Meet Gus Gus

I would like to start off saying i did NOT want a puppy, here is the story of how we became new parents to adorable Gus Gus. 

It all started with a harmless text from my sister saying a girl at her work was selling these adorable shnoodle puppies a mix between a schnauzer and a poodle, she asked me if i would go with her to look at them because SHE wanted one, i of course agreed. So after she got off work we went to look at the puppies, it turns out there was only 2 of them. There was of course Gus Gus and his brother who was going to be white. Gus Gus was MUCH cuter then his brother, he is smaller and his chocolate brown coloring is to die for. While we were there my sister called her husband to ask if she could bring him home and he said NO, while she was on the phone the owner of the dogs needed to leave in 5 min. so i started freaking out because i of course fell in love with him so what did my crazy self do???? handed them a check and took off with him. While we were in the car driving home i started freaking out WHAT AM I THINKING i don't want a puppy i already have a dog and 2 kids i cant handle a puppy. My sister calmed me down and said she would talk more to her husband and would hopefully convince him that they wanted him. Well needless to say he did not budge and we ended up taking him home that night. Luckily greg was not mad and late that night went to the store to buy all the necessary puppy items.Paisley was actually the one to name him Gus Gus, and i LOVE it!!! Gus was amazing that first night and surprisingly slept through the night. it put me more at ease that everything was going to be fine with him. But something seemed off with him, for 1. He didn't drink water out of a bowl. 2. He had no teeth yet. 3. He slept ALLOT. 4. He seemed very lethargic for a puppy. so we were a little concerned about him so greg took him to the humane society to get his shots and that's when we found out that he was barley 4 weeks old, puppies should not leave the mom until 6-9 weeks. he was supposed to be getting breast milk from his mom still. and that he wasn't old enough to lap the water in his mouth yet.WHAT??? so off to the store to buy puppy formula and $150.00 later we were set with more goods for this baby. He didn't even weigh a pound yet so he was too little to get shots. I was VERY upset and let the girl have it who sold me the puppy, i felt used like she just took my money and didn't even care about this sweet puppy who was clearly underfed and dehydrated. I started feeling better knowing he was in good hands now and would be taken care of. So we have had him now 2 1/2 weeks and he now weighs a whopping pound lol i was told he will only get 2-4 pounds as an adult so we will see. me and greg think he will be about ellies size which is 5 pounds. I now feel that i was SUPPOSED to have him, he seriously has fit into our family perfectly, him and ellie get along so well and the kids ADORE him. Isn't it funny how things happen sometimes?!

Look at that button nose, so cute.

Ellie and Gus Gus taking a nap together.

 Gus Gus sitting in gregs sandal

 Gus Gus in gregs pocket the day we got him. This just shows you how small he is.

Summers over

I have allot to update, i guess it means we have been busy since i haven't been on here in a while.
                                         WARNING: long post ahead......

First off we have  been getting allot of rain here, one night i was at my parents and within minutes there street was flooded, it was crazy how hard and fast the rain came down. then just like that its over and it all dries up.

As you can see in the picture it was past my ankles and i was standing in the road.

Then me and paisley took an impromptu trip to st george with my parents. We were gone for almost a week it was fun but i missed pax and greg and towards the end paisley was ready to go home, but she was so good and it was so fun to spend some one on one time with her.

We did tons of swimming, its crazy to see her swimming by herself. she used to scream bloody murder when we would put her in the water, she HATED it. Then we bought her some puddle jumpers and now shes a freakin fish. she was jumping in and going under water, me and mom were just in shock, i'm so glad she likes swimming now.

Since we drove down with my parents we were stranded allot with out a car because my parents go golfing allot while they are down there. So one day we decided to walk to a fun park that i didn't think was that far, it ended being allot further then i thought, and it was SO hot. We even had some cars pull over and offer us a ride lol  (dont worry i said no) Even thought it was a far walk it was a fun adventure and paisley thought it was a blast.

 Here she is posing on a little cliff that was on our adventure.

