Pictures & Our 4th of July!

Here are the pictures I promised. Sorry there are a lot, not as many of Nathan as I would like because my camera was having issues for a while, but it's better than nothing.

This was when Nathan was 2 weeks old, he wasn't very happy with me.

This was taken right after his 2 week check up.....
This picture of Johnny was actually taken a week or 2 before Nathan was born, things have been so crazy, I don't remember if I've already posted it or not. We were having spaghetti & he loved it!

Johnny likes to do these weird faces when I tell him to smile lately....

This was taken when Nathan was 3 weeks old, they were both crying & screaming & I thought I should take a picture because maybe 10 years from now it'll make me laugh....we'll see.....

This was at Davie's family reunion, we all played "Rock Band" & Davie & his cousin were the singers....

We were down visiting my Dad for Father's Day & Johnny started wearing this wig, he looks so hilarious!

Nathan sleeping away, I think this was at 4 weeks.

Johnny getting ready to do his first sparkler, (don't worry, this was done under very close adult supervision...)

Nathan, 5 1/2 weeks, we've realized that he was my dad's eyebrows, you can kind of see in this picture, I have some on my phone where you can really tell, I'll upload them soon.

For the 4th of July we went to my dad's house. I somehow got put in charge of planning everything, so I thought it'd be fun to do what we did last year. Ben and Charity and their kids came up friday night and we started getting everything ready. Charity, Emily, and I made the food for the next day while the guys bathed kids and did fireworks for them outside. We got up early on the 4th, well, everyone but me, and went to the Clearfield parade. Johnny loved it because he got candy and ate a bunch, something I usually wouldn't let him do. As soon as the parade was over we went home and packed up the vans and headed to Huntsville and Pineview Lake. The lake was full when we got there so we went to the park for lunch. Johnny got a frisbee at the parade and he and his cousins played frisbee with Grandpa while we were at the park. This nice cop, (I know, unusual) let us into the lake because he remembered us from earlier and had told us we could get in in an hour. I kind of felt bad because there was a huge line of cars waiting to go and we passed them all. Oh well! The kids starting swimming right away, and Davie and Dad blew up their raft/paddle boats. I ended up sitting in the shade a lot with Nathan since he's still so young, but I think he enjoyed being outside. Johnny had tons of fun swimming and riding in the boat. I went out a couple times in the boat with Davie, and while we were out one time we actually got pulled over, on the lake! I didn't even know they could do that! I saw the police boat go by and said something about how it'd be funny if they pulled people over, next thing I knew they had lights flashing and they were coming for us! I started laughing, I asked Davie if we were breaking the speed limit in our little blow up boat. Turns out they were bothered that Davie wasn't wearing a life jacket, I'm not sure they can even really do anything about it other than say something, but it was pretty funny. After talking to us they turned their lights back on and went after my brother Ben, also not wearing a life jacket.

Anyways, we had a lot of fun at the lake! We left a little earlier than last year so we could go get cleaned up for the fireworks. We found the perfect spot to watch them, I was so excited that Johnny was awake this year, last year he slept the whole time. Charity brought little glow sticks for the kids to play with, which turned into a lifesaver while waiting for the fireworks to start. Johnny liked the fireworks but I think he was a little bit more excited about his glow stick. It was a great day though, and lots of fun hanging out with family.

Nathan chilling in the shade at the beach.

Johnny loved wearing his life jacket and playing in the sand.

I don't remember taking this picture, but I thought it was cute.

Johnny and Cecilia were together almost the whole weekend, I love that he has cousins close to his age!

Nathan just relaxing again.

Everytime I told Johnny to smile he did something weird....I think he thinks he's funny.

Julia drying off, I love her pretty eyes!

Johnny being a monkey again when I asked him to smile.

Always together....

Stephen giving me a weird look, why won't anyone smile for me?

Davie and I hanging out.

This was the first time he smiled for me all day.

Look behind us!

Emily and I being goofy, we realized we can't do those kissy pictures everybody does without laughing and looking retarded!

Grandpa playing with Julia.

The second smile of the day, right as we're heading home...

Johnny watching the fireworks and playing with his glow stick.

Ben and his kids watching the fireworks.

And......Nathan slept through the fireworks! Which is better than screaming, so I'm ok with that.

