisses on her ear

We had so much fun at my parent's house and we'll be back in a week but until then... off to the Beach house!!

DISNEYLAND!!

2010-06-22T18:25:00.007-06:00

So while we were down in California we took Zach to Disneyland for the first time... we know he would either LOVE it or HATE it (he's fun like that) but it was hard to know ahead of time how he would actually like it... turns out he LOVED it!! :) And surprisingly enough he LOVED seeing the characters, he got the biggest smiles whenever we saw one, and would give them the biggest hugs and after the trip we would ask what he did at Disneyland and he would rattle off the list of everyone he saw. As for rides, they were pretty hit and miss. The first one we did was Pirates of the Caribbean and he really liked it until the part where you go through the fog where they have a video of Davey Jones projected onto it... he pretty much lost it after that and wanted off ASAP! Afterwards we tried the Winnie the Pooh ride, Pinocchio, and the Jungle Cruise. He was still a little leery during the Winnie the Pooh ride (it was the next one we went on after Pirates). He did really like the Jungle Cruise however, especially the Hippos and the Elephant's. It was such a fun day, and it was so fun to have my parents there with us to experience this "First" with him. I feel so sad they miss being there for a lot of those "firsts" being that we're a few states a part, so it meant a lot to have them there!!

(the pictures are all backwards in order & I ran out of the patience to re-arrange them all!)

waiting for the parade to start!
Zach's first pair of Mickey ears! (of course he picked the Lightning McQueen ones!)

he had the BIGGEST hug for Goofy, it was so cute!

Of course we had to get a family picture with Eeyore! :)

Zach was SO excited to see Eeyore, he ran right up to him!

right after we came out of the Pooh ride, Zach's poor eyes were still trying to adjust to the brightness outside!

California here we come!!!

2010-06-22T18:13:00.003-06:00

When we first got down to California and my parents house Zach fell IN LOVE with Sally (my parents cat) If Sally went into the kitchen, Zach went into the kitchen... if she somehow managed to sneak away from him he would wander the house saying "where Sally go?!?" in his saddest voice, it was pretty stinking cute. He kept wanting to pick her up and hug her, so we finally had to tell him she doesn't like that but if she is laying down you can hug her tummy and give her kisses on her ears. He was pretty happy about that, and poor Sally was SUCH a good sport, especially since we were all a little older when we got her, (I think I was in 6th grade?!) so she hasn't really had to deal with the over excited, in-your-face toddlers :)

Zach also enjoyed very much seing Grandpa Trout again!! He loves his Grandma's, but he is very much a Grandpa's boy with both Grandpa's... it's pretty funny to watch and SO cute!! :)

next up... DISNEYLAND!!!

Yay for Mom's and Haircuts!!

2010-06-22T18:00:00.002-06:00

My WONDERFUL Mom came up a few days after we moved to help us in getting our old place cleaned out and get settled in here at the new place and we were so glad to have her here! She was a lifesaver in helping wipedown walls and fill in holes from nails! It was also nice to have a room for her to sleep in instead of having her sleep on the couch! (although our new couches are a LOT more comfortable to sleep on than the old one was!) Zach still calls the 3rd bedroom Grandma's room every time he walks by it! :)

and...

Yay for Haircuts! I've never had pictures from Zach's haircuts before, because usually I'm trying to hold the freaking out Zach in his chair so we can TRY to get an even haircut! But he has gotten SO much better now! He is actually pretty excited and so focused on watching Cars while they are doing it that he hardly notices (as long as the girl remembers not to use the hairdryer to blow off the hair... that sends him over the edge!) My mom was able to come with us to see what a big boy he was and snap some pictures of it! :)

and YAY for Cookie Cutters, I don't care that they are in Lehi... I gladly drive there every 6 weeks because it is SO worth it for Zach to be happily occupied and end up with such a cute new 'do!

March for Babies, and Zach's Last day of school!

2010-06-22T17:32:00.003-06:00

Well, Zach's last day on the bus was technically before his last day of school. Once we moved, we were not on the bus route anymore, so this is his last day on the bus. He was so sad that he didn't get to go on the bus the following Monday, but I think between being in a new house, and Grandma Trout staying with us, he was pleasantly distracted enough! :) He had the BEST bus driver, she was fantastic and kind of like with his Teacher, it was comforting knowing he was with someone who really cared about him! We miss her already, but hopefully we'll see her again soon!

This was Zach's last day of school. It was a bitter-sweet day. He has made SUCH unbelievable progress from his first day of school, he's hardly recognizable as the same kid. He was also so lucky that he had (hands down) THE BEST group of teachers there could possibly be. You could always tell they truly cared about him, and he talked about them constantly at home. They made the scary (for us at least) transition to starting school so much more comfortable to deal with. We're really hoping we will end up with them again next year (we wont find out till probably next month once they have figured out the new boundaries) but if not we're so glad to have had them for Zach this last year, they had the personalities that made it possible for him to grow and make him feel comfortable being with them.
The week after we moved (the one weekend between the move and our trip down to California) we did our annual March of Dimes March for Babies walk. This year we went up to the Salt Lake walk for the first time, since the Provo one was when we were in California. It was a very neat experience, definitely a LOT more people that we were used to at the Provo ones! We love being able to participate in this walk as it means SO much to our family! I've said it before and you bet I'll say it again, no matter how many walks we do or how much money we raise we could NEVER be able to pay back the research the March of Dimes has funded, many of those things saved Zach's life. We are so grateful for them and the research they do and the awareness they bring to this cause that touches our family to deeply. Every year Zach becomes more and more "normal" I guess you could say and seeing him there it's probably hard to imagine where he came from, and it just makes me so happy to be able to give back, even if it's just to walk a few miles. Being around people who truly understand what it's like, who lives through the hell of months in the NICU, you can just feel a comradory (or however you spell that!) there.

Zach with his poster we made, we were walking through looking for where his ended up and he was SO excited when he found it! :)

Blah! Crazyness!!

2010-06-19T15:22:00.002-06:00

Yikes I haven't blogged in a while... there was the whirlwind of Moving, then the next weekend was the March of Dimes walk, and then we left for California for almost 2 weeks, and then we got back and have been trying to unpack, and get settled back into life ever since then!! I will (hopefully this weekend) get all caught up with our past month and then be ready to go!

We sure love our new place. Zach refers to it as the "fun house" :) Its so nice to have a place to play outside, and have a place for Zach's water table (which is a major part of his summer activities) and the playground here :) Not to mention the space we have here inside! Its so nice to be able to be in the kitchen cooking dinner, or unloading groceries, and not feel claustrophobic if Joe or Zach come in!

We're moving!

2010-04-26T19:12:00.003-06:00

Yep, that pretty much says it all, we're moving... in 11 days!! yikes!!