Then the very next day we got back from st george this little cutie started pre school. She was SO excited when i dropped her off she just gave me a hug and said bye mom, didn't even look back or cry like most of the other kids. I guess she was more then ready for school to start. lol All the parents thought it was so weird i wasnt crying my eyes out, i have to remind them i stay at home with my kids so i have been with paisley every day since she was born, i was more then ready for her to start school, she had been getting SO bored and antsy it really was a good thing for her to get out of the house. and besides i have pax to still entertain me at home :)

Cutest picture of pax with glasses on, now he looks just like his daddy!!!

So last Thursday this happened and it was the cutest thing ever!!!! 

Too bad it was a moment that i should have known brother doesn't act this mellow so this was the calm before the storm.

This night pax woke up burning up with a very high fever, so i gave him some motrin and he went back to sleep. Well at 4 am he woke up again burning up again this time his fever was 104.8 so i freaked and new it was not good. He was very lethargic and couldn't even sit up on his own. So off to the pediatricians office.

This is a horrible picture of me and paisley actually snapped it herself, she was playing with my phone while we were waiting in the peds office. but you can see how AWFUL pax looks, he made me do laps around the office to calm him down, you can tell how bad he is burning up this is after motrin and the nurse gave him tylenol too and he was still burning up. He couldn't even open his eyes, when the doctor was examining him he was just slumped over. The doctor was VERY concerned about him and told me to take him to primary children's ER, i started crying and freaking out. He calmed me down and told me they would check him for strep and a his urine for a bladder infection but if those came back negative then i would have to go up there. They checked his oxygen and his heart rate and those were fine which was a relief. All the other tests came back negative so he really wanted us to go up there to figure out why his fever was so high, he said his white blood count came back a little elevated which made him think there was an infection in his body. I called greg while i was at the doctor and seriously not more then 10 min later greg walked in the door i was SO glad to see him there, i bet he raced so fast there. so thankfully greg took him up to primary childrens ER. i then called my mom hysterical, she was really slow at work so she told me to drive to her work and she would meet me outside, luckily paisley fell asleep in the car so when i picked my mom up we just sat in the parking lot while she was calming me down. I didnt want to go up to the hospital unless i NEEDED too, if you have ever gone to primary childrens you would understand why i dont want to go there, it really is an awful place to be with all the sick kids, it gives me MAJOR anxiety just to walk in the doors. luckily greg called me and the ER was slow so they got him right  back and the doctor on call told greg that pax was fine and would more then likely be discharged. So i calmed down allot after the doctor said that. Greg was there mainly for observation, they got his fever down and didnt feel it was necessary to do blood work. They got him to eat and walk around, so after that they discharged him and said it was more then likely a virus he was fighting. The on call doctor at primarys wasn't too happy that the doctor at the pediatricians office sent him there. (we didn't get in to our pediatrician because she doesn't work on Fridays,) He tried calling him to ask him why he sent him up there and wanted all this blood work and even a chest x-ray, he felt it was a bit much.

this was pax at primary children's when he finally started feeling a little better.

Me and paisley were at my parents house, so when greg told me they were discharged and going home we stopped by the store and paisley wanted to get pax a balloon and a toy. 

He Loved it, i was so glad when i walked in to see him walking around, he gave mom a good scare that day. I was so grateful greg came to my rescue, i had a horrible night with pax and didnt get much sleep and then all the worry and anxiety on top of it was exhausting, sometimes us mommy's need help and i needed it that day.

He did much better that night and woke up the next morning with no fever!!! The doctor called and said the test came back positive for rhino-virus, so basically a virus that he will just fight off on his own. This poor kid has been through so much in his little life, i hope he can get a break soon and just be a happy healthy toddler.

Later that night we went to my parents for a last bbq and camp fire. so sad summer is over :(

Now that pax is back to his normal self he had to make up for all the times he wasn't getting into trouble. He has figured out how to get on my counter and get my makeup, he does it so fast hes such a stinker, he figures out when im busy and my back is turned and that's when he strikes.

trying on my mascara.

 Now my hot pink lipstick.

Yes i know i know he has a binky still. for some reason i cant take it away from him, its so weird how with paisley she didn't have hers by now and i was so good about not letting her have it, we just threw hers all away and never looked back. I think its because he has been through allot of trauma and i just feel bad for him and he likes his binky so much more then paisley ever did. My mom HATES it she gets so mad at me, i dont know when i will take it away im just not ready yet.

