Lake Powell

We had another fun time at Lake Powell. It was just my parents and our family, but that's about all we could pull off with little Jack and Jude. Thank you Mom for waking up and feeding Jude at night even when there were bats flying around in the houseboat. Thanks Dad for all the wakeboard runs.

Lindsey, Jack, and I slept on top of the houseboat under the stars each night in our two man (or two adults and a toddler) sleeping bag. Jack, of course, was all over the place and made things interesting.

My Dad and I had a blast waking up to fish the stripper boils.Jack playing on the beach with Lindsey.
Jack is already showing signs of having some serious wakeboarding skills.



This is a classic "I've been out on the lake to long" look.

My Dad taking care of Jude in his famous shark attack shirt that he has been wearing to the lake for the past who knows how long.

I hate suckers!

A couple of days ago I (Jordan) took Jack to be immunized. This time was a little more tricky because he is more aware of what is going on, and I always hate to see him get stuck with a needle. But we planned to stop by 7 eleven afterwards, and he was the one that was going to pick out the treat. So we go in the store and I show him the candy aisle, the hotdogs, and slurpees. Hoping he would pick something that wouldn't completely rot out his teeth--I have nightmares about him being strapped down at the dentist office--it was time for the moment of truth. What did he pick? Jack couldn't help but hone in on the strategically placed, everlasting gobstopper sucker that stuck out like a sore thumb by the cash register. Are those things secretly produced by dentists that need more patients? And who knew they cost two plus dollars? So we bought it and I chucked it in the garbage as soon as he lost interest in it. Next time I'm spending a quarter on him and buying him a tootsie roll. This experience goes down as another lesson learned the hard way with the first child.

p.s. this post is dedicated to my blog nazi friends. You know who you are:)

The Amazing Jackers

Usually I don't post (this is Jordan) but Jack did something amazing that needs to be made known. Today at Costco--one of Jack's favorite places in the whole world--Jack devoured an entire Costco hotdog. Is that normal for a boy who is only 20 months old? I obviously don't think so and I can't wait to see what other tricks Jack has up his sleeve.


Jack is also an awesome older brother.

Jude Bert Ohlson

April 23, 2008
8 lbs 2 oz
20 inches


I went in to be induced on Thursday morning at 5 am and he arrived at 9:08 am. Luckily I had asked for my epidural before they even gave me the Potosin because it went faster than we thought. The baby came so fast that I didn't even have to push and the doctor was able to just shimmy him out. We had a few complications and I had to have a blood transfusion after the delivery but everything turned out fine and we are both healthy.

Snow

We had our first real snow storm last weekend and of course Jordan couldn't wait to take Jack out to play in it.

The BIG Ultrasound!

Last week before we headed down to Vegas for Thanksgiving, we went to our doctor's and had the ultrasound. For the last month or so we have been calling this baby a little girl, partly because I would love a little girl, but the ultrasound proved different! Yep- we are having another little BOY! I must admit that at first I thought it was a girl because the tech had a great shot right between the legs and you couldn't see anything, but then she kept moving the head around and sure enough his manhood popped onto the screen.

After we had the ultrasound we went to Costco and all Jordan could say (with a big grin of course) was how excited he was to have two little hunters! It will be nice to have two boys together because they will be so close in age. I just can't help but wonder if there is a little girl up there for me. All the same we are really excited!

Halloween

I figure I better get these pictures up or they may never make it up. We spent Halloween up in North Salt Lake with my sisters and parents. Jack was a mouse (thanks to my sister's hand-me-down costume). Unfortunately, the head piece was too small for Jack's big head, so it didn't make it in many of the pictures.

Jack didn't really enjoy the trick-or-treating part because he thought all of the commotion at the doorway was a little unsettling for him. His favorite part of the six houses that we made it to were the two houses that had little house dogs. He thinks getting licked is the best next thing to his mom sharing M&M's with him.

We trick-or-treated with my sister Heather's three boys. This year they all decided that they wanted to be Darth Vader, even though they have never seen Star Wars.