Cutest bum ever!

So we have been toying with the idea of potty training George for a while now and we thought we would give it a go. It is the most madning process I have ever encountered. It felt like forever but once we got him to pee once in the big boy toilet it was pretty easy. It was the 500 times that he went in his pants before the actual toilet that about drove me crazy. I think he likes the potty prizes that we have for him more than the actual idea of going potty. We did get him some pretty nice undies, Lightning McQueen and Elmo. It has been fantastic, we are pretty much there except for sleeping at night. Oh sweet bliss!

Seriously once you get them out of the diaper they have the cutest bum's!!

On Christmas Eve we had the Fam over for sledding and Hot Cho! Ruth and George were sledding machines, they were going down by themselves!!

Ultimate Sledding!

So Spencer has been busy this last little while, not on something that is truly important but on his sledding hill. It is on the side of the house that the deer got stuck in so I guess it is good that he took down the fence that it got stuck in. We have a pretty good slope to the back of our house so Spencer decided it would make a great sledding hill. He took out the fence and there was a large maple tree in the middle of the sledding hill, that would not do so he cut it down. He has hay bails on the edges of the sledding hill so there should not be any accidents!?! He is so weird! The other night we had his family up to sled and he was out there icing it down so you could get more speed. Now many of you have seen our house and it is in need of many updates but rather than doing that he wanted to make a sledding hill for himself, he says it is for George but George does not need it iced down. Here are a few pictures of the hill.

You can see the hay bails in this picture!

So after they were done sledding they came in to warm up. George has a full body snow suit as seen above. Now I know many of you have seen A Christmas Story. Remember the scene when his little brother gets pushed down and can not get up. That is George in the picture above. He is laying on the ground screaming "I can't do dis!" All we could do is laugh and grab the camera. He would try to stand up but his boots were wet and they kept slipping out from under him.
Spencers old Stake does a live nativity in SLC. We went to it and got this great picture with one of the guards to Bethlehem. They had all sorts of animals the best is the camel, whenever you ask George what the camel says he makes a burping sound, that is really what they sound like too. He loved it.
Scarlet was in the best mood the other morning and I got some good pictures of her and I thought she gets a little shafted on the picts so here are a few!

George's article!

So I was contacted by the American Heart Association a while ago and I have volunteered here and there for them. The called me the other day and they wanted to write an article about his survivor story. They just sent me the link and I thougth you all might find it interesting.

http://www.heart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3052000

The link has pictures but here is the article from the site...

The future is bright for tiny transplant veteran

The holidays will be especially bright this year for George Little and his family. He lives in Bountiful, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, with his parents Ashlie and Spencer Little. They have lots to celebrate.
George is two-and-a-half years old and thriving after a heart transplant saved his life. His baby sister Scarlet was born two months ago.
“He is a normal two-and-a-half-year old,” says Ashlie. She and Spencer weren’t sure they would ever be able to say that. And that's why the Littles are active volunteers and advocates for the American Heart Association.
They first learned the son they were expecting would be born with a congenital heart defect at Ashlie’s 20-week ultrasound. George was born Feb. 22, 2005, with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a condition in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. “Doctors explained a series of three surgeries could buy him time for a transplant because he could not live on half a heart his whole life,” Ashlie explains. He had his first surgery when he was only three days old, recovered quickly and was home in a couple weeks. The second surgery was performed when he was about three-and-a-half months old and this time he recovered in five days.
“He was doing so well we were sure he had a very strong heart," Ashlie says. “We were hospital-free for about five months -- it was wonderful.”
But right before Christmas of 2005 George caught a cold that would not go away. His condition worsened and after many tests doctors concluded he was in severe heart failure. His parents were told he was functioning on a fourth of a heart and needed to be listed for a heart transplant. The waiting began.
Weeks went by and then a transplant seemed almost impossible because George contracted respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) which causes infection of the lungs and breathing passages. “It usually takes six weeks to clear,” Ashlie notes, “but he did not have that much time. George fought it off in two weeks and was put back on the transplant list.”
“Doctors were surprised to see such a sick boy fight RSV so quickly,” Ashlie adds. “Once he was re-listed we still had our good and bad days, but the best came on Sunday, March 12, 2006. We were told that there was a heart available in Kansas City. We are so grateful to that family. They were so selfless in their decision.”
George was taken into surgery that evening. “We had hourly updates during the surgery,” Ashlie notes, “and the best update was when was the heart was in and pumping on its own. The great miracle this donor family gave us was possible because of research funded by the American Heart Association. We are so grateful for the research that enabled George’s life to continue here with us.”
George was able to go home in four weeks after the transplant with therapy and lots of medications. His health began to steadily improve. Last summer a respiratory problem developed which turned out to be asthma. The Littles have it under control.
Because of their experience Ashlie and Spencer became involved with the Western States Affiliate’s Utah Division. Most recently they joined the fun at the Start! Utah Heart Walk and Ashlie is active in advocacy efforts. She spoke at the Affiliate’s Lobby Day at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City last February. She also traveled to Washington, D.C. with George and his grandmother, Nancy Reese, for national Lobby Day on April 24 to lobby national lawmakers on issues critical to the fight against heart disease and stroke.
“We are dedicated to this fight,” Ashlie concludes. “We are able to celebrate George’s birthday on Feb. 22 each year, along with his ‘heart birthday’ on March 12, thanks to the American Heart Association."