Mid-March our landlord let us know he was going to be putting our condo up for sale, and told us after our contract was up the end of April we could stay till it sold if we wanted. He's a fantastic landlord, and we really have enjoyed working with him. But after a couple conversations mostly revolving around Zach and making sure we try to find a place in his school boundaries and not being willing to live not knowing if at any time we could be moving in a month we decided we would keep an eye out for rentals, and if something came up we'd go with the flow, not really diving into full blown moving mode. Well after a week (only a week) we found a Townhouse... a perfect townhouse big enough for us to stay a few years, big enough to grow into... and actual storage space! Not to mention that it is just on the edge of Zach's school, but we wont know till mid June if he will be in the same school next year or a new one [totally off topic but I guess they change the boundaries for the Special Ed Preschools every summer depending on where the needs are so even if we were to stay where we are now he could still end up in another school anyways... we decided it was a risk we were willing to take :)] Needless to say we were pretty excited and jumped on it right away, and we move in May 7th!

So this weekend I started packing, I really want to get a jump on it because I KNOW the next 11 days is going to FLY by!! There have been a few empty boxes in the kitchen and Zach found one this afternoon and decided it was the PERFECT size for him to crawl into and proclaim to the world "I cant SEE" with his eyes closed... he's had a blast with it :)

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-04-21T21:33:00.004-06:00

Well today I'm one year older, and 2 years away from 30! yikes! It was the funnest Birthday though!! Zach gave me a very sweet card with his cute little hand traced on it :) And my very sweet husband got me a gift card to get new clothes (woo-hoo) now that most all of mine are too big! :) We topped off the fantastic night by going out for a yummy dinner at Chili's with my amazing in-laws :) It was so much fun. I suppose its not so bad adding another year, 28 is going to be a great year!!

Re-Adjustment period...

2010-04-21T21:28:00.005-06:00

Zach thoroughly enjoyed his Spring Break... at least the napping part of it! He took 2 hour naps everyday... and he has paid the price for it, pretty much every day since he started back at school this is how we find him about an hour after he gets home from school. This particular day he went into his room to get some more cars and after 10 minutes of silence I went in to check on him and found this :)

Zach's fun school friend

2010-04-12T23:17:00.003-06:00

So as we were getting ready for bed tonight I was asking Zach if he was so excited to go back to school tomorrow and this was our conversation (by the way I LOVE that we can finally have a conversation!!):

C: Are you so excited to go back to school tomorrow?!?

Z: Can see Jack!

C: Yes, I bet you'll get to see Jack tomorrow

Z: Jack saaaddd (in his sad voice)

C: He might be sad, you guys have had a whole week off of school

Z: Jack happy to see Zachy Maggy!

C: Yes, I bet Jack will be SO happy to see Zachy Maggy! I know I'm always happy to see Zachy Maggy!

Its so cute how much he always talks about his friend Jack.... heck that he even has someone he thinks of as a friend. It's such a big step for my little guy who (before school) would never want to play with any kids, much less talk about them ALL THE TIME!! Its so fun!!

Easter Morning

2010-04-12T22:08:00.005-06:00

WE got some fun pictures of Zach enjoying his Easter goodies, but I'm SO mad I didn't take any pictures at our Easter dinner at Annie's house, and even more so that I forgot to get a picture of Zach in his so handsome Easter outfit!! Conference weekend threw me all off!

So here's our baskets before Zach woke up

He was so unbelievably excited that they were Spider Man eggs, he didn't even notice anything else for a little while :)

"Woo-dis" (how he says Lewis, so cute!)

So these next 2 pictures are live-action shots.... He was still so excited about the Spider Man eggs that he started shaking them faster and faster, and just as I was starting to tell him not to shake them too hard...

One of them popped open and M&M's went EVERYWHERE!

He had to name off every Dragon by name :)

Figuring out his new Leap Frog Scribble & Write... He has been a big fan of it, and I'm all for any fun way to get him to practice writing his letters :)

Serenading us with a lovely song :)

After quite a long nap, we went up to Aunt Annie's house for Easter Dinner, and had such a fun time being with family we don't get to see as often as we'd like to! Zach had so much fun showing Aunt Annie and Great Grandma Waters his Dragons, and telling them all of their names. We put him in his Easter Outfit that my Grandma sent up for him, and it was SO cute, he looked so grown up! I'll have to make sure I get a picture of him in it Sunday before Church because I just love it!

Easter Eggstreme!

2010-04-03T16:48:00.002-06:00

This morning we got up and headed out to the Easter Eggstreme up at Thanksgiving Point, we had such a a fun time last year we had to go again! We got there early this year and were about to avoid the hour line we got stuck in last year!! Zach had a blast running around the grassy areas, and went straight to the huge bouncy slide thing... much to my surprise he really wanted to go up it. So we got in line and when it was our turn he climbed right up and headed for the stairs... at which point he started to get really nervous so we asked if he wanted help to go up to the top and he politely said NO get down, down! So kudos to him though, I didn't even expect him to get that far!! Maybe by next year he'll be ready :)

Then we moved on over and got Zach a balloon sword, which he loved so much, and managed to karate chop me & Joe with for the next couple hours :) As we were waiting for the Easter Egg Hunt to start he let go of it and the wind caught it and it flew down across the field, which Zach thought was hilarious, but we managed to chase it down! :)

When it finally started Zach had so much fun finding eggs, and was so proud to count his six eggs!! (and the 1 rock he found & loved!) He is so stinking cute!!

We had such a fun time and even though we were pretty much frozen popsicles when we left, I'm so glad we went... Its so much fun for Zach to have these experiences!!

March for Babies 2010

2010-02-13T17:42:00.004-07:00

Dear Friends and Family

Its that time again, March for Babies 2010 is rapidly approaching!! We are going to be participating in the March up in Salt Lake this year since we are going to be in California when the Provo walk is scheduled. You are more than welcome to join us in the walk up in Salt Lake, we'd love to have you join us, or you can feel free to participate in the Provo walk, which is a lot close for most of you!!

As always we are hoping to reach our goal this year of $500 at least, we would love to earn more, and every little bit helps. you can see our page by going to www.marchforbabies.org/christinamagleby and there you can donate and/or join our team!! thanks again for all your help, we know we wouldn't have the happy, healthy and thriving little guy we have today if it wasn't for the research put out by the March of Dimes!!

Last night in Europe :(

2010-02-13T16:24:00.004-07:00

Our last day in Europe we got up and had a yummy breakfast with the family and then traveled back across the Channel Tunnel to France and decided to go back up to the Eiffel Tower for our last night. We were hoping to go up to the top, but since it was a little later in the day when we got there the line was SO long, there was no way we could have kept Zach in that line for so long, lol. So we decided to instead have a little picnic under the Tower and just enjoy the beautifulness and let Zach run around to his little heart's content :)

The sunset under the Eiffel Tower

Bye Bye Paris it was a blast!!

After taking the RER back to our hotel, we came up and saw the Eiffel Tower had lit up! so pretty!

Back to the Hotel we go!

