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David's First Trip To SLC

I just wanted to write a quick note about David's first (of many) trip to Salt Lake City. We had such a great time seeing all of our family. He was able to meet his great-grandparents, Nana & Papa West. He also met his great-grandparents, Grandma & Grandpa "Chris", of which he is the 29th great-grandchild. What amazing legacies he is a part of. He also met his (second) cousin, McKay, who is 3 weeks younger than him. Good times!

His next adventure begins tomorrow when he takes a road trip with his mom and Grandma to Las Vegas and on to Phoenix for the weekend. And next month we will be taking another vacation to sunny Orlando, Florida. I'm passing my love for traveling on to my little boy. It's never too early to teach our kids to enjoy the world!

West Look-alike Meter

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Easter Pics

Happy Easter

Hello friends & family! Warm wishes of a Happy Easter from Cedar City, Utah! James & I have had a wonderful Easter weekend! James' dad arrived on Thursday night from St. Louis & spent the whole weekend with us. We had a great time visiting with him & taking him to Kanab and St. George on Friday. And DJ loved spending time with his Grandpa West. We even took DJ to see the Easter Bunny for his very first Easter!

We began our beautiful Easter Sunday by watching the morning sunrise. What a great reminder of the fact that our Savior is risen also. What a blessing to know of the Resurrection of our Savior. After the sun had risen, James & I made my family's traditional Easter breakfast... Golden Rod Eggs. (Or Gold Rotten Eggs, as we called them when we were little.) We then enjoyed a late morning nap before attending our 1pm Sacrament Meeting. It was nice to sit in church as a family and listen to the words of our Heavenly Father. Such a great way to spend our Sabbath Day.

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter as well! Enjoy the latest pics of our growing family. :)

Hooray!

I am very happy to report that DJ no longer has to be "under the lights" for his jaundice. He still has a low level of jaundice, but we were able to take him off the lights on Thursday. It was so nice to be able to hold our baby again. James & I celebrated by taking him for his very first walk. He slept right through it, but we know he enjoyed it. :)

Our Poor Baby

For those of you that don't know, our little David has jaundice. :( His levels started out pretty low, but when he had trouble eating this weekend, they jumped. We got the unfortunate news yesterday that his levels were high enough to require light treatment. So Praxair showed up last night and set up a baby-sized tanning bed in our crib. The doctor said for him to be in the bed at all times unless he's feeding. It was pretty heartbreaking last night to not be able to hold our little boy. We went back to the doctor today to find that his levels have dropped back down, but they want us to keep him under the lights for another night, just to be safe. Bummer. Hopefully just one more day and he'll be clear. In the meantime, we'll just hold the hand of our "Joe Cool" baby boy.