Livin' in the Mountains!

Wow so around this time of year time does fly!! We were able to host for Thanksgiving this year it was great. Although a few days before thanksgiving we had an incident. With how high we are on the Mountain we have a lot of deer in our yard. I was on my way home from a baby shower and Spencer called asking where the camera was. He then told me that we had a deer stuck in our fence. I hurried home to see it and this is what I saw. The blood is just from the deer trying to run while its legs were stuck, the rooftop was rough.


It was very weird the way it was stuck, its hind legs were in the back fence and it was on top of our neighbors shed. Spencer tried to get it loose for a while then we decided we needed to call Animal Control. They were not able to come so they sent a cop. Spencer and the cop were able to get the deer out but when the deer started to walk we noticed that both front legs were broken, not the back legs that were stuck but the front legs. That confused us even more on how it got stuck. The cop told us he would have to put it down. That is when I ran inside, I did not want anything to do with that. The deer wandered into our backyard and that is where it happened. I was talking to my mom on the phone and she heard the shot over the phone. It was very disturbing. Well Animal Control takes care of live animal problems first so it took them 3 days to come and pick up the deer. Luckily we have a slope to our yard and we did not have to look at it every day. All we told George is that we let the deer go home to its mom and dad.

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year and I got George and Sam, his cousin, a gingerbread house to decorate. They loved it. You know how it goes put a candy on the house here and eat one there. What a great activity for them, George sees in on the table and says Georgie's house. I guess that would be his ideal place to live!!

Treadmill Warning!!!

We had a little accident this last week. It was quite traumatic and it has taken me this long to be able to post this incident. I was walking on our treadmill and George was playing with his ball. The ball got sucked under the treadmill and so was George's arm. He is fine but he has some serious road rash all up and down his arm. We are very lucky that that is all that happened, many have lost limbs!! So just a warning to all of you with treadmills, don't let your kids play on them or play while you are on them, they are dangerous.

Scarlet's Day

So we were able to bless Scarlet on Sunday. It was a wonderful blessing and then we had the family over for dinner. I think the second best part of having her blessed was that my half wall was finished. It looks so good and everyone was able to come over and see our handy work. George has loved his baby sister, one of his favorite things is to sit on top of her and call out "Giddy up Horsey" Not much you can do but get him off of her and just laugh!!

Happy Halloween

So this year for halloween we decided to go as eachother. I thought it was dang funny to watch Spencer struggle with long hair. He kept complaining that his hair continued to get into his lip gloss. I just had to laugh and tell him to tuck it behind his ears. We did not get a full body shot, I did not think about it but Spencer has on my maternity skirt and we painted his toes. I have on Spencer's tool belt and work boots. George was Buzz Lightyear if you can not tell. He is the cutest in it he will lay on the ground with his arms out in front of him and call out "To Infinity and beyond!" It is also near impossible to get the costume off of him, the only good way is to bribe him with his Lightining Jammies. He is such a boy!!


These are my carmeled apples that I made for the party. I was so excited at how they turned out I just had to put them on my blog!! I got sticks off a tree in my backyard and used those instead of Popcicle sticks. I just made them with the white chocolate and the candies on the outside. They were yummy and I must say quite festive!

What a Day!

The other day for playgroup we went to see the "apane" museum. George was in heaven all those who were there know how hard it was for me to get George to leave. I had to tell him that we needed to go home and get dad so we could come and see them again. Every time he spots a plane he tells me that we need to get dad and go see the "apane's" this kid has one heck of a memory!!

After we saw the plane's he had to get into his Lightning McQueen jammies and "sippers" what a day!!

Pumpkin Patch!!

So this last week Spencer had fall break, it was great to have him around more. He worked on the house and we went to a pumpkin Patch. George loved it, he is really into hitches and trucks so to take a hay ride out to get the pumpkins was just about Christmas morning. While we were on the "hitch" (that is what he calls the whole thing) he was very serious. It was "Hitch George" I don't think he really could believe that he got to ride on it. Just like most kids with things they love it was just about torture to get him off it and go home. But if you ask him about it he will tell you all about the pumpkin patch.