Zach all ready for bed & watching a little Bolt before bed, he doesn't look tired at all does he ;)

This was truly a trip of a lifetime, and thank you so much Dave & Linda for giving us this amazing experience to see where this Magleby family came from

Hampton Court Palace & Hard Rock London!!

2010-02-13T15:48:00.005-07:00

After the morning at the Tower, we took the Train out to Hampton Court Palace. Zach decided to pass some time on the train reading up on some facts about the Tower we just visited :)

First stop in the Palace was the Kitchen, Zach loved to touch all of the barrels, and pans that were out on display... i think this was his favorite part of the Palace as well :)

This is the beautiful fountain in the middle of the palace, Zach really really wanted to go out on the grass and play with the water, as you can see in the next picture down he even said please :)

The Beautiful clock that Henry VIII had put up in the clock tower, it is I think the neatest clock I've ever seen!

Zach & daddy taking a quick snack break before more exploring

I just loved this ceiling, it was so intricate and beautiful!!

All of the children of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, so sad, so many children and only 1 that lived :(

I love the Chimneys, so pretty

Bye Bye Hampton Court, so fun!! Zach loved getting to run all over the lawn on the way out!!

After our busy day we decided to go to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. We were a little worried about how Zach would handle it since its not the quietest of places to eat, and we all know how much Zach HATES loud noises, but as you can see from this picture he LOVED it there, he had a blast!!

Well London, we had SO much fun there. I think it was my favorite place we stopped and I cant wait to go back sometime.

Joe & I decided we're going to go back there for our 10th anniversary, cant wait!!

Tower of London

2010-02-13T15:30:00.002-07:00

In our second day in London we went of on our own for some exploring. First stop Tower of London. We were able to explore and see everything inside.

Traitor's Gate

In the White Tower we were able to see this amazing display called Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill. It was 3 floor of exhibits of the various pieces of armour and weapons that belonged to Henry VIII. Also there were these cute little armour sets that belonged to children and the pieces that the horses wore. Sadly there were no pictures allowed in there but you can see some of the stuff here : www.hrp.org.uk/Toweroflondon

The Crown Jewels are kept in here, we saw the line and decided against going in to see since there was lots more we wanted to get in that day!

After the Tower we enjoyed a little lunch break before catching the Train out to Hampton Court Palace.

Hello England (day 1)

2010-02-13T14:52:00.005-07:00

Well, we arrived in England in the mid afternoon and got to our hotel and checked in, which was right across from Hyde Park, and we could see Kensington Palace from our floor of the Hotel!

After the rest of the family made it over on the Chanel Tunnel, we set off for the London Eye which was amazing, you could see so much from up there, and really got quite the panoramic view of a good chunk of London :) Zach of course loved it!

Big Ben as seen right as we came up from the tube :)

I didn't quite realize just how big the London Eye was, it was awesome!! Zach LOVED the London Eye, he thought it was so cool that he could climb up and see outside from all angles of the pod. My little daredevil in training

Westminster Abbey right behind us

Zach taking in the sights with Aunt Emily

The Group after The London Eye, minus Grandpa and Zach who headed back to the Hotel while we headed off to the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London (which is amazing!)

The Tower Bridge at night, truly beautiful!

Normandy Part 1

2010-02-13T14:13:00.004-07:00

First to start out day of the Normandy beaches we started at Sword beach, and there were still quite a few remnants out in the waters. It was a beautiful peaceful place to see, and a wonderful way to start off the day.

Zach and Aunt Katie
Next stop was Omaha Beach and the American Cemetary, which was just such a reverant place to be, I'm so greatful to have had a chance to go there.

Normandy Part 2

2009-08-19T22:01:00.007-06:00

The next stop on our D-Day trip was to Point du Hoc. It was so amazing to see how straight up those cliffs are in person. And amazing how it seems time has stood still there, the bunkers, the craters in the ground from the explosions, it is fascinating.

Point du Hoc

Inside one of the old German defences, was this nasty old room, I wasn't even quite sure what was inside the doorway since it was pitch black but just stuck the camera in, and this was what was in there. Thankfully Dan came down and was prepared with a flashlight so we were able to look around (even though it was quite stinky, lol)

Ben & Emily went through one of the tunnels, and popped up here like a cute little set of gophers :)

A kind of overview of the land from the top of one of the old German defences

Zach checking out "Sarge" and the motorcycle attached to it

Utah Beach

Down on Utah beach.... family members, see the seashells I am holding... those were your souvenirs, shells I had picked up for each of you from Utah beach.... and then I forgot them in the rental car (oops)... sorry about that, but at least you know I thought about you ;)

As we were leaving we noticed this sand sculpture, beautiful.

Zach rockin' out on the iPod on the way back to the Hotel! :)

Bayeux, France

2009-08-15T10:14:00.009-06:00

So after our first day in Paris we rented a couple cars, and drove down to Bayeux. On the drive down I was in the back seat with Zach and after he passed out Edward Cullen & Twilight kept me company until I fell asleep, lol. Thank heavens for the iPod! ;)

After we got settled into our rooms, we went to see the Bayeux Tapestry, which was so neat to see in person! (no pics are allowed, so to see if check out the website http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/)

After the Museum we wandered around near the hotel and explored.

While we were out exploring we grabbed a crepe, and Zach LOVED his first real French Crepe! (as you can tell, he was too busy watching Cars to smile for the camera!)

That night we headed out in search of a restauraunt that was big enough for our large group of 10. It was so beautiful walking around down there, like its own littlw world, it was beautiful!

What a fun first day in Bayeux

Paris!! (round 1)

2009-07-18T21:05:00.008-06:00

Next we are off to Paris!! Zach really enjoyed the flight by this point he had become an expert flyer! He especially loved opening & shutting the windows :)

After we got to the Hotel and got settled in we headed out to grab some lunch and then went over to see Notre Dame. It was so beautiful, I'm so glad we were able to go there. Once we got inside it was just so peaceful, we sat in the benches for about 15 minutes just enjoying the relaxing atmosphere taking in the beautiful architecture! SO amazing.

The beautiful Gargoyles

Some of the beautiful sights we came across in our exploring :)

After Zach got in a nap we headed out to the Arc de Triomphe which was so awesome up close. There was some sort of military looking ceremony type of thing, so we weren't able to get closer, darnit!

After the Arc we walked up the Champs-Elysees to meet up with Grandma & Grandpa Magleby, Uncle Dan and Aunt Katie for dinner at the best steak place! Steak and Pom Frites, that's all they have on the menu, and it was so good! Zach really enjoyed his first real french fries there!

Next we went up to the Trocadero to get some good shots in of the Eifel Tower, it was the best view to take it all in, and the beautifulness of the city behind it.

Oslo, Norway

2009-07-13T22:02:00.008-06:00

After our amazing time in Denmark, we boarded and overnight cruise like ship to head to Norway. It was wonderful, I can see why some people love cruises, and Zach loved that every time he looked out a window he could see lots and lots of water!

