Parker is here!

Well it has been a very long time since i last updated our blog so I thought I would start with the most recent happenings and work backwards to catch up. We are very happy to say we now have another addition to our family.....Parker Gordon Garrett. He was born June 18 at 12:02 p.m. weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz and was 20 inches long! This labor was extremely fast, I went from being dilated to a 5 to having him here in 17 min!! I was a little nervous how life would be with 4 kids but so far it hasn't been too bad. I have had my mom and sister here helping and that has been such a treat and life saver. I don't know what we are going to do when they leave! Parker has been such a joy and everyone loves to hold and kiss him. He loves it when you talk to him and will instantly look your way when you start to talk. Here are a few pictures and I will add more as I collect them from our cell phones.


I am not big on taking pictures right before the baby is born but since this could be our last one I thought I should have at least one to look back on!


Not planning this, Therin has worn the exact same shirt when we have gone to the hospital to have a baby. So all of our kids first pictures are with Therin in his famous Ricks College T-shirt! :)

We also have a similar picture, with each child, of Therin changing the first diaper!! ;)


Abby and Mason and Abuela visiting Parker at the hospital.


Our first "family of 6" picture! Holy Cow!!!


The nurses were so nice at the hospital! This one let mason listen to Parker's heart beat with her stethoscope.

This is what happens when I try to take a shower...

Yesterday I thought I would try to take a shower so I could be clean for church but I am now rethinking about what I will do next Sunday. This is what I came out to:

And that's not all....
I guess Jared decided he was hungry and would try to pop some popcorn in the waffle iron! That is a new one for me, I will have to try that next time. And, yes, that is oil all over the counter! After all, what is popcorn without a "little" oil?!! Later that day after church, I went to check on Jared because he was being unusually quiet and as I walked into the living room I noticed Jared had upgraded from flour to sugar! There was sugar all over the living room rug and floor! I wasn't thinking it was funny anymore so I didn't take a picture, but I guess I should have! :)
I went to put Jared in time out but he was screaming and way beyond tired so I gave him some options: "You can go to time out or go take a nap, which one do you want?" He response was: "a candycane!" How can you discipline your child when they make a comeback like that?!!! He is such a crack up sometimes!

Mason turns 5

Yesterday was Mason's birthday and we had a great time celebrating it! Earlier during the week I asked Mason what he wanted for his birthday and his reply was "I can't tell you, you have to go to the store and guess"..........good thing he is not picky and loves anything you get him!! Mason wanted to go to Jumping Jacks for his birthday so I told him as soon as Jared woke up from his nap we would pick Abby up from school and go. Mason then runs to Jared and says "Jared, we are going to go to Jumping Jacks right after your nap so today you have to take a short nap ok?" We was way to excited to sit or go play quietly while Jared took a nap so he helped me decorate his cake! He wanted another train cake this year so we took a different approach and instead of "building" a train out of cake we just drew one on! Although, I will admit it took almost the same amount of time but it was really fun! Mason was a great help at eating all the leftover frosting and candies! After we picked Abby up from school we headed over to Jumping Jacks where Therin met up with us and we all had a great time. There were only a few other people there so we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves (which was great because that place can get really crowded!) I thought Jared might be a little apprehensive to go on the big slides but it only took him going up once with Abby and then we couldn't get him off! After playing hard for a couple of hours we ended up at Red Robin for dinner...yum! Happy Birthday Mason, we love you!

Mirror Lake

Last week we decided to take a day and venture up to Mirror Lake. We had heard about this lake but had never been there so we thought it would be a great time to go up with all the colors changing. We had such a great time and it was beautiful up there! The water was crystal clear with a little island in the middle of the lake. It was crazy to feel the 20 degree temperature difference from what we had left at home! We were able to do some geo caching along the way and also got to see a little bit of wild life up close and personal......nothing too scary!! :)

A chipmunk that was stealing M&Ms from under our table!

Therin was feeding this squirrel his chips. It was funny to see it run off with chips that were almost as big as it was!

A moose off in the trees.

Our family in front of the Upper Provo Falls.

Everyone crossing the river to get to a geo cache.

Therin trying to be funny!! :)

Everyone looking for the geo cache.

Therin was the only one with long enough arms to grab it.

This was an awesome geo cache. It was full of some fun trinkets.

Beautiful scenery!

Mirror Lake

The little island in Mirror Lake.

The colors were amazing!