Paisley is very excited that her hair is getting long, its been hard to let her grow it out. it used to take me two seconds to blow dry and style her cute short bob, it takes allot longer to blow dry now, and im trying to make it cute still but its hard lol

 The only time i like her hair is when i style it curly, she has naturally curly hair but i also curled some of it with a little curling iron, her hair lasts for days like this.

WHEW that was long, well until again BYE!!!

Saying goodbye is never easy.

Its been a rough couple weeks, My cousin Danny last week committed suicide, its such a hard thing to wrap your mind around, i know he was struggling but it always makes you feel so bad knowing somebody you loved was hurting so much. His funeral was really tough, it was so emotionally draining, he left behind his 12 year old son, every time i looked over at him it just made me sick to think what he must be going through. 

Then just as we were getting over the rough weekend my sweet grandpa passed away on Monday in his sleep. I know ever since my grandma passed away my grandpa was so heartbroken, it makes me happy to know they are together again, but it also is going to be hard to not have him here anymore. He had such a kind heart and was always helping so many people. He is going to be sorely missed, we love you grandpa! 

This picture was taken right after my grandpa flipped everybody the bird. That was so grandpa!!! This was also the last time i saw him, i'm glad my kids got to see him as well.

"Loved by All"
Delbert Earl Townsend passed away peacefully in his sleep on August 13, 2013. He was born July 29, 1927 in Murray, Utah to Delbert H. and Theata Hughes Townsend. He was a life-long resident of Murray where he shared many fond memories alongside his friends. He played a "mean" trumpet and was called upon to lead the pep band at many high school functions. He served as the student body president of Murray High School in 1945.
He joined the Navy in 1945 and was primarily stationed in San Francisco and San Diego, CA. He served as a missionary in the Texas/Louisiana Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1948 to 1950. He married Marguerite Bean Townsend in the Salt Lake Temple on June 20, 1951 and they were blessed with six children. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1953 with a degree in Business.
In 1957, his dream came true when he was able to purchase a men's clothing store in downtown Murray. He promptly remodeled and renamed the store, Mr. Debb's Clothes for Men, which he operated until 1973 when he reluctantly closed the doors for the last time. Many of his customers followed him as he became manager of Arthur Frank in the Cottonwood Mall.
He was a faithful and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He served in several different Bishoprics over a 15-year period and was then called as Bishop of the Murray 3rd Ward, where he served faithfully for seven years. He served in the high council under two separate stake presidents and then served as Stake Mission Leader for four years. He and Marge were called as LDS Employment missionaries and then served an 18-month mission to the Utah State Prison and Half-Way House. He served as an ordinance worker in the Jordan River Temple for over five years. He also served on the Murray School Board.
He is survived by his children, Terrie Butler, Rob (Manuela), Cindy (Phil) Talbot, Steve (Cindy) and Ted; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marge; his parents; siblings; one son, Chris; and one grandson, Eric.

Paxton's follow up appointment

Pax had his follow up appointment with Dr. Cowley yesterday. That's his cardiologist that diagnosed him with coarctation of the aorta. I was a little nervous to see how his aorta was healing, there is a slight possibility that when the aorta heals it could close off a little and he would need to go in with a balloon and open his aorta up. When we first got there Dr. Cowley wanted pax to get a chest x-ray to make sure his chest was clear, and also if we looked really closely you could very lightly see a little bit of his aorta where the repair was done. Pax did amazing during his chest x-ray, which i wasn't nervous about just because hes had them done before and it doesn't hurt or bother him in any way. Then the nurse checked his blood pressure which was really good, She made a comment that when you look back in his chart they didn't even put a number down for his blood pressure because they couldn't get one. (the first time he went to the cardiologist) and then when you looked at it while he was hospitalized for his surgery it was a little on the high side. So it was a relief to see a good number for his blood pressure. Then after Dr. Cowley came in and showed us Paxton's chest x-ray he said it looked really good, and that his aorta was healing very well, he was pleased to see how nice the aorta looked, he had one patient that was about paxtons age that got a really bad repair done on his aorta and that meant they had to go back in and fix it, he said the surgeon did a fabulous repair and is pretty confident that he wont have any problems. He was happy to see a really good pulse in his leg and that his feet weren't all sweaty and cold any more. Overall pax is doing wonderful!!!!

