BOO!

We had an eventful, fun, yummy and even a little bloody Halloween. It started off with a wonderful gift from Tyler. He Slept through the NIGHT!!! What a good baby. I hope he keeps it up.

(Tangent): Unfortunately my drunk neighbor and his friends kindly woke us up at 4:00 am. They were arguing about whether or not they were too drunk to go get pizza rolls. One guy argued that he had only eight beers as wasn't as drunk as the rest (my opinion: way too drunk). About a half an hour later they all just ended up going into the apartment. Thank goodness, I was getting ready to call the police if they decided that they were capable of getting behind the wheel. (Tangent over).

To start off Halloween morning I made pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. Thanks Bethany for the recipe. After breakfast and while the boys were napping I made White Chili for the ward trunk r treat chili cook off. I used my mother-in-laws recipe for White Chili. I really don't like chili that much, but I love this kind. Then when Blake woke up he helped me make cupcakes for the ward event. While I was pouring the cake batter into the muffin tin Blake decided to climb into Tyler's bouncy chair. It toppled over and resulted into a bloody fat lip. Poor guy.

Later Matt came home and we got the boys ready for the Trunk-r-treat. Blake was a pirate and Tyler a Jack-o-lantern. They were both pretty cute. Unfortunately, I didn't get very good pictures of either of them. The Trunk-r-treat was a lot of fun we passed out cookies n' cream and vanilla yogurt filled kisses for our candy and one boy let us know that he wasn't very impressed with our choice. Oops. All in all it was a great Halloween.

Recipe for Pumpkin Pancakes

2 cups Jiffy pancake mix

1 cup pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Stir all together just until incorporated. Cook on medium heat in a large skillet.

White Chili

Put the following ingredients in Crock Pot and cook on low until serving time:

2c. cooked chicken breast (cut up)

1 can white beans

1 can chicken broth

1 can salsa verde(7oz)

1package white corn (9 oz)

1/4 c. cilantro

1 large tomato

2 med. green onions

1 can green chili

1tbls lemon juice

1tbls lime juice

We survived

This past month has been an adventure. I learned very quickly that two babies take up all my time. I used to think that with one, now I wonder what I used to do with that extra time I must have had when it was just Blake. Here is what we have been up to this past month:

I got a cold, then Matt got it, then Blake got it and of course Tyler got it. When Blake got over his cold, he got the chicken pox. Thankfully Tyler didn't. However, during this time, Tyler began to get really, really fussy and nothing seemed to calm him down. I had my suspicion confirmed that he had acid reflux by taking him to the doctor. Now he is on medicine and is doing much better.

But it hasn't been all sickness. We had a great visit from my brother Bradley. He just recently came home from his mission. It was so good to see him and to have him meet the boys for the first time. Blake loved him. He watched everything that Bradley did. We also had a wonderful visit from my mom. It is so nice to have mom's come out and help you when you've just had a baby. Tyler is growing so much, besides the acid reflux he is a mellow baby. He is already starting to smile. I hope I can get it on camera soon. Blake loves being a big brother. He always wants to hold Tyler and help me burp him. Sometimes Blake also wants to be the baby. He tries to take away Tyler's bottle, paci, blanket, and tries to sit in his car seat and bouncy chair.

Matt has stayed busy with young men's. They had a scout camporee at burns park. He also is working hard at school, being the president of the J. Ruben Clark Law Society and at work. His boss just asked Matt to stay with them for next semester (he must be doing a really great job!).

(sorry I am not sure why this picture won't rotate)

More pictures

Here are some more pictures of Tyler. It's amazing how much he has changed in just a week. We went to the doctor today and he is healthy boy with a big appetite. Blake had his appointment too, he also is healthy, but the poor boy had to get shots.

We are glad that grandpa could come for a short visit.

I am so grateful for my mother-in-law who has taken two weeks to come out and help us. I would be going crazy with out her here. Blake is loving the attention he is getting from her plus she has made us some delicious meals and desserts!

He's here!

Tyler Robert Backus was born September 22nd (his exact due date) at 9:29pm. Weight: 7lbs 8oz, Length:20 1/4 in. The day started off with us going to the hospital about 8:30 am (i had been having regular contractions since 4:30am) However, when we got there the nurse told us that I wasn't dilated and that I was only 30% effaced. So we were sent home. I continued to have contractions, and we went on several walks and ate Mexican food. At about 4:30pm my contractions were really hurting and we went back to the hospital, but I was afraid they would tell me that I wasn't dilated again so Matt and I walked some more around the hospital. At 5:45 we decided that it was time to go and check in again. We had the same nurse from that morning and she told us again that I wasn't dilated!! I was almost in tears. She said that she would get another nurse to check me just to make sure. Well, that nurse said I was a four!!! The doctor came at 8:45 to break my water and by 9:30 Tyler was here! We are so happy to finally meet him. We love him so much.

Picture Perfect

Well maybe not. Matt and I had another art date this Friday. Instead of doing a contest we decided to draw each other. I had to show you our wonderful artwork. (Hehe)

My picture of Matt (a.k.a Wally from Leave it to Beaver)

Matt's Picture of Me (This is the scarecrow version of me. :))

Matt and I had a good laugh looking at eachothers pictures.

Ouch!

Wednesday night was spent in the ER. Earlier that night Matt and I had church meetings we had to be at. Since we both have to be there that means Blake comes with us too. This particular Wed. Matt was running late from work and didn't have time to change out of his dress clothes before we had to leave. It had also been raining all day long. We started heading down the apartment stairs. Well, wet stairs and dress shoes didn't mix well poor Matt and Blake fell down the stairs! Matt did the best he could to keep Blake from hitting the stairs, but Blake still smacked his head. Matt and I both started freaking out. Our downstairs neighbors come out to see if we were okay. Matt wasn't hurt, but we were both worried about Blake. Luckily he didn't bust his head open, but he had a huge red mark on his head and he started to act really drowsy and wanted to go to sleep. I knew that wasn't normal because he had just woken up from a nap. Thinking back to my girls camp first aid training I thought I remembered that you shouldn't let someone who just received a head injury go to sleep (the nurse at the ER said that was just a myth, but I want a second opinion from you nurses that are reading this). We got him in the car and not to long after he started to throw up. This made me really nervous and so we decided to take him to the ER. After waiting forever to get in the Doctor said he had a concussion and that we should keep an eye on him. I happy to report that Blake is doing just fine and the next day you couldn't even tell that he had been hit in the head. Matt and I are both paranoid about going down the stairs while carrying him now!

For Labor Day Weekend...

we decided to go to a swim park not too far away. It is only $4.oo a person and kids 2 and under are free. SWEET! At the park they have this whole section just for little kids. They have water squirting every where. Blake loves it there. His favorite part was the slide. He did it over and over and over (you get the picture)! I wish I could have gotten a picture of it but I had to be the one at the bottom to catch him. I'm pretty sure my camera would not do well with water!! We had so much fun. We all wished we could have spent more time there, but alas Matt had to get back to the law books.

-This is Blake's Excited face-

That night we went to Burns Park for a picnic. Blake of course loved the slide there. Needless to say it was a great day. I thought it was so great that I told Matt that the only thing that would make the day even more perfect is if I had the baby

that night (No such luck)!

Blake in deep thought