Brexdons First Birthday

From here to Eternity

11-11-11
We were sealed together in the Salt lake Temple.
I have never felt so blessed in my life. The Temple experience is something I wish everyone could experience. I cant wait to go back. Thank you to all family and friend that made it out.

My Elk Hunt!!

So much fun! I have waited years to even shoot an elk. Nothing gets better then the fall weather and hunting! :)

SOLD

August 26th we packed our house up and move home to Tabby. It is going to be great for Brex and I to be closer to our family and friends. Sam is still getting use to the 1 hour commute for work.

We are so happy for this new chapter of our life! We were not going to build for a few years but we have decided we might try and build this Spring. Interest rates will never be better. :)

For now this is the cute little place we are renting from Sam's brother. I put a a little work into it before we moved in. Turned out kinda cute.

 

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

July-Aug Trying to Catch up :)

This and that

 

Brex and Grandpa on the bike. Brex loved it.

Best Buds

My Handsome Boys!!

Klayton getting his MBA! Good Job Brother!

Fun day at the races!

 

Up Date from the Rhoades Family!

It has been so long since I have been blogging! Having a little guy takes a lot more time up then I thought it would!

Our Lives lately have Never been better. Sam is still working at Strata Networks and still loving it. I Started back to work at Newfield Exploration at the end of February. So far so good! Brex has been going to a friend that watches him while I'm at work. He loves it there! Makes for one happy mommy! Brex is growing so fast he is ALWAYS smiling and jibber jabbing.  He just is starting to roll over on his own..  He is growing so fast.  

Our house is up for sale again.. Hopefully we can move to Tabby this year. So if you know anyone that wants to buy in Roosevelt let us know!

Smiles all around!!!

Brexdon passed his PKU test!!!!!! Our prayers have been answered!! Now for getting his red blood cell count up. We go in on Feb 3rd for his 2 months check up hoping to hear more good news!  :)

Here are some cute pictures of him in the last month.

Brexdon 0-2 Months

Update on our little angel

As of 12th of January Brex's Red blood cell count remains at a 10.. Which is not a bad thing we are glad to see it not go down. We are really hoping it will start going of sometime soon. We are now waiting on test on his PKU test result from the state. He has had to retake it 4 times. Crossing our fingers that this time he will pass. (Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare condition in which a baby is born without the ability to properly break down an amino acid called phenylalanine.DSS).....

Welcome 2011

There is no better way then to start the new year off the a kiss!

We are so excited to start a new year with our new addition to our family. 

Happy New Year!!!

The longest 10 days ever.......

Brexdon has tons of brown hair and big brown eyes. We are so happy to have him in our arms. The past 2 weeks have been so good, scary, and long.
Day #1 Brex was born and was doing so well he starting eating right away and was such a happy baby. Very alert with those big eyes.

Day #2  Jaundice kicked in and started to get really bad. He also stopping eating and was so out of it the nurses would have to poke his feet to do blood test and it wouldn't even faze him.

Day #3 Sam and I started to worry about him not eating and you could tell he was dropping weight. We had to start feeding with a syringe with pumped milk.  That day they found out he had a blood problem for some reason his red  blood count was really really low. He only had 2/3 the blood his little body was supposed to have. His Hemoglobin was at a 10. (Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs. At his age it should have been 17-22. Dr. Staker right away did a spinal tap to check for an infection on his brain and did a urine test to make sure his kidneys and everything were working like they should. The test took 48 Hours to get results. Mean while he had an IV put in to treat for an infection just to get a early start on it if the test were to come back +.... Lets just say that was the longest 48 hours ever. Thank heaven for priesthood blessings.

Day #4 They tested his blood again and his red blood cells had dropped to a 9. By this time you could not wake him up and he was so yellow from his jaundice. Sam and I were questioning just taking him to Primary's to have him check out..
Day #5 His blood count dropped to an 8. Dr. Staker was starting to worry he called Primary Childrens and Talk to there newborn blood specialist to make sure he wasn't missing anything. They said he was doing good and just to keep a good watch on him. If it were to drop one more we would be heading to primary to look into doing a blood transfusion before it started affecting his heart and other organs.
His Test results for infections came back late Monday night.... They came back good!! :)
Day #6 Brex's blood count stayed the same and Dr Staker felt Brexdon should stay on the antibiotic for an infection for 5 days just in case there was a hidden infection some where that was causing the blood problem.
Day #7-10 His Blood was tested every morning and it stayed the same. We were able to go home on Friday the 10th with our little boy... Still not knowing what is wrong... We will be going back once a week for test unless his health changes and I take him in.  As for now we are enjoying our sweet little guy.. Praying he will just get better on his own.

 ONE HAPPY DADDY THAT JUST FOUND OUT WE CAN TAKE OUR BABY BOY HOME

Baby is finally here!!!!

--Our cute little guy--

12/01/2010

6:36 PM

7.5 LBS

19 Inches long

We are so happy to have our little guy with us. He has lots of dark hair and from the looks of it his eyes they are turning brown.  :)  Labor was not to bad at all. Come to find out I was in labor the night before and thought I was just having Braxton Hicks Contractions.  This little guy was planning on coming December 1st no matter what.  Labor lasted 9.5 hours and all I have to say is I am thankful for epidurals.  I have to say I have married the best man out there. He has been so good to me during this pregnancy and was such good support during and after labor. He is and will be the best daddy. He already wont let me hold the little guy if he is in the room. :) 

The morning we left for the hospital

15 min. before Brexdon was born

 One Proud Daddy!!

3 MORE DAYS!!!!

 Brexton Ervan Rhoades

  is set to arrive Wednesday December 1st at
Uintah Basin Medical Center

384 North 100 West, Roosevelt Utah

~Baby Shower in Roosevelt~