We went with the Norman's and the Uriona's, what a good lookin' crew!!
Spencer and George
The fam at the pumpkin patch, they seriously had the best pumpkins!
George found his own pumpkin and decided to have a seat.
George and his friend Dax.

I am it!!

So I guess I have been Taged!! I hope this is what I do.

What is your favorite smell? My kiddo's and when it rains on a hot day!

What is your favorite sight? I love the drive to Logan in the Fall, and see the trees.

What is your favorite taste? Anything Chocolate that you have to have a tall glass of milk with.

What is your favorite sound? Ugic, that would be music in George language. Mostly pure scilence.

What is your favorite touch? I love to pinch Scarlet and Georgie's bums, they are the cutest!!

I tag.....Molly, Brianne, Whitney and Mindy Chase

Free at Last!!

So Spencer is finally done with project number two!! We are all so excited to have him back in our lives. It has been a long summer of no Spencer around and we are planning so many fun activities for his Fall break this week. If anyone has any good ideas of fun stuff going on please let us know. I thought I could just leave you with this link of his blood sweat and my tears.

http://www.utahrealestate.com/738217

Also if you know of anyone looking for a house we would love to sell it!!

Lookin' Good!!

So it has been a week and a half and things are going good. We have made several outings and they have been fairly successful. So we are feeling good here. George is slowly realising that Scarlet is not going anywhere. He loves to kiss her and poke her nose. She does not mind too much. The only thing that seems to bug her is when she is hungry and she will let you know. She is a chub and loves to eat. She is sleeping pretty goood, about 2-3 hours at a time so I think that is pretty good. It is so much fun having a girl, they are so much fun to dress up as you can see by the pictures. Hope you all enjoy the picts!!

This is a great face that his aunt Randi taught him. He enjoys the camera!
He loves to hold his sister, this is the morning if you can not tell by the bed head, we call it Mourice!
This is her after her first tub, she loved it. It seemed to be so relaxing to her.
This is the bouncer chair that George thinks is his. I find him in it with his feet up reclined and with his milk watching a show. He is hilarious!!

Scarlet Reese Has Arrived

I never thought it would get here but here I am already home with her. She decided to come on Sept. 21 around 3 PM disturbing my afternoon nap. I then called Spencer and told him to meet me at the hospital. My mom and Randi picked me up and we met up with Spencer and his mom at the hospital around 4:30ish. I was officially admitted around 6 and they started me on Penicillin because I tested positive for Strep. I got my epidural around 9ish I think, but I was in such quick labor that it could not keep up with me. Power to those who have natural labor, I was an 8 and about to die because I could feel the contractions. That is something I do not want to feel ever again. She arrived at 10:48 PM with one, oh yes one push along with a few smaller quick pushes. She weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and has a ton of dark hair!! We are all thrilled she is here and hope you all enjoy the pictures. Can you say Chub-a-Lub!!


Georgie and his little Sister, Scarlet!

Guiness Book of World Records

So I think I am going to go down in history as the only person to be completely ready to deliver and not be in active labor. I am now almost a 5 and 60%!!! Really do I have stubborn kids or what. Well we will keep you updated because for some reason I am still seceretly hoping she will come any minute. Pray for my sanity!!!

Fun at the State Fair!

We went to the State Fair the other day with Ruth, Hank and Jack-o. They had a ball. George did not want to get off the pony rides, but we were able to entice him with other animals. He loved the Goats, they were the only ones out of their cage for the kids to pet. I am always amazed at the pigs. They stink so bad but they are the weirdest looking things, George loved the baby pigs.

There was the cutest Little Farmer part. They put these aprons on and got a basket. They went into different little buildings and had to do daily chores that Farmers would do. They got an egg from the chickens, got corn meal to feed the cows, planted potatoes, and got to milk the cows. All of it was fake but it was fun to see him play pretend.

All because of Randi Workman

So here I am looking at all of these blogs, all because Randi Workman told me how much fun it is. Well she is right so I would just like to add another blog for Randi to look at.

We bought a house this year here in the County and we are loving it. There is a lot of work to be done but it is so palatial. Going from a 900 sq ft apartment to I think it is just under 3000 sq ft home is just about the funnest thing someone can do. We are really enjoying Davis County, as much as Spencer tries to deny it, he is in love with Weber Water!!

George is doing great, we just found out that he has asthma too. I think we are just trying to find as many things that he can come down with as possible. So here is a picture of him doing his treatment, we have to bribe him with a show and most of the time slip treats under his mask to keep it on for the 20 minutes that it takes.

I am still pregnant but I will keep you all updated on the progress. My doctor just checked me and I am dialated to a 3 and 40%. She said that I will definatly not be late but she does not know how soon it will be. I am not holding my breath if anyone remembers George was 41 weeks and they had to start me!! So I am still expecting to go into labor in the middle of October. I should let you know I am 36 weeks today!!