Hospitals, Hospitals, Hospitals

We have spent the majority of the past week in, you guessed it...the HOSPITAL! Thomas was diagnosed with a horrible case of RSV, and a double ear infection. We keep having to go back in cause the poor guy wont eat or drink...and for a "big" little guy, he has been dangerously dehydrated. This week has tested us as parents in every way. As a mother, this week I have cried with my baby more than I care to admit. To top it off, I also showed off some not so great mothering characteristics when we were in the hospital and the nurse accidentally dropped the oxygen machine on Thomas' foot...some words Tommy hasn't heard before (he has heard a lot out of me) flew out of me. Thomas was then treated to see if there were broken bones. I almost went ape, and I would have thrown my own ape poop at that nurse if my kid came out of the Hospital for treatment of a respiratory disease and came out with a cast too...watch out, here comes Mama bear!

Rob has been the most incredible Dad this week! There is no end to what he will do for our son...or me. He is 110% dad and hubbie...what would we do without you? Well, be throwing our poop at nurses I guess?

So far, no trip back to the hospital TODAY...but we almost had to at lunch if he didn't eat...but a lunch of otter pops and dad force feeding him kept us out of the ER for one more day.
Thomas is on his way...the coughing and wheezing is much better. Time is the best medicine I think now. Thanks to all the friends who have been there for us!

Valentines "24" handcuff handouts- ADULT style

SO, for those of you who don't know, we are obsessed with the show "24". We found some other people in our complex who also are obsessed, and have started a Monday night party at 8 every Monday night, and I usually have some sort of "24" themed food...I thought I would spice this week up...with handcuffs...with plush handcuffs...whatever happened to party bags???HA HA!! They are back in the Stoker home..."24 ADULT" style! I cant wait for the rumors to start in my ward! Note to those who have some "spice" in their lives, these also make fun gifts for close friends! Gets a great laugh (or a big thank you) for a small price! And, you may help a friends love life for Valentines day!

6 AM WORKOUTS- Are you kidding me?

This is a picture snapped of me today at the gym at 6 am...Just kidding about the picture, but not about the 6 am part. Yes, for 2 weeks now, I have bee going strong at working out in the mornings at the Student gym on campus with my super duper cheap spouse pass with some ladies in my ward. Kill me now! the 6 am is horrible, but not that I wasn't up at that time with Thomas anyways, I just didn't have to be human and in clothing other than my underwear. Thanks to rob helping me with my goal, he now gets up with Thomas so I can make it to the gym...What a sweetie...so he is going to school ( his LAST semester), work, and getting up with the baby....I did pick the best guy ever! I do fee like this lady in the picture though. All my work out clothes...Don't fit anymore. I refuse to by clothes to sweat in and to look cute in at 6 am. At 6 am the only people in the gym are marathon trainers, gross 18 year old scoping out chicks, and the ROTC running. No one to impress really. I do get stares, probably cause I am sweating more than the average person there. Or the fact that they can see how many layers I have under my shirt... I do think it is sad that I am having to wear 3 sports bras. Damn these DD's.

So much for Child Proofing

We got a new entertainment center recentley. We knew that Thomas would want to play with the stuff inside, so we purposly bought one with doors to keep him out. Within the first few weeks, we learned to go to one side and slam the glass door to the other side and laugh. He does this over and over. So we decided to be smarter than him, and get a peice of wood and place it in the door track to prevent it from moving. At 6 am the next morning, he went over to the entertainment center as usual, ready to slam, saw the new child proofing device, stuck his finger under it and popped it out, and continued to slam the door. To taunt us more, he began to swing it around like at batton as to say, "Is that all you got"?
So much for Child proofing with this kid.

Happy New Year

Our New year was rather quiet...but we made sure Thomas got to celebrate his First New years...before 8 pm.

We hope you all had a Wonderful New year...and we wish you a Wonderful 2009! Good luck on your Resolutions...Rob and I discussed ours last night. Mine is the same as usual...lose weight. But i want to loose At least 40 lbs...so I am some what recognizable to what I used to be. I will do this with the help of Weight Watchers! Rob wants to run at least a half marathon...I said I will be there to support him on the sidelines~ I don't run. It just isn't in the Willardson genes. I did Thomas' goals for him: Be cute, and learn to walk, and say, "I love you Mommy". Simple enough.

Thomas' First Christmas

All I want for Christmas is ....Paper. That's all he really cared about. So much for spending money on "educational" toys.

We had a Great time in Northern California at my parents home...A different party each night...The Nutcracker, plays, concerts and shopping in San Fransisco. The flu did hit us all, but didn't damper the fun. We hope you all had a Wonderful Christmas!!

Reindeer and Teeth...

Well, this week we found Thomas' FIRST tooth. I kept trying to fish out a cracker when I realized it was a tooth. So, like any good mother, I forced my way into his mouth screaming to take a photo of it.

He also had his first touch of snow..I took pictures like crazy...only to realized I had the lense on... way to go Kate.

We went to Thanksgiving Point Festival of Lights and drove through with our good friends the Larsen's. Though much of the time was Julie and I trying to figure out which one of our kids smelled like vomit? Tommy saw his first Reindeer, and could have cared less, with his bottom lip shivering.

Tommy and I leave to go home to my parents house for Christmas on Monday, and Rob will follow on Friday after his finals. Cant wait to be at home and see Grandmas house all done up!!