Mason's "cute" hair

Once a week Mason plays with a little girl in our ward that goes to the same preschool as he does. Well today while Mason was getting ready for school I found him in the bathroom doing his hair. I asked him what he was doing and he said "I have to be cute at Lilly's house!" So this picture shows his definition of cute....hair slicked down the front! :) And why is he already worrying about what he looks like for a girl?!!! :)

First day of school

This year I now have two kids in school! Abby started second grade August 19th and Mason started preschool September 1st. They both are loving their classes and teachers! The night after Mason's first day he was laying in his bed, trying to go to sleep, when I walked into his room and he says: "mom I just can't believe I am in school and I get to back another day!" I am so happy that he likes his class. A funny story; when i went to pick Mason up from his first day, the teacher had all the kids line up outside along a wall to wait until their mom came and got them. All of a sudden a little boy pulls his pants down and starts to pee all over the sidewalk! The teacher hadn't noticed any of this until the little boy's grandmother starts running up to him saying "no, no!" Of course I think it is funny because it wasn't my child....but what a way to start the first day of school!! :)

Mason, Abby, and Jared on Abby's first day of 2nd grade!

Jared and Mason on Mason's first day of preschool!

Jared's hospital stay

I keep trying to keep both my blogs updated but it is proving to be a difficult thing. I do end up posting on this blog but it always ends up being so late! But it's better late than never. On Father's Day (June 21st) Jared had a little cough and runny nose so Therin stayed home with him while I went to church with the kids (I know it was Father's day but I had to lead the music in sacrament meeting so I had to be there. But I did make sure Therin got a Big Hunk candy bar the ward was passing out!!) So after church we got home and Therin had said that Jared kept waking up from his nap crying and acting like he was in pain. Therin gave him some motrin and I noticed that he was breathing a little funny but didn't think much of it. We hurried and made dinner and ate but by the time dinner was over Jared was really struggling to breath. I hurried and called the doctor and they said to take him in.
We took him in where they tested his oxygen levels and found that he was not getting enough oxygen. They gave him a breathing treatment and tested for strep throat and the swine flu. The tests came back negative and the breathing treatment seemed to help a little but the doctor was still concerned so they sent us down to get x-rays. After getting the x-rays we went back up to see the doctor (we had to go to the ER to get x-rays) to get the results of the x-ray. After waiting a few minutes to get the results, Jared's breathing started getting worse and his oxygen levels were dropping. They gave him another breathing treatment, which didn't help much, then we finally heard back from radiology that he had pneumonia. We then went back to the hospital, straight to the pediatric unit where they put in an IV and a breathing tube, checked for RSV, and did a whole bunch of blood work. By this time it was 11:00 p.m. and Jared hadn't slept all day so he was exhausted. He wanted to sleep so bad but was woken up time after time by respiratory therapists, nurses checking his vitals, the breathing tube being fitted, etc... Poor little guy was so sad and tired, not to mention me who was a total basket case. Luckily my sister was with me so I didn't have to wait by myself until Therin got there.
Therin finally got there with our neighbor (thanks Todd) to give him a blessing then my sister went home to watch the kids and Therin stayed at the hospital with me. That night was horrible with the oxygen machine beeping every 5 minutes saying that his oxygen levels were getting too low, or the IV machine beeping saying the tube was pinched somewhere, and the respiratory therapists coming in every 2 hours for breathing treatments, and the nurses every 30 minutes checking his vitals. The morning finally came and we waited for the doctor to come and analyze Jared and Therin went home to be with the kids. Jared was still hooked up to the oxygen so we had to stay another night. Therin stayed that second night while I went home to try and get some sleep and send my sister off to girls camp the following morning.
By the third day Jared was looking a lot better and running up and down the halls like there wasn't anything wrong with him. Luckily there was only one other patient (a little one year old) in the whole pediatric area so Jared pretty much had the whole area to himself. The only thing that was keeping him at the hospital was his oxygen levels while he slept......they kept dropping.
By the fourth day the respiratory therapist said that some people put the oxygen detector thing on their own finger/toe to just be able to get out of the hospital. I so wanted to do that except I knew I would get home and be worried the whole time and wouldn't be able to sleep, so we waited and waited. Until finally on the 5th day the doctor said that even though his oxygen levels were still dropping while he slept, he was bouncing back after a little while on his own so he could come home!! Yeah!!! I think Jared was just as ready as I was to get out of there! As much as he loved watching the helicopter take off and land and running up and down the halls with the wagons, he was ready to get home and play outside with his brother and sister! So we took him home with orders to do breathing treatments 3 times a day for a week then go back in for a followup appointment. He did so well that week after the hospital and was running around like nothing ever happened. The followup appointment went perfect and was given a clean bill of health. We are so grateful for all of our friends and family for meals, thoughts, prayers, watching kids, and everything!

Jared not happy after breathing tube was put in.


Kissing the frog with an "oowie" on his balloon.



Jared LOVED having his food brought to him and being able to eat it in bed. Whenever the nurses would walk in the room he would say "food, food."


He loved the play room they had at the hospital and loved being pulled in the wagons



He also loved pulling the wagons. There was this little one that he would stuff with toys then run around the halls pulling it. Mason came to visit one day and Jared pulled him in the big wagon, which Mason thought was really fun!