Once we got to Norway we headed up to the Hotel and found a place to do some much needed laundry before heading out and doing some exploring :) We found a great pizza place (which both Joe & Zach loved!) and of all the booths in the place ours had pictures of both "Doc" and "Flo" which Zach noticed and was very excited! I was quite surprised he could tell that they were the same types of cars!! Such a boy he is! This picture is Zach pointing to "Flo" sadly the one of Doc turned out a little too dark :(

And here is a beautiful flower Zach picked for me :)

Me & Zach in front of the Royal Palace

The lovely "tin foil" statue thing in front of our hotel, lol :) it was pretty cool looking :)

Day 2 in Norway we headed out to the Viking Ship Museum, which was so neat, Zach especially loved seeing all the boats! At one point, being the fast lil toddler he is, he snuck under one of the chained off areas and ran up to the ship, touched it (a no-no!) and said BOOOOOAT!! lol silly boy :)

Enjoying some yummy pizza on the boat

The really cute pink boat in the harbor as we came back from the museum

On the way back to the Hotel after the museum, we passed a bookstore with some carts outside and I noticed this right away, and like the dork I am whipped out the camera to get a picture, of Eclipse (from the Twilight series) in Norwegian, lol. I seriously considered buying it until i saw the price tag and realized how ridiculously expensive it would have been, lol (it came to around 18 American dollars i think) and I just couldn't justify the purchase so I will settle for a picture of it, hehe

For dinner that night, we took a Tram up the side of the mountain to the restauraunt at the top, where we got an amazing view of Oslo :) It was so beautiful up there!

One sleepy boy on the way back to the hotel, can you see that glazed over look in his eyes! :) Bye Norway, you were so fun!

Family Reunion in Dragor!!

2009-07-07T16:57:00.005-06:00

Here we are, the main reason we went to Europe was for a family reunion with the Magleby family members in the USA and the family members who are in Denmark. We were able to visit the town of Dragor which is where Joe's Great-Great-Great grandfather Hans O. Magleby was born and lived until he was 17 (I believe, if I remember right) and he was apprenticed and moved to Copenhagen.

Store Magleby

Zach and me on the Horse Carriage ride that we took through the town. Notice the ginormous bump on Zach's head :( He had fallen and smacked his head on a huge rock right before we took the ride, poor guy! He hit it so hard this bump had formed before I could pick him up and take off his hat, I couldn't believe it, he had never had a bump this big before!

This is the house that Joe's Great-Great-Great Grandfather was born and raised in.

All of the direct Magleby descendants who attended the reunion, both from the US and Denmark!! How exciting it was!!

Our Magleby's (minus Dan, who was on the end, and I haven't figured out how to photoshop him in yet, lol). Bente (who is in the white, to the right behind Katie) and Bodil (in the green in front of Dave) were the ones from Denmark who really put this thing together, and they did such a great job!!

the Little Mermaid statue (from behind) as we passed it on the boat ride back to Copenhagen

Joe's GGG Grandfather!!

saying bye-bye!! thanks for everything!

Copenhagen Walking Tour & Tivoli Gardens

2009-06-29T15:36:00.008-06:00

Ahh the sign of a busy day before, and a good night's sleep!!

We took a walking Tour of Copenhagen, guided by none other than Hans Christensen Andersen (well, not really he's dead, lol. But the guy wore a lovely purple coat :) It was really neat to hear the stories of the city, and the old buildings. We were even able to find the street where Joe's great great great grandfather was apprenticed.

Anyone who has been to a LDS Temple visitor center might recognize this statue. This is the original, it was so exciting to see :)

After Zach got a good nap, we went up to Tivoli Gardens, which happens to be the place that inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland. It was really neat to be there, Zach loved running around the gavel pathways, and throwing his rocks around :)

First days in Denmark!

2009-06-27T23:34:00.006-06:00

Yes, I'm finally getting around to doing our vacation blogs!! hooray!!

So, first stop on the trip was in Denmark, we stayed in this awesome hotel in Copenhagen, on Nyhaven Street, which was beautiful! The first day we were just did a little wandering around, seeing what there was

Day 2 Zach (still not quite figured out the time difference) got up at 4 am, which was actually pretty bright outside, so he got to watch a little Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in Danish that morning, lol. Even with the obvious language difference, he seemed to enjoy it a lot :)

After breakfast we decided to go to the Fredericksborg Castle, which was amazing absolutely beautiful!

Inside the castle are a display of Carl Bloch paintings which were just amazing to see, this one being my favorite

After we saw the inside of the Castle, we headed out to the Gardens, which were equally as beautiful as the Castle itself. Zach really enjoyed running around, & picking up the gravel from the roads :)

Day out with Thomas

2009-05-27T21:59:00.006-06:00

Memorial day weekend we were SO excited to take Zach to the Day out with Thomas that comes up to the Heber Valley Railroad. He had become very much a lover of trains, and therefore Thomas over the last year or so :) The night before, we told Zach that in the morning we were going to go see Thomas, and he was so excited he took quite a while to fall asleep, lol and then woke up pretty early :) We purchased the train ride tickets for the earliest train, hoping to beat the crowds, and it worked!! It was a fairly uncrowded train, and so were the other activities they had. Zach was so excited to see the life sized Thomas, and kept calling him toot toot. But when it came time to actually get on the train he wasn't so excited, lol. So he was pretty snugly the first 15 min of the train ride, then he started to warm up to it, and got excited. Afterwards he got to take his picture with Thomas, which he was way excited for and sat happily while he got his picture taken. Then we went over to the "Imagination Station" where they had 4 or 5 train tables set up, to which Zach was SO excited to play at, lol.. he even played at tables where there were other kids, which is huge for him (at toys r us when he is playing with the train table, if even 1 other kid walks up he walks away). Then we did a couple other of the activities, and went to see the big Thomas train 1 more time and then we headed home, with 1 very happy little boy, a couple of new trains, and lots of memories!

March for Babies '09

2009-05-27T21:48:00.003-06:00

On the 16th, we had the pleasure of embarking on our Annual March for Babies walk. It was so exciting to go again, and for Zach to be old enough to walk this year on his own!! What a remarkable thing it is to see so many preemies there, in all stages of their preemie-hood. This year was the biggest year we have been to, last year there were maybe a couple hundred people, and i believe this year there were around 500 adults and 100 children!! How great it is that the word is getting out!! We were luck enough this year to have many friends & family join us and so a big thanks to Dave & Linda, and Bobbie & Kaylin (who drove up from Spanish Fork to walk with us for the 3rd year in a row!!!) and also Jen from my visiting teaching trio came with her family, so again thanks to those who could join us, and thanks to those who were there in thoughts!! This is a cause that means the world to us :)

If you would like to donate, its not too late!! www.marchforbabies.org/christinamagleby

Mothers Day (im a little slow getting to this!!)

