Some Delicious Hot S'MOES (Thanks Buzz)

Daxton got to experience his first 'Mallo over the fire today.
Daddy roasted it for him because I didn't want him to eat one of mine. I am not patient enough to sit there and slowly roast it to a golden brown color, so.. I just ignite mine.. Mmm Burnt 'mallo. As you can see from the pics he was unsure at first, so I had to put a little on his tongue and then the madness began.







We went camping this passed weekend for Father's Day. We went with the Carlson's. The Mom's just tried to relax by the camp fire as much as possible. The Dad's attempted shooting innocent creatures. The Boy's rode the 4-wheelers in circles & shot the BB guns... And Mica.. Ha ha ha.. She did MANY things. Played "Fatch" yes "Fatch" not "Fetch" with Cooper. Learned how to be the boss of the Dogs instead of being innocent. "Drop it Cooper" "Drop it!!!!!" Was heard Multiple times. Bless her heart. She is a sweetie. Besides entertaining our dogs she also tried to entertain Daxton. She is going to be a great big sister.
It was a beautiful weekend. It would have been even better if the wind wouldn't blow..


We did have to sleep in a tent because we no longer are owners of a 26ft camp trailer.. And it wasn't TOO bad, but I did mention to Ray and Carolyn that if I go again we have got to get another trailer. I am not a big fan of dirt, and since becoming a Mom the dirt bugs me even more. I could definately do without.

Saturday night Ray and I took Daxton on his first 4-wheeler ride ever. We went for ~maybe~ 15 minutes, and see what happened...
Us getting ready to head out



By the time we got back to camp



We had a great weekend. Very much exhausting but it is all worth it.
Happy Father's Day to the Father of my Child, and the Bestest Husband in the world. Also Happy Father's Day to my Dad. I Love you Daddy!!

Such a big boy!

So the last couple of weeks Ray and I were thinking that Dax was just going to skip the crawling stage and go straight for the walking... Well, I will post more pictures of him standing after this post. Then on Thursday this last week, he decided to surprise me...
He is a little slow in this video, but man! He is doing so great! It is so fun to watch him crawl, and be able to be more independent. Pretty soon I will be sending my little man off to Kindergarten.
Well, we are going to the Hogle Zoo tomorrow morning with some friends so I will post pictures and info on how it went later.

8 Months Ago... Reader Disgression is advised.

It was exactly 8 monhs ago on the 12th. Ray and I were enjoying our Saturday Afternoon. We first walked up to the Library to get a book, and return our other ones. On the way home we stopped at Gunters Lawn and Garden and got a tomato for our hamburgers we were making for lunch. Mmm.. there's nothing like a hamburger on the bbq!!! After lunch I talked to my mother-in-law on the phone. She was telling me that I needed to pack my bag for the hospital just in case, I agreed but I didn't do it. Silly me. After I got off the phone with my MIL Ray and I decided to go on another walk I told him lets try to get to Alco (which is on the other side of town.) We stopped by Taco Time on our walk and I got a Raspberry-Banana Smoothie and we got cinnamon crisps. Ok, so I am not going to go into detail for the rest.. Sorry. We almost made it to Alco, then headed back home....
Later that night....
We went to bed around 9-9:30ish a few minutes later I felt a little "pop" and then a tingle went to my feet, went to the bathroom and a little GUSH!! Ok Ok a HUGE GUSH!
Told Ray I thought my water had broken and he said "are you sure?" I said.. "well it's never happened before, so I'm not possitive" and then he said "well, just go back to bed!" Silly man. So, I called my sister. She told me that it was most likely my water and that I needed to go to the hospital.. I woke up Ray and told him we had to go to the hospital so he got up and got dressed. I wasn't having any contractions yet... So I was able to walk around besides the fact that I was leaking fluid like CRAZY!! I should have packed my bag like my MIL said.. cuz I was running around the house trying to figure out what I needed to bring. Oh, my legs were shaking like crazy too. So we get to the hopital and get settled in. Our families were on their way. The Dr checks me.. and I'm not even dialated to a ONE!!! So, they get me hooked up on the IV and tell me to get some rest.. Ha! Ya right! I have so many mixed emotions going on. Anxiety, Nerves, Excitement, and I was a little scared... Finally morning came it was about 8, and the DR came to check me again and I was a 1-2 GRR.. This little guy didn't want to come out. So, they induced me put me on PIT and said they would be back in a few hours. A few hours later I was a three.. So I was dialating 1 cm every couple of hours. At about 2 o'clock I was almost a 6, so they let me get an epidural. YAY! So, I was feeling a bit better after I got my epidural. I stopped breathing really hard and wiggling my toes (I do that when I am in pain) Life was GOOD.. -A Few hours later- It was approximately 10 o'clock and the Dr said that I was fully dialated and I could try pushing. So I did... and I pushed, and pushed, and pushed, and pushed.. For TWO HOURS!!! They used the vacuum on my little man and he just was not coming down. AGH.. I was BEGGING for help. I couldn't do it anymore. I had been without food for over 24 hours. I had been without sleep for over 24 hours also. I had no energy. I BEGGED and PLEADED for help of any kind. So they got me ready for a C-Section.

I got into the O.R and they got me all prepped brought Ray in by my side and was ready to start cutting. In the O.R they pinch your belly before they cut to make sure that you are numb.. well, I wasn't. I felt pinches. Everytime they pinched me I felt it. They even tried tricking me. Then when they finally got one side numb, I could feel the other side. So they tilted the OR bed to try to get the anesthetic to the side that wasn't numb, and it would get numb so they thought all was well, then they pinched the side that was numb first and all of a sudden, it wasn't numb anymore. After a few times of trying back and forth they just had to start.. I felt it ALL!!! Because the babe was in the birh canal, I had a nurse up inside of me trying to push his little head back up toward the abdomin while the doctor was straddling me PULLING him out. But after all the pain and tears, we welcomed a teeny tiny baby boy into the world. At 12:27 AM Daxton Ray Philips took his first breath. Weighing 6lbs and 15oz 20.5 inches long.