 He said the surgeon was so shocked by how small of an opening pax had in his aorta he sent Dr. Cowley a text message of the picture he showed us after his surgery was done, it was pretty shocking to see it. It just makes me so much more grateful for all the Doctors in paxtons life that have saved him. We have another follow up in 6 months and they will do a EKG and a full work up, and if everything looks good from there then he will just have a yearly check up with Dr. Cowley.

I still cant believe what my baby went through, it doesn't feel real to me. I still have flash backs of pax in the hospital with all the tubes and wires and every time i cry when i think about it. He is such a strong boy and amazes me everyday with how well he has handled everything. Im so extremely grateful for doctors they are amazing people!!!

He was so good for Dr. Cowley and even played with him.

 Big Sis listening to paxton's heart.

Paisleys Dance Pictures

Im in love with paisleys spring dance pictures, i have to admit though she looks really old so it kinda makes me sad lol This girl LOVES dance, i have a feeling it will be a big part in her/our lives. Bring on the dance mom!!!!

summer happenings

Summer is upon us. Which means lots of pools, parties, vacations, Etc. And as usual i like to document things by taking pictures, so you will get the usual overload of pictures with descriptions. ENJOY!

We will start off with pictures of the kiddos, this is one of paisley in her favorite dress, she calls it her flower dress.

 Pax was having a fun time playing with some sunglasses, he would crack up when he would put them on.

 He figured out how to go down the stairs.

 Doing the actions to if your happy and you know it.

Pax and greg on the swing. (i promise pax likes it, even though his face doesn't look like it)

 every time we go to GG's house (grandma and grandpas) we bust out the kiddie pool

 A couple days last week pax was being so clingy and fussy, every time i would get in the shower he would just cry and scream the entire time i was in the shower, he did this 3 days in a row, i could not figure out what was wrong. so one day i was trying to get ready and he started up again so i put him in timeout, and the poor kid fell asleep in his time out chair mid tantrum, its so cute but so sad. Well come to find out later that day he woke up from his nap burning up and had a fever for 24 hours, i think he is teething, no other symptoms came from it, just a mild fever for a day. don't you just love the curve balls babies throw at you?!

 on the 4th of july we hung out at my parents house and got to play with leo the mastiff, he is the sweetest dog ever. He really is a gentle giant. Greg wants a mastiff SO BAD. ( he is not my parents dog)

It was SO hot, so pax had fun feeding leo ice cubes from his hand, it really is like feeding a horse lol

  Me and Leo (look at that tongue) 

Say goodbye to paisleys cute a-line haircut, she has been BEGGING me to let her grow out her hair, she wants long hair so bad, i finally have caved and i'm letting her grow it out :(

 Paisley being silly 

 We got to go boating on grandpas boat at rock port.

pax wasnt too sure of the water at first.

 He finally got brave enough to play in it.

 Paisley playing in the water. and yes this is as far as my kids would go in the water, my kids HATE deep water, if they cant touch then they just SCREAM their heads off.

 checking out the boats.

 cutest beach baby ever!

 Paisley got to help grandpa drive the boat.

Paisley playing in the sand.

 Daddy and pax throwing the football.

just a cute random picture of greg and ellie, she LOVES to cuddle.

 and my pictures got out of order, the fireworks from the 4th of july.

 we had a little family get together at the park, this is my dads family. It was good to see my grandpa and let him see my kids, we aren't sure how much longer he has, his health is deteriorating. I want to visit him more, its just really hard to see him struggle so much, it makes me super nervous the entire time.

My brother and his girlfriends baby nash, he has the most gorgeous brown eyes. 

 Paisley showing off her summer tan.

 she wishes she could long board like daddy.

 pax and cousin reese playing, they are only 4 weeks apart, they are going to be best buds.