Update on us....

Things have been pretty busy lately. We're still getting used to having two kids, some days are better than others. Nathan is pretty calm if he's being held or laying next to me. He does not like his cradle at all, most nights he ends up in bed with us. I'm ok with this though because I actually do get more sleep that way. He is growing so fast, he's over 10 lbs now, and is learning to let you know what he wants. He has different cries for different things. He's starting to get rolls on his thighs and his cheeks are chunking up, it's so cute!

Johnny is doing pretty well with being a big brother. He loves Nathan so much and is always wanting to hug and kiss him. He's still having a hard time understanding how to be soft, but each day he seems a little better. Johnny is having a hard time with other things though, he isn't listening as well as he used to, and he's starting smarting off. He's always telling me "No", "Don't", and "Let go", in a really snotty voice. We're trying to be consistant with disiplining him when he does this, we give him a warning and explaing what he's doing wrong, if he keeps doing it he has to sit on time out. It works for a bit, but a couple hours later he does it again, I hear consistancy is the key to teaches young children, so I'm hoping all this effort pays off someday. Other than his random outbursts he's as cute as ever. He can say almost anything now, and can almost carry on a conversation with you. The other day he asked me to go into the kitchen with him and when we got there he said he wanted to eat biscuits! I had no idea he even knew what a biscuit was, but he specifically asked for one. It was adorable! Johnny's starting to notice when he needs to go to the bathroom as well, so next week we're going to attempt potty training.....I've heard some different theories about how to do it, so I'm going to pick one that I think will work for him and give it a shot.

Davie and I have been pretty busy taking care of the kids and doing things with family lately and haven't had much time to hang out with eachother. The other night my sister Emily and her friend came up to Logan and babysat the boys so we could go out on a date. It was so nice, it was the first date we've been on without kids in months. We decided to take advantage and go to the temple. It was such a nice night, we both needed to go and it really helped us both feel better about some things. It was so beautiful there, I haven't been in a long time because I've been pregnant. We've decided we need to go monthly and possibly every other week.

We've been able to spend some time with both mine and Davie's families lately, which has been really nice. Johnny loves seeing everyone and playing with cousins. Things are still pretty tough but it's helpful to be around family and keeping busy.

I'll post some pictures soon, my camera's had some issues but I think it's fixed now, so I'll upload some as soon as I can.

Obituary

Pamela Andrew Moore

1955 - 2009

Pamela Andrew Moore, 54, returned to her Heavenly Father peacefully, at home on Thursday, May 21, 2009 from apparent heart failure.

She was born February 22, 1955 in Washington, D.C., the youngest daughter of Woodrow and Ernestine Faw. Following high school, Pam moved to Arkansas where she married Kenneth Floyd and had her first son, Michael. After they divorced she eventually moved to California where she met and married her eternal companion, Mike Moore. They moved to Utah in 1986 and were soon after sealed in the Ogden LDS Temple. Her favorite activity aside from gardening, quilting and home-schooling the younger children, was to be involved in service to others. She served in the Church in Primary and missionary callings, but her favorite was Compassionate Service Leader. She was also a hospice volunteer for Inspiration Hospice.

Pam is survived by her husband, Michael Moore; her children, Benjamin (Charity) Moore, Beverly (Steven) Sanderson, Jason Moore, Erin (David) Graves, Emily Moore, Stephen Moore; six grandchildren; two sisters, Joan (Jim) Goodman, Judy (Robert) Calhoon; her best friends, Marcia Woods, Alice Miner; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Michael, a daughter, Rachael, and a sister, Sandra Reid.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 29th at 11:00 a.m. at Lindquist’s Roy Mortuary, 3333 West 5600 South. Family and friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary.

Interment, Clearfield City Cemetery.

http://www.utahtributes.com/search/show_listing/6769

Pictures...

These are just some pictures that I got off my mom's camera. Just thought I would share some of them.

This is my Mom's flower garden that she was working on, it looked so great this year.

This is Johnny last summer, we were visiting my mom for the day and went out to eat at Cafe Rio. Johnny loved hanging out with Nana!

This was also last summer, we went to Wendy's with Mom & Emily and Johnny loved playing in the windows inside Wendys.

This is my brother Stephen going to prom a few weeks ago.