2009-05-18T22:25:00.005-06:00

Mothers Day this year was great!! Zach and Joe let me sleep in to the grand hour of 8:30 which was so exciting!! Joe & Zach were anxious to get the ball rolling so we did presents before breakfast! Zach made me (with the help of myself, lol) a cute picture frame for the fridge and Joe got me Bride Wars (which he even watched with me!). Then Joe made some yummy french toast while I got some snuggle time in with Zach and curious george :) It was such a fun day to just spend with my boys!! I'm so grateful to have such a great little boy, it really does make being a mommy so easy :) and I'm eternally paranoid the next child will be a demon because Zach is so easygoing, hehe. I cant hardly even remember life without Zach, without waking up to his cute voice on the monitor, and see his smiling face when I get him up. Hearing him running down the hall calling for "mom-mom-mom-mom" when he needs help with something. I truly have been so blessed with such an amazing little man :) i LOVE you Zach!!

After Zach's nap, we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa Magleby's for Dinner, and Zach gave Grandma her flowers he made :) It was a beautiful day so we were able to go out and play after dinner, and Zach was able to get in some good running :)

Chocolate milk and cameras dont mix..... until you get a great new camera out of it!!!

2009-05-09T09:38:00.006-06:00

SO with exactly 4 weeks to go until our trip to Europe Zach somehow managed to spill chocolate milk on our camera.... which ya know, who needs a camera in a foreign country.... right? Well it was a major bummer at the time. So with mothers day & memorial day coming up, we figured if there was a time for it to break, now would be good, we were sure to find some good camera deals... and as Autumn mentioned, at least it didn't happen, and us not realize it until after we got off the plane!

So last week we searched the ads, and decided on a similar camera to what we had previously and were all set to get it, but during a stop at Costco we checked out their cameras, and I'm SOOO glad we did!! We found an AMAZING camera, for the same price we were planning on paying for the other camera!! We ended up with a Sony Cybershot DSC-H10.. and it has been SUCH an amazing camera... even Joe is taking pictures with it!

Some recent happenings :)

Then the other day, it was SO beautiful outside we decided to have a dinner picnic at the park, and it was SO fun! We really need to take more advantage of living so near to an amazing park!! Zach had a blast running around, so much fun, in fact, that he never really sat down to eat he would take a bite and run around, then take another bite and run around some more :) After we were done eating we walked around the pond in the middle of the park to look at the ducks (which several times Zach tried to climb into the pond to get to). At one point we heard a loud SPLASH and then noticed someones dog had jumped in the pond, and was chasing the ducks, lol. It was very entertaining to watch :)

Zach was really excited he heard a plane in the sky!

Bye Bye ducks!

Birthday & Water fun!!

2009-04-22T22:16:00.005-06:00

First of all Happy Earth day!

And, well its happened, I'm 1 year older...yikes... the big 2-7.. and according to shayne "wow tina, that's a lot of numbers!". lol But it was the best birthday! The sun was out and shining, we were able to get outside and play for a good half hour, and when we came come and broke out the water table for the first time this year, and Ive had to drag (literally) Zach away from it ever since!! Then after Joe got home we opened some cards and presents which included a gift certificate for a pedicure (hooray i cant wait to go get it!!) and pride & prejudice (the good, long 6 hr one) on bluray! For dinner we went to PF Changs (yum!) which i love but we never get to go to! I also got a couple of great phone call happy birthday songs (thanks ben & emily and dave)!! Thanks for all the birthday wishes!! It was a great one!!

And here are some fun pictures from goings-on here!

Zach and a ginormous strawberry from costco! Every one in the package was HUGE!!

Zach and his new love, the water table!

Me & Zach watching some Cars saturday morning!

Zach fell asleep while sitting on daddy's lap... at about 4 pm... can you tell he didn't take a nap that day!?!?!

I asked Zach is he wanted to get his milk out of the fridge, and i turned around to find this! he climbed in!

Easter Weekend!

2009-04-20T15:39:00.006-06:00

Wow, I'm a little slow, I'm just getting to the Easter post, lol. I hope everyone else had a great Easter! We kicked things off Saturday morning with an Easter Egg hunt at Thanksgiving Point, Zach had a blast, and was so excited to pick up the eggs! Then after we got home, and he napped we headed over to my brother JT & his wife Kasaundra's house, where they had an Easter Egg "hunt" set up for Zach, which (once he realized there were 3 musketeer bars in them) he headed right for! Then Kasaundra was brave enough to color Easter Eggs with Zach, which he had SOO much fun doing... he didn't even need to use the spoons to get the Eggs out, he used his hands, lol... and every egg had to go in the "Buuuueeee" cup, at one point there were at least 3 eggs in 1 cup! It was so much fun.

Then Sunday we enjoyed some Easter basket fun, and headed up to Aunt Annie's house for Easter dinner, and enjoyed some wonderful family time!

The Cost of Raising a Child

2009-04-11T08:01:00.003-06:00

I got this from a friend, so cute!!

The Cost of Raising a Child:
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about price shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition!! But $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you break it down.

It translates into:

* $8,896.66 a year

* $741.38 a month

* $171.08 a weekOR...

* a mere $24.24 a day!

That's just over a dollar an hour!!!

Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich".

But actually, it is just the opposite. So, what do you get for your $160,140.00 exactly?

* Naming rights: First, middle, and last!

* Glimpses of God every day.

* Giggles under the covers every night.

* More love than your heart can hold.

* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.

* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.

* A partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.

* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140.00, you never have to grow up. You get to:

* finger-paint, * carve pumpkins, * play hide-and-seek, * catch lightning bugs, and * never stop believing in Santa Claus.

You have an excuse to:

* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,

* watch Saturday morning cartoons,

* go to Disney movies, and

* wish on stars.

You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.

For a mere $24.24 a day, there is no greater bang for your buck!!You get to be a hero just for:

* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,

* taking the training wheels off a bike,

* removing a splinter,

* filling a wading pool,

* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs,

*and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

You get a front row seat in history to witness the:

* first step, * first word, * first bra, * date, and first * first time behind the wheel.

You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren.

You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.

That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!! Love & enjoy your children !!!!!!!

5 Guys Burgers & Fries

2009-04-06T20:09:00.003-06:00

delicious!! ok, so back story.... Friday night Joe & I went on a date (hooray!) and went to a movie at the new theater in Orem (we saw Adventureland which was great by the way!!) On the way out we noticed in the new little strip mall area that a 5 Guys had opened, and we have heard rave reviews about it from our DC area family.

Fast-forwarding to tonight, we decided to go out for dinner tonight and try it out before the Carolina game. Now just so you know (since I learned it the hard way) the regular cheeseburger is really a double, lol. They have a small one, but I just figured it was a kids size, lol... but no it was huge, yikes! (so if you go there, know that!) Anyways, it was delicious, I have to say, I think it was better than In-N-Out, which I didn't think was possible :) And the Cajun fries... yummy!! Zach review of the Grilled Cheese sandwich when i asked him if it was good was a overly enthused "yyyeeeaahhhhhhh" lol. SO you should go check it out!! now!!!

