My handsome little man

Kelson was given a name and a blessing on Aug. 30th. I kept asking Trevor if he was nervous and he said... "I'm more nervous when I have to teach Sunday School. I just have to listen to the spirit to give him a blessing." And he did such a great job.

Thanks everyone for your love and support. And thanks Jana for letting us use your house for the luncheon.

I'm Learning!!!

I finally learned how to be crafty so I had to share it. (sorry some of the pics are already posted)

OLd Job, NeW joB, and GoIng BaCK to WoRk

Just a little FYI...
Before the baby was born, I was working full-time in the pharmacy at Dixie Regional Medical Center. I was able to take a 12 week maternity leave, with intentions of only going back to work there as an "as needed" employee. (ya know... filling in kinda thing) In the mean time... the Enterprise Valley Pharmacy was going to open. I was going to start at the Enterprise Pharmacy sometime in September... Unfortunately... I had to start working again on the 15th! The Pharmacy wasn't able to get the Pharmacy Technician training program certified by the state in time for the opening. And since I'm the only Certified Pharmacy Technician... I had to start. Lucky for me I got to pick my hours. So, I've started working Monday-Friday from 9-1 at the pharmacy here in Etown!
I have a girl from my ward tending Kelson Mon-Thur and my mother-in-law on Friday. It's worked out pretty good. Now that Kelson is sort of on a schedule it makes all our days run a little smoother.

New Pictures

Well, my friend Ricci, lives in Colorado and she is an amazing photographer! She was in town the last day of July, so we got her to take some great pictures. Here are a few of them...

More about Kelson

Well, I thought I'd fill you in on how lucky I really was in labor and delivery. I was admitted at 8:20 to get started. The pitocin bag wasn't hung until about 10:00, and I started having contractions around 10:30ish. I was pretty slow moving. When the doc checked me around 9:00 I was dialated to what he said..."a finger tip" they upped the pitocin every half hour or so. He checked me again around 1:00 and I was only dialated to a 2+, but I was about 80% effaced. So, he broke my water. I got the epidural around 2:30 (I think). Those epidurals sure are nice!! I was checked again around 4:30 and I was at 4+ so the doctor went home, and said I'll see you when they page me. Well, around 5:45 the nurse was about to go off shift so she did what she thought would be her final check. I was dialated to a 9! She decided to stay, and I was glad because she was such a fabulous nurse. So, I only pushed for about 15 minutes and Kelson was born at 6:33! It was so amazing!


Well, we came home on Friday afternoon. His biliruben levels were kinda high so we got lab orders to get his blood drawn on Saturday. Well, his level was still high on Saturday, so we had to get them checked again on Sunday. Sunday night the doctor's office called to tell us he needed to be on the lights for his jaundice. Home care brought up the lights and he stayed on them for a few days. He went to a one week check up on Wednesday, and got labs agian. Later that day we found out his levels were going back down. So we sent the lights back. He is doing good. And he is starting to get bigger. I'm so glad that my sweet mom was here to help me deal with the stress of going to town everyday. And to help around the house. It is hard, but very very worth it. Thanks mom for your help.

Kelson Trevor Gardner

Kelson was born on 7/8/9. He weighed 6 lb 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. He was born 3 weeks early. Everything went well in labor and delivery. He was having a hard time breathing at first, but he was able to get past that in his first 7 hours of life. We got to come home on 7/10/09. We are slowly adjusting, but we are starting to figure out the parenting thing.
I'll update more later, but here are some pictures of the cute little guy. (In the 2nd pic, he is wearing a hat, it's not an afro.)

A CHANGED MAN

So, last night we decided to finally cut Trevor's hair, and he finally shaved! Now he doesn't look so much like a mountain man. Check it out...