A couple weeks before my mom passed away she & my sister went to Washington D.C. This is my grandpa's name, so my mom got a pic in front of the sign.
This Squirrel peed on my sister Emily, just had to share that, haha Em!

Emily & Mom in front of the White House.

These next few are pics of my mom with her Aunts, Uncle, & cousins in Virginia, she was very close with them.

This is Ben a few weeks ago at his graduation, he got his Masters in Social Work! His kids are so cute!

Dad & Mom with Ben at his graduation. Mom was so proud of Ben, she called me the morning of graduation and talked to me about how happy she was for Ben.

Emily & Stephen at Ben's graduation. Look how cute they are, they are both younger & also taller than me.Ben's kids climbing on Grandpa!

Nathan Andrew Graves!

So, as I said in the last post things have been really crazy. I'm still not going to talk about the stuff with my mom right now, I'm trying to get my life back to normal a bit right now and am not ready to write about that. So I'l share the happy stuff.

On saturday May 23, I went in at about 5 p.m. to be induced. It took a while for things to get started, a couple hours went by and I was starting to feel the contractions, they hurt but were bearable so I waited on an epidural. Davie was with me this time, thank goodness, and he was so helpful. We watched a movie I had picked out earlier for while I was in labor, and we had lots of family come to visit me. Davie's mom came up and was there the whole time, which was really great, I'm glad I have such a supportive mother-in-law. Johnny played in the room for the first couple hours, then Davie's dad and sister Luci came and got him and babysat back at our place.

A couple hours into the induction they decided to go ahead and break my water, after that the contractions got stronger, which I was expecting. I kept debating whether or not to get the epidural, I was getting through the contractions ok, but I was so exhausted from not having slept the last two nights, so after talking with the nurse forever about whether or not I could do it, I decided to get the epidural so I could rest and have the energy I needed later. They did it a little differently than they had with Johnny, I had to sit up this time. Davie was there to help though, and after the dr got it into the right place I started to feel better. ( It took a couple tries....)

Ben and Charity came up to the hospital to help, which was really great too. It was nice just talking to everyone and getting my mind off of things. My dad and brother and sister came up a few hours into the induction, and I was really relieved that Emily was able to come into the delivery room. She had been sick all week but they let her wear a mask so she could be with me. They had been there about ten minutes when things felt different all of a sudden. I told the nurse, who had just checked me 5 min before, and she checked me again and said I was ready to push. I got really nervous then, but I couldn't think about it long, I had to try not to push while we were waiting for the Dr. to come in the room. He came in, put on his gloves, turned around, and 2 pushes later the baby was out. He was born at 1:03 a.m. on Sunday May 24. I couldn't believe how fast it happened, I didn't even feel like I was doing anything.

Davie and I still hadn't picked a name when we went to the hospital, but as soon as I saw our baby I felt like we should name him Nathan, luckily it was a name Davie liked....! Nathan looked so tiny to me when I first saw him, but he was almost 2 lbs smaller than Johnny was, which makes a huge difference with how a baby looks. He was doind really well though, and is a very calm baby.

Staying in the hospital was hard for me this time. I had lots of family and friends that came to visit and help out which was nice, but I couldn't sleep and couldn't stop thinking about things. Our first week out of the hospital was extremely busy and we didn't spend a day of it at home. We had lots of extended family around to help us out though, we appreciate them so much, we couldn't have done it all without them.

On Monday we decided, even though it was hard, it was time to come home. We needed to learn how to take care of two kids in our own place and on our own before Davie had to go back to work. The first couple of days were really hard, Nathan has been great, but Johnny was acting up a bit. He loves the baby, but he thinks he can get into everything when I'm busy feeding or changing the baby. We've done some rearranging to make our house a bit more child proof, and we're making use of the pack-n-play again. Johnny is getting better as we get back into our normal routine, I'm hoping he'll be good for me when Davie goes back to work on Monday, I'm not quite sure how I'll do it on my own during the day.

Nathan had his first Dr. appointment today and he seems to be doing really well. He's now 7.5 lbs, (was 6 lbs 12 oz at birth, 18 in. long) and 20 inches. So he's growing well, but still on the small side, the Dr. says that's fine though, Nathan was a week and a half early.

We've been so busy that we haven't taken a lot of pictures, but here are some we do have.....