After we got home it was time for the Carolina game so we got Zach all changed into his Carolina shirt (thanks again uncle dan!!!) and while uploading the pic i found a few more i hadn't uploaded yet, so here are a few random, yet adorable pics :)

Zach making pretzel art at lunch

Zach has become a big fan of art projects.... doenst matter what it is, lol

after one of his recent all nighters he took a super long nap the next day and after 3 hours I started to get a little worried, so I went in to check on him and found him all sprawled out like this :)

Not sleeping...

2009-04-04T09:46:00.002-06:00

This last almost 2 weeks Zach has been in very unusual sleeping habits. He's been waking up in the middle of the night all stuffy and very upset. So, one of the nights, he was so very upset so we brought him into our room to sleep, and (the true sign he wasnt feeling well) he went right to sleep. Usually if we bring him into our room he thinks its playtime, even if its dark and in the middle of the night, lol.

Fishy Fun

2009-03-19T13:07:00.003-06:00

Zach is still enamored with his fish (2 weeks later, lol) on Saturday morning i was making breakfast and he HAD to get up at the table to watch the fish swimming around, they're a lot more active than i remember Bets' being... maybe because there are 2 of them? (they are separated by a divider, but in the same tank). He just kept pointing to each one saying "boo", "geen" and back and forth and back and forth until breakfast was ready, lol.

This one is "Geen"
and this one is "Boo" (Blue)

Also, Tuesday was Grandpa Spike's funeral, which was so beautiful, and Zach (bless his little heart) did SO well, was so behaved, i couldn't have even dreamed he would have done so well. Well needless to say by the time we got home around 2:30ish he was SOO Tired!!

Also, yesterday i was trying to catch up on all our shows we've missed this week (and clear out the poor super full DVR) and Zach was insisting that he watch "Boo" and i just cant resist when he says please so much, lol... So we compromised and i put Monsters on the Portable DVD player for him.. he was in HEAVEN!! He just laid there watching it laughing hysterically, like he was in how own little world, lol :)

We'll miss you Grandpa Spike

2009-03-13T21:17:00.002-06:00

Joe's Grandpa Spike passed away last night. We will miss him greatly. We're so glad that we had the chance to take Zach up to see him a couple of times, and we will cherish the photos we have of the 2 of them forever. Zach and Spike always seemed to have kindred spirits, for those of you who know Zach well, you know he will NOT jsut go to anyone, especially people he doesnt know, and especially to men, lol... But he always went right to Spike. We'll miss you Grandpa Spike!

Lots of Stuff!! Zoo, Big boy bed: we've been busy!!!

2009-03-12T17:33:00.005-06:00

Wow, i feel like i havent gotten on here in a while to update... its been a crazy busy (in fun way) 2 weeks :)

First off, last Friday we decided to take Zach up to Hogle Zoo. In the million times we've driven past it since he's been born, we've never gone. So we decided to get there at opening time (9) so that we would have a bettr chance of seeing more before Zachs nap time and he got all cranky. We got there around 9:30, and there were literally 10 cars in the parking lot... awesome! It was like we had the Zoo to ourselves, lol. It was rather chilly at first, but it warmed up a little before we left. Zach's most favorite animal of the day was the Cougar, hands down. He had SO much fun "roaring" at it, and following it around. He thought it was the greatest thing in the world. His favorite animals were (after the cougar of course) the giraffe's, the black bears, the elephants, the gorilla, and of course the random geese walking around!. Hs least favorite... the warthog/pig thing, the rhino's (they started fighting and scared the crap outta him, lol), the reptiles.. he wasnt too interested in any of them, lol. He had SO much fun chasing the geese around the park. They would randomly show up here and there, and he jsut thought they were so fascinating. A couple of times I had to tell him to not get too close because I was afraid the goose was going to turn around and snap at him, lol.

Then this weekend we took Zach to pic out his very First pet!! We got 2 Beta fish he singlehandedly picked out... He got a blue one, which he aptly named "Blue!" and a Pink colored one which he named "Geen!!" (which is how he says green, and which is his second favorite color to guess after blue :) He loves watching them swim around, and has had many conversations with them while he eats his breakfast.

Also, this weekend, we moved Zach out of his crib and into his "big boy" Toddler Bed. And as worried as I have been the last couple months about making the transition, he has done SO great with it. He absolutely LOVES his big boy bed, he loves crawiling into it all by himself!

He immediately set-up his cars on the foot of his bed :)

The first night he did great, slept all night long, and I was surprised to wake up at 8 am and hear he was still asleep, so I got up to go see him asleep in his big boy bed only to walk in an not see him in his bed, but his blanket in a pile on the floor and him nowhere to be seen. Now I had jsut woken up and I didnt have my contacts in either (and for those of you who know me so well you know i am literally blind without them) So I start to freak out, because where is Zach?!? Its not like he can open doors yet, so he couldnt have left his room, so I get down on the floor thinking maybe he rolled under his bed somehow, only to find him right next to his stuffed animal basket (literally right in front of my face) on the floor, compeltely passed out :) Cute lil guy, you would think his bed would be more comfortable than the floor, but it must have been exciting to have the option of sleeping on the floor ;) The second night he did fall out of bed in the middle of the night, but since then he hasnt :)

We found him a cute set of Cars sheets and he LOVES Mater on his pillow :)

And even at nap time (which i was the most worried about) he hasnt gotten out of bed to play, except for the first day where half an hour into nap time i couldn hear him wrestling around, so i looked into his room to find he had pulled all of his stuffed animals onto his bed and found a flashlight and was shining it on the wall, lol. So i told him it was time to lay down, took the flashlight away, and he has done great ever since! I cant believe my baby is getting so big so fast!! And that he really isnt a baby anymore! Such a bittersweet feeling!!

Dr. Zachary!

2009-02-24T19:55:00.003-07:00

So this week we are talking about Doctors, and today we made these CUTE Dr's bags, and mirror headbands. So fun to make. Basically we just folded a piece of paper in half, and on the insides taped in: Q-Tips, Cotton Balls, Large craft Sticks (tongue depressors) and band-aids (the monkey ones). Zach had so much fun taping everything on, and showing me what everything was for, he especially loved demonstrating how to use the tongue depressor-which shocked me because that's his most hated part of the Doctors trip. Then for the headbands we just measured some construction paper to fit his head and he put foil on a piece of cardboard we had cut into a circle. He has loved carrying around his Dr Bag all day, and keeps opening it and "fixing" things :)

(don't you love the look on his face, he is growing less tolerant of me taking pictures of him while he is trying to play, lol)

Police Officer Zachary!

