March for Babies

For anyone still checking our blog on occasion, I wanted to let you know about the March for Babies. The kids and I will be participating in the March for Babies on May 18th (Lindsay may join us, but since she'll be 8 1/2 months pregnant, she'll be a gameday decision). A co-worker of mine has been involved in the Utah chapter of the March of Dimes for quite a while and told me about the event. The March of Dimes mission is "to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality."  Here's the blurb on how to donate to our family "team" and what the event is all about.

I'm very excited to be a part of March for Babies this year and hope you will join my team!
Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. We're walking because we want to do something about this.

The money we raise will support March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it will be used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care.

Please join my team. You can do so on my team page. If you can't walk with us, please help the team reach our goal by making a donation. You can do that online as well.
Thank you for helping me give all babies a healthy start!

Visit my team Web page at
http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t2035911

If you would like to learn more about March for Babies,
visit the Web site at marchforbabies.org.


I sure am very grateful to have 3 healthy babies! (and for their sweet cousin, too)

Update

Well, it's been six months, and time for an update. The biggest news, is that we are expecting baby number 4. It's a boy, and he is due on June 8th. I suppose we're a bit late announcing this, since he'll be here in just a couple of months, but I realized a few weeks ago when someone at church asked Lindsay if she was expecting that we really haven't made any kind of announcement to anyone except our immediate families, so not many people probably know! Assuming he comes on time, that will make 4 birthdays in a two week span in June. Blake and I are the odd men out with birthdays in the winter. Nathan has had a couple of treatments since the last post. He goes in every 8 weeks. We spent Christmas in Colorado with my parents, who had just returned home from their mission in London.  Then we had Blake's 4th birthday in January.

The kids are all growing up. Nathan is now running, and is much happier now that he can keep up with Hailey and Blake a little better. Hailey is reading, and doing math, it's amazing to me how much she has learned in Kindergarten. Blake is still just really imaginative and creative. It seems like he comes up with a new game every day. Lindsay and I went on a nice vacation together last week. It was really great to spend some time together away from work and kids for a few days.

The sedative they gave Nathan during his December treatment messed up his oxygen levels.
 Try keeping a mask on an 18 month old for 4 hours. Not fun.

The headlamp was Blake's favorite Christmas present

  

Blake had a Ninja Turtle themed birthday

Hailey and Blake Sledding

At the temple on vacation

Nathan loves watching everything Blake does

Nathan wants to give up his naps, but isn't quite ready