I don't remember much after I heard him cry because they put me under general anesthesia so that they could sew me up.

I woke up around 3:00 AM in the recovery room, and I officially met my baby boy. They first thing I asked was what color of hair he had.. Ray and the nurses said he has a TON of blonde hair. So I had to take off his little hat and see for myself. They were right. His hair was all blonde (about the color of his Uncle Jerry's) and atleast 3 inches long. He was so beautiful.

While Dax was in the hospital, he always had a scowl on his face and we joke that he scowls all the time because he had such a rough entrance.

Despite the long and hard time it took to get him here, I don't regret any minute.
I love you Daxton, more that you will ever know. You are my happiness. Thank You for being you!

Two TEETHERS!

So, on the 15th of this month Dax got his first tooth! It was a rough couple of days. That weekend my Mom came to visit us, we had a blast! It was so nice, we walked to the parked and check on a couple of homes that are for sale. Dax was still grumpy through that weekend. Hmm, He is really a GREAT baby. Well, the following Thursday out popped another tooth. So, now he has two bottom teeth. Needless to say, he bites and so I don't feed him anymore. But he does take a bottle rather well. I was worried because it took a while for him to like them. (I just had to switch the flow of nipple from slow to fast)

On another note: He is trying to crawl. Which, I am surprised about because he HATES being on his belly. He will only try crawling on his bum when he is sitting up. He will start rocking back and forth on his hands and tush. So we will see. I'm not sure how he is going to figure it out where he hardly gets on his knees. But he does love to stand. He would stand ALL day if I would let him.

Hooray for living RIGHT!

So, the last Sunday of March was fast Sunday. Well, my mom being the wonderful nurturer as she is thought of a wonderful plan to start doing a famiy fast. Everyone would let the others know what type of decisions or hardships they are goin through and we as a whole family will fast for one another. So, for the Phillips part of the Poulsen/Matthews family we have been trying to decide if we need to move back to Rexburg this year so that Ray can continue his schooling. Ray was off work last week which was....April 4th-10th. He went to work for a 1/2 day on Monday the 12th didn't work Tuesday, went back to work on Wednesday. He was with his Journeyman who received a phone call from a different company offering his Journeyman a job. While on the phone with him he got asked if there was an apprentice that he knew of that would like a job. Lucky for us, Ray was standing right next to him and he said yes and gave him Ray's name. So, come to find out Ray was offered this new job, which is still in Wyoming. He will get a $4.00 raise, and is guaranteed work for atleast a year if not more. PLUS he will get $75.00/day sub money (which is basicaaly like perdiem) Yaya!!! Also, I guess that the company is big enough that it is mandatory for them to send the apprentices to school. Our fasting and our lovely family members that fasted for us helped us get the answers that we needed. We are staying in Kemmerer. We love it here. It gets better every day. It also helps to have friends that we get to do things with AT LEAST once a week if not more. We are just praying that this continues to be good for our little family.

Happy Easter (That came and went to fast!)

So, it has alreay almost been a month since I blogged. I am slacking pretty good. Dax turns 7 MONTHS OLD! In two days. WOW, where does the time go?
We had a very good Easter weekend. It was General Conference, so not only did we get to listen to prophets of the church speak what God wants us to hear, we got to have a visit from Daxton's grandpa. We had such a fun time with him.

So, about a month ago our camp trailer was "Fortunately" next to another camp trailer that burnt to the ground. Our had some heat damage done to it. Well..When the insurance adjuster went to look at it, they decided to consider our trailer a total loss. A total blessing in disquise. The reason that they totalled it, was that our trailer I guess had been discontinued and they would have had to special order the replacement parts which would have totalled over $25,000.00!! Well, our trailer we bought brand-new in 2007 for $21,000.00. We have been wanting to get rid of it ever since we bought our house but have had trouble selling it. So WHEW! Now, we are $400/month richer :D.

So, because of the trailer and us having some extra money and the generocity of Ray's brother and his wife.. We were able to finish the room that we started just about 2 years ago to date. It is so cute I love it. I can't wait until our whole house gets re-done.

I started making a denim quilt for Dax. It is so cute. It has cars pieced with the denim on the top, and coordinating polka-dots for the back. I got all of the piecees cut out, and laid out. I just need to get my sewing machine up and working and figured out so I can sew them together. I was going to give it to him for his birthday (that was my set goal) but maybe I will get it done before so that he can enjoy it a head of time.

Oh, one more thing.. So we have this family generation (my family) My mom every conference Sunday would make this yummy danish type things called Coffee Cakes for breakfast; but they are called Conference Cakes at our house since we don't drink Coffee. Well, since I have my own little family, and my dad came to visit, I made them for the FIRST time ever. They were so yummy. I did such a good job.

Dax's 1/2 Birthday!

So, I can't believe that my baby is SIX months old! Sheesh, could we slow down time a bit. I'm going to be sending him to school before I know it.
Dax had is Doctor Appointment on Friday. He weighed 17lbs and was 26 1/2 inches long. He did pretty good, only cried for a few minutes. But he did give his Doctor the meanest look. (too cute and funny!) We made an appointment for Dax to get his pictures taken at the Valley Fair Mall. With JCPenney Portraits. He did such a good job and even let me change his outfit THREE times.
When we were down in SLC, we met some friends also. We went to dinner at Red Robin, Mmm so yummy!
Here are some of Daxton's pictures from out Photoshoot yesterday.
(there are more pics at the very bottom)