2009-02-19T23:07:00.004-07:00

So, this week we've been talking about Police Officers, and all the great things they do, so yesterday we made these cute police hat & vest. Zach was pretty unsure about putting on the vest after he finished coloring it, but once I pretended to put it on he was OK, then I said "just leave it on long enough for mommy to take a picture, OK" and he graciously obliged me, lol but then he realized it was pretty fun :) Such a cutie! So today we did a "mug shot" where basically I just laid out some paper, and traced his outline to his waist, and then drew a face and had him color it and we put on this cute card for it to hold, so fun!! He's been walking over to it on the door pointing out all the eyes, ears, nose, etc and saying, ME! hehe, silly boy :)

Valentines Fun :)

2009-02-16T17:07:00.002-07:00

Hope everyone had a great valentines day! We kicked it off a little early, on Thursday Zach made a cute "love bug" valentines project, which he loved to carry around when it was done... he probably would have covered it in foam hearts if i hadn't stopped him :)

Then Friday night we had our newly started Friday night Family movie night Tradition, its been pretty fun so far :) This week we watched the Curious George movie, and then after Zach went to bed we watched Pineapple Express (which was hilarious!)

Saturday (Valentines Day) Joe came home after work with beautiful flowers for me, and (most excitedly for Zach) a Lightning McQueen balloon for Zach, [after the big hit the balloon he got me last year was with Zach, Joe figured he'd get one Zach would really love, lol.]

Then Saturday night we went out to Magleby's for Dinner (thanks again Gma & Gpa for watching Zach!) It was a very yummy dinner, and very nice to spend some time just Joe & I :)

After dinner we went to pick up Zach from Gma & Gpa Magleby's and he was soo engrossed with the Cars book Grandpa was reading him :)

Spouse Survey

2009-02-15T11:53:00.002-07:00

How well do you know your spouse?

Just in time for Valentine's Day! Here's a chance to see how well you really know your spouse. Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then send it to your spouse (& freinds) to see how right you really are.

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Some sort of Sporting event

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Blue Cheese

3. What's one food he doesn't like? any veggie thats green

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? Mtn Dew, or if they dont have that then dr pepper (not mr pibb) or if they dont have that Coke

5. Where did he go to high school? Timpview High School, yeah i like to make fun of him :)

6. What size shoe does he wear? 13

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Sports Illustrated or ESPN Magazines, lol

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Turkey

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? Buffalo wings, lol

10. What is his favorite cereal? Either Frosted Mini Wheats or Captain Crunch

11. What would he never wear? socks with sandals :)

12. What is his favorite sports team? well that depends on the sport- Baseball: Yankees-- NFL: Chargers--- College Football: Florida State

13. Who did he vote for? Obama

14. Who is his best friend? Me :)

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? hmm.... i dont know.. talk during sports? lol

16. What is his heritage? umm.. i have no idea... i know on his dad's side they come from denmark... but thats all i know :)

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? Chocolate, with chocolate frosting

18. Did he play sports in high school? Nope

So Peaceful!

2009-02-09T19:47:00.003-07:00

Well, Zach started falling asleep during lunch today, so I got him up and put him in bed, and afterwards I was picking up the living room and noticed his Eeyore was out on the couch (gasp, lol) so I went back into his room to put it in his crib and noticed him all snuggled in with Eve. And it was so cute I had to take a picture! I cant think of anything more peaceful than a picture of a sleeping baby! (well, I guess a sleeping toddler *tear, sniffle*)

2 1/2 year Check-up Stats!

2009-02-07T12:46:00.003-07:00

Today Zach had his 2 1/2 year check-up (its not really part of the well child checkup but his dr wanted to make sure his growth was staying on his curve! :) He was Soo pleased with him, with ow well he is doing, he cant believe how big he has gotten, and several times during the appointment he would jsut shake his head and say "I cant believe how great he is doing" and "I cant believe how big he is". It was really fun for him and at the end of the appt he looked at me and jsut said "Did you ever think he would get to this point?" And honestly, i cant believe we finally made it to having a normal 2 yr old!

So here's the numbers! He is right on track, staying steady with his growth curve!

Weight: 27 lb 6 oz (10%)

Length: 35 1/2 inches (50%)

Head : 47.8

Also, this last week we dove back into the painting, lol. So we did truck tire painting, which Zach loved!! It combined 2 of his favorite things: Cars, and his new love of paint, lol

Finger Paints!!

2009-02-04T21:53:00.004-07:00

The other day we broke out the finger paints for the first time! Zach has had such issues with smooth textures (like paint!) that until now he would freak out if it got on his fingers... but not anymore apparently! He went right to town smearing it all over his paper! he LOVED it!! We will have to do this more often, he had a BLAST!!

25 Things about me!

2009-02-02T12:20:00.002-07:00

1. I always swore that I would never cut my hair short when I had kids just because it would be easier to deal with, lol but I did
2. Ive lived in Utah for 8 1/2 years and I still am scared to death of driving in the snow
3. I am terrible at keeping in touch with people... it doesnt mean i dont love you, Im justt awful at it, lol
4. I love broccoli
5. I am scared to death of having another premature baby
6. I have never left the country before (except to Tijuana but that doesnt count, lol)
7. I am addicted to LOST
8. I love love love to decorate for holidays, doesnt matter what holiday it is
9. I hate moving
10. I think i like watching imagination movers as much as my 2 yr old, lol
11. Im going to Europe this summer and i cant wait!
12. I HATE utah drivers!
13. I know more medical terminology than I thought I would ever know in my life!
14. I was scared to name Zach when he was first born because I was afraid it would make it more real if he didnt survive, and I didnt know if I could handle that
15. I know every line in the movie Cars
16. I know as much about football as any guy (thanks Joe, lol)
17. Ive recently started reading for fun again and I remembered how much I used to love reading!
18. I love the color pink
19. I still love Disturbed!! although my musical tastes have gotten a little softer over the last few years
20. Horror/Thriller movies scare me to death, yet i still Love watch them all the time
21. Ever since I was in at least middle school(?) I have been strangely fascinated with Vampires
22. I could just sit and watch Zach play all day long, he is far more fascinating than TV
23. It drives me crazy when people who had their baby a week or 2 (or even 3) early call them preemies, they arent preemies they are full term!
24. I Love daisies
25. I can only eat mild salsa, lol and even sometimes that seems too hot, lol

Bye Bye High Chair... Hello Big Boy Booster!

2009-01-27T20:31:00.003-07:00

So I've been putting off the inevitable for a while now... I know Zach is ready to come out of the High Chair... but i haven't wanted to put it away, lol.... its his last real "baby" thing, lol. But this weekend, we got it all washed up and put away and got his booster seat all set up. Its the perfect thing for him, he just sits right at the table like such a big boy, and he has LOVED it ever since!! He loves sitting at the table, and he has actually started eating better since then as well :) SO here's an homage to the High Chair lol, we'll see ya later when kid #2 comes around :)

Hello Big Boy Chair!!

