There is nothing worse than when you're baby hurts!

So my poor baby has been dealing with horrible eczema all over his little body-- but especially his face.  I wasn't going to post about it but I try and post at least every month and he is officially four months old this week.  This is what the poor kid is getting to deal with this month!  It looks horrible-- I know.  I 've cried and cried about it because it really itches him and he cuts himself trying to itch it so we have to keep his hands covered up... you just feel so helpless watching him.  Lex and Blake helped Jason give him a blessing on Sunday so we feel we are on the right path to helping him.  He is still so cute even with a horrible rash and he's so sweet-- most of the time he is laughing and has a smile on his face.  It is so heartbreaking though because you know he doesn't understand why he hurts. I took him to the dermatologist yesterday and so we are trying a variety of things to help him.  The bad news is he wants to wipe is face constantly and put his hands in his mouth and the medicine we are using can make him sick if he ingests it so playing 24/7 dodge with his hands is a difficult task with a 4-month old. :)  It was a little funny and pathetic last night watching Jason try and create a system with tape that keeps his hands free but restricted from his face because he does the most damage to his face rubbing it in the night-- Jack just kept laughing at Jason as if to say, "this is so not going to work"!  It literally came to me in a dream last night to use one of those baby swaddlers-- so I'm going to go get a bigger one today!  Good news is what we're doing seems to be helping... it already looks better today so I'm very grateful for the inspiration and help we've received.  I respect parents who have chronically or severley ill children so much-- I'm just dealing with helping him with a rash but I can't imagine how hard it would be to see you baby severely sick all the time.  So we're grateful it's something we can treat.  I've seriously tried everything you can think of and have had so much advice on what to do (Aquaphor, Eucerin, Aveeno, Cetaphil, Cortizone, hypo-allergenic laundry soap, no fabric softener, etc etc) sometimes it helps so please keep it coming-- maybe there will be something I haven't tried!! Please keep my baby boy in your prayers. Love lots-- Laura

Jack went to the ZOO!!!

A bunch of us decided to take our kids to Free Zoo Day... it was seriously crazy with all the mom's and strollers, but we had so much fun being out of the house with friends and family.  

 Don't Jack and Ely look excited!?? 

                                                                        The group
Bunny and Ely
    We missed Jason being with us... he loves the penguins!

I LOVE the elephants!! I took an emotion class at the U where we had an animal day and we learned that elephants are very intelligent and they show empathy and love towards their herd...very cool.  We all had a great time-- especially Jack who slept 99% of the time!

Jack's First Christmas!!

Jack's first Christmas was quite eventful... lots of sleeping and crying ;)  Thanks G'ma Trud for the cutest Christmas outfit!

                       

Jack's First Week

I can't believe my baby is already 10 days old. It is going so fast and it makes me a little sad, but he seems to get cuter and cuter each day. One day I'll have to sit down and write about the experience of his birth... totally amazing... it's absolutely true what they say... you just can't comprehend loving someone so much. He's so amazing and every time I go to hold him I just can't believe he is mine. I am so incredibly grateful to my Father in Heaven for him that it overwhelms me... he was definitely worth it.

Thanks everyone for your love, support, prayers, meals, visits, and posts. We are so blessed to have so many great people in our lives. We have compiled some of Jack's first week of pictures... I'm pretty sure there are few babies with more pictures than him :). You can click here to view the photos or click on the link to the right labeled, "Jack, so far". Enjoy! We think he's pretty cute ;) Love to you all!

The First Few Days

I've made a video and photo section for our blog off to the right.  Each time we add a new video, we will let you know.  We hope you like the videos!  The latest video, (The First Few Days), is of the first days we had with Jack in the hospital and his first day home.  I know that many people have short attention spans, so I keep the videos short and sweet.  Hope you enjoy.

Our Baby Jack

We would like to introduce you to our son Jack!  He was born November 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 p.m.  He weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and measured 20 inches.  We will be updating our blog later, once we gather all of the pictures that we have taken over the last few days, so check in with us soon.