Photoshoot!

Here is one of the pictures I was FINALLY able to get of Easton. I haven't had time to fix any of the others but this one is definitely my favorite!! The rest will be up soon! :)

Happy Birthday Dad!

It was my Dad's Birthday on the 21st. We were so lucky to have them here to celebrate a few days before. My dad is the most amazing dad in the world! I am so lucky and so blessed to have been raised by such a wonderful dad. He would do anything for anyone especially his kids and grandkids! My dad is so talented and so amazing at everything he does! We hope you had a wonderful Birthday! We Love You!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

This is my sweet Grandma! She is a Valentine'd Day Baby! We are so glad that we are close by and get to see you often! We hope you had a wonderful birthday! We love you!!

Happy Birthday to the BeSt HuBbY!!

Grandpa and Grandma came to help! It was so nice and wonderful to have the help! I know the kids really had a lot of fun too!1 Thanks so much for all your help! :)

Todd's birthday was on the 11th. Carson was so excited for his birthday he could hardly wait! Merilee too the kids and went shopping for party stuff. They came home with the perfect birthday party.....for Carson! It was really cute, he picked everything out himself! He just new Todd would love a Transformer pinata, a Star Wars gun and a Star Wars game. Merilee was so nice to let him plan the whole thing! Todd loved it! The kids had a lot of fun breaking the pinata! I hope Todd had a fun Birthday even though we couldn't really celebrate with everyone because of Easton!

I am so luck to have such a great husband who takes such great care of me and our kids! Todd is a very great dad and hubby! He is so talented and can do so many things! He is always on the the go! ( and you wonder where Carson and Ellie get it from!) Todd is such a sweet person and would help anyone out! I love being around him and I am so thankful he puts up with me and that I get to have him FOREVER!! I Love You Todd! Happy Birthday!!

~ EASTON RUSSELL HOUGHTON ~

Easton Russell Houghton

8 lbs 2 oz

21 inches

8:33pm

February 2, 2010

We are so excited to welcome Easton into our family. He is so amazing! My water broke around 8:30am on Tuesday morning, I got Ellie out of her crib and it felt really weird, I told Todd I thought my water had broke. We took the kids to our great friends Ashley and Nate Lund and went to the hospital. When I got there they did a test to see if my water had broke, it looked like a pregnancy test. there was a faint line so they called the Dr. to see if they should keep me and bless his heart he said yes! (they were starting me on Friday anyway!) The contractions were getting worse so I asked for my epidural, I was terrified even though I had had two of them before and it wasn't that bad, the guy was really good and was so nice and careful! That was around 11:30 or so, Dr. Lunt wanted to start PIT to get me going faster, they just put it on a little bit and I went fast. I had Strep B and so I needed to have 2 doses of medicine before he could come out, that stuff is painful I'll tell you what! (Iwas in labor so long I got 3 doses!) By 2:00pm I was complete and pushing! I pushed and pushed and pushed, put in weird positions to try and get him to turn, he was posterior just like Carson and Ellie but he would not move! I agreed to let them try the vacuum and it came right off with a loud noise, scared me to death! After 12 hours of labor and 5 1/2 hours of pushing Dr. Lunt said we needed to do a C-Section! I was terrified but knew that was what needed to happen, They gave me more medicine and off we went, I got so sick, throwing up on the way to the room and while they were stitching me up! It was the worst feeling, so hard to explain, I was half numb chest up and felt awful! They had him out pretty quick! REMEMBER we didn't know what we were having and Dr. Lunt yelled, it's a boy!! Of course I cried! I asked Dr. Lunt if he would stitch me instead of staple, he agreed! It has been a hard recovery, I thought I was not going to make it the first 4 days! It hurt to cry, move, laugh, breath everything! I have to say I had the best nurses who took great care of me, a great mom and a wonderful husband who I could not have gotten through with out him! He was a true sport! I am so thankful for my parents who came and helped so much while I was in the hospital and out! They took care of the kids and me so well! It was really hard for me to tell them good by! Thank you so much mom and dad, I love you! I am having a hard time with my milk supply, he is eating everything I have and wanting more, I feel so guilty for giving him a bottle but he LOVEs it! I started some herbs today to try and help it come in more, we'll see!

Proud DadThese guys waited for such a long time! Thanks for hanging in there! :) I felt bad that Brooke came all this way to see him and couldn't it got so late she needed to drive back home, the nurses was nice and let her come into recovery to say a quick hello! I am so thankful I have such a wonderful family who cares and supports me! Thanks so much!Proud PapaProud NanaG.G. (great grandma) this is my Grandma! I am so happy she is near by!Coming homeBig SisterBig BrotherI don't think they knew what to think....

So sweet!! Carson and Ellie are doing OK with all of this, Carson I think has struggled the most. Ellie just smothers him. It is really hard for me when they kiss and touch him because I am such a germ freak but it's there brother so I have to let them! They are very soft with him though so that is good!

My poor feet, they were so swollen when I got home, they hurt for days!

HOME for RENT or SALE!!!!!!

Our home in Spanish Fork is up for SALE or RENT. It is proximately 3100 square feet. Next door to the golf course. We gutted the entire house in 2007, everything is brand new. It has 3 bedrooms upstairs and 3 bedrooms downstairs. 3 full bathrooms. The basement was finished in 2008. It has a very nice storage room and cold storage. The rooms in the basement have very large closets. We are asking Rent for around 1,700 or SALE for around 300,000, we are willing to negotiate both. We are looking for anyone that will take care of it like it was there own. We do not want any pets inside, and no smoking. We would consider a pet outside. It has a wonderful neighborhood with lots of kids. Please let us know if you are interested and please tell anyone you know! Contact Todd or Nicole at 435-251-9905, Todd cell 435-703-0137 or Nicole cell 435-703-0308. Thank you so much! :)

Front of home
BackyardBackyard, play set included along with trampoline in the ground.Kid BathroomMaster Bathroom Family room
Master Bedroom

Basement
Basement (it is all wired for a theater room.) Family room

Dinning

Kitchen

Sick Kids!

We all got sick right after New Years, I guess all the Houghton family did. It started out with me, throw ups and diarrhea, then Todd got it. Carson just got a little diarrhea but then his turned into a HORRIBLE cough, nose and ears! He woke up in the middle of the night just screaming because of his ear, it burst the next morning! Poor kid! Ellie then started with a cough and nose and high fever of a 103 and was very lethargic. I took her in on Saturday because she was not getting any better. The Dr was worried about early pneumonia so they gave her a fast acting antibiotic shot which was so painful, it left her a good bruise. She also has double ear infections!

These two do not do well with antibiotics/steroids, they are so mean and ornery! I guess it's worth it for them to get better!

Man, we don't know what was in the Houghton home down here but we all got it! I am hoping to be on the up hill so we all aren't sick when the baby comes! :)

This is so sad, he looks so sick! This is after his ear had started draining, I think it might have burst in the night.....

I have NEVER seen this much drainage come out of an ear before, it must have been a really bad burst because this filled up this fast within 10-15 min. The poor kid. The Dr. gave us an antibiotic and then one for his ear which we have to do 3 times a day for 1 week. He screams bloody murder every time we do it, it's huge fight. I fell so bad for him. It has stopped draining and is healing now but it is still so painful for him.
She was so sick! Ellie is doing much better now, she is at least sleeping all night. I think her ears are feeling better.