Potty Training Eve

2009-01-21T16:27:00.005-07:00

So as you know we tried potty training Zach back in November, and it didnt go so well, so we are taking a break for a couple months on that. So today Zach was coming and going from his room a lot today, so it wasnt too strange for him to disappear for 15-20 minutes at a time. Well I went into the bathroom shortly before lunch time and found Zach's stuffed Eve sitting on his potty... lol, apparently he is potty training her now, lol

March for Babies 2009- Team Zachary: Our Miracle

2009-01-20T12:57:00.004-07:00

Hey everyone, i know i posted a brief blog earlier about this, but its going to keep coming up through the walk in May :) Please take a minute to check out the March for Babies 2009 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLZCr4_TPv8. We are looking to keep growing our Family team this year and would love for you to join us!!

Our walk page is www.marchforbabies.com/christinamagleby. You can sign up to walk with us there, or even create your own family team!! Awareness is the key, getting as many people involved and making them aware of the many wonderful things the March of Dimes does is so important to us. Not only does it affect premature babies, but also those who have been born healthy.

Fun Day :)

2009-01-19T18:58:00.002-07:00

So today was a fun Martin Luther King Jr. day off day :) I awoke at a little after 7 to the sound of Zach in his room saying "coookie.... cookie....hehe, hehe....coooooookie". Yikes, the kid wakes up asking for cookies now, lol. So anyways, we got up and got to playing (of course) with the Cars... then I found this Disney website that has the cute Cars short stories, the Mater's Tall Tales (they come on the Disney channel kinda here and there whenever) and Zach loves them. So we had fun watching those online. I also had a great time today watching a new show... Friday Night Lights... well its not a new show, but its new to me :) I got through the first disc of season 1 and I have to say, I quite like it (thanks Autumn!) Its great, although the girl on the show Lila, for whatever reason, really annoys me, lol... not sure what it is but she does, lol.

Tomorrow Zach has his evaluation for Speech Therapy, which im excited to finally get this process rolling. So we'll have more to report on that tomorrow.

Rough Night Teething

2009-01-17T08:35:00.004-07:00

SO earlier this week (tues night i think? I cant remember now it seems like forever ago!) around midnight Zach woke up crying crying and so upset which is so not the norm for him. So I went in and picked him up, gave him a little tylenol, we read a book, sang a couple songs, and just rocked in his chair for a good half an hour before i tried putting him back in bed and that's when all heck broke loose. He was hysterical... poor guy so i picked him up and said he could lay in mommy & daddy's bed if he wanted but we had to go to sleep, since we wake up in a couple hours. I told him if he didn't lay down he would have to go back to his bed (and for the first time he actually understood that!!) SO we get into bed, and he is just laying there with his eeyore and blankie, and all of a sudden Joe starts so softly snore, and Zach just burst out laughing :) Then i would try to keep a straight face and tell him Shh! So he would get all quiet and be squeezing his eyes shut, and then Joe would start to snore again and Zach was quietly giggling, then burst into a laugh, lol. That time i couldn't help it, it was too cute :) SO we laughed at daddy snoring for a couple minutes, then I told Zach we really needed to go to bed, so I started falling asleep and I gotta hand it to him, he really did just lay there, he didn't try to get up or do anything he had tried to do in the past, he just laid there :) After I had been asleep for a while i felt him moving to i rolled over and he was just standing up int he middle of the bed. So I said OK sweetie, are you bored, we should probably put you back in bed then. So he grabbed his Eeyore and blankie and we went back to his room, and he went into his bed just fine. Strange, lol... SO finally at about 2:30 i got to bed :) but at least we had a good laugh :) that made it not so bad, lol :)

Through the snowstorm... to the dentist!

2009-01-07T13:10:00.002-07:00

So yesterday morning bright and early Zach had an 8am dentist appt., which seemed like a good idea when i made the appt.. wasn't such a great idea when there was a massive snow fall the night before and morning of. So we got all bundled and packed into the car to make the short drive (so we thought!) to Springville, where Zach's dentist is... well because of the snow, and the freeway ramp closure (we took some back roads, thanks to some awesome directions from Autumn!) we made it there 55 minutes later! I must say though that I am quite proud of myself for actually going, normally if i were to wake up and see that much snow I would say forget it, I'll reschedule... but since I already had rescheduled the appt, I hated to reschedule it again! I think I've turned over a new leaf with my scared of snowy roads, lol...

Anyways, back to the dentist. Zach did about as well as he normally does at the dentist, not too happy at all and the nurses (or dental assistants i guess?) kept commenting on how cute and sad his soft cry is, lol. SO after the cleaning the dentist took a look at his teeth and said they are still holding up remarkably well and No cavities (YEAH!). He did still say we'll watch how the teeth hold up, and hopefully Zach wont need caps put on them until he is 5 or 6, basically when he goes to school, so he doesnt get teased. He does want to try and get x-rays next time we go in, to see if there is anything else going on with his teeth. So, good news again for us now :) Just keeping our fingers crossed that they keep holding up!

Also last night Zach came up to me kind of crying/whining last night, and as i picked him up i noticed he was burning hot. So i took his temp... 101.6 poor guy :( So we got some Tylenol in him and took a long bath to help cool him down and by the time we got him to bed at 10 his fever was down to about 99.0.

Well about a half an hour later I was in bed reading and all of a sudden I could hear Zach just hysterically laughing in his room, just laughing and laughing away, I even woke Joe up so hear it. I have no idea what he was dreaming about, but it must have been good because he was laughing for a good 5 minutes, lol..

He's been a little better today, I've been able to keep his fever down with Tylenol, but I think he has a tummy bug :( he's had some not so fun diapers this morning :(

On some more exciting news though we are SO excited to see my mom this weekend!! She will be getting home from Ohio on Thursday and then driving up here Friday with Nathan and Katie :) Zach is very excited to see Grandma Trout (as we all are!)

Catching up!

2009-01-03T23:45:00.001-07:00

So ive been MASSIVELY behind lately with the blog.. it seems like there has been so much going on that I havent had a second to breathe, much less blog, lol. So I jsut added 6 (i think) new blogs :) hope everyone is enjoying 2009 so far!!

Happy New Years!!

2009-01-03T23:34:00.002-07:00

Happy New Years!! We continued our Magleby family tradition of going out for Chinese food for New Years Eve dinner, and then went back to the Dave & Linda's where we had so much fun playing with Zach and I quite enjoyed watching Twilight with Linda :) It was a fun night, we headed out a little early as Zach was getting so tired, and he fell asleep within about 2 min of leaving grandma and grandpa's house :) Joe and I did make it up till midnight though!! althoguh we were in bed by about 12:10, lol.

Hope everyone had a happy and safe New Years and we are so looking forward to the many things to come in 2009!!

The 3 sisters modeling our matching purses! :)

Zach reading a story with Grandpa :)