Well, the last couple of days have not been fun. On Monday Karen (my mother-in-law), Jackson and I went up to Utah for the week. My in-laws have a second
house up in Parowan Utah. We went shopping and had a good ol time, until Wednesday night when Jackson wasn't sleeping and eating. His cry wasn't his normal cry either, so I took his temperature and it was 101 degrees. I woke Karen and we went straight home. We made an appt. with our pediatrician and we no sooner got there and they sent us right over to the emergency room. They said he is too young to be running such a high fever with no symptoms of a runny nose, cough, or vomiting. They rushed us straight back and told us they needed to do a bunch of tests to rule out any infections they he may have. They did a spinal tap to test for meningitis, they took his blood and put a catheter in to test his urine for a urinary tract infection. Joey and I were a mess, we were so worried about our little guy. Before they started doing all the tests Joey gave Jackson a fathers blessing and we also put his name in the temple. We couldn't be in the room during all the tests, we had to wait in the waiting room, and we could hear him screaming all the way down the hall, and it just ripped my heart out. After waiting two and a half hours all the tests came back negative. They gave him ant
ibiotics through an IV and said he probably got a virus or a cold. Which is common with babies that are born in the winter time. He could have got it anywhere or from anyone.We are so grateful that it wasn't anything really serious. We were still very scared though, but I know that through the power of prayer and the blessing that Joey gave him that Heavenly Father was looking out for Jackson, and that is what got us through this scary time. We are home now and Jackson is doing much better, he is acting himself, eating and his temperature is normal. Thank goodness!!! I guess I better get used to this horrible feeling of worrying about your kids cause from what I hear it never goes away. Now I know what my mom has felt for so many years with worrying about me, my sisters and my brother. Now I am officially a mother!
This year was our year to spend Thanksgiving with Joeys family up in Parowan Utah at their second home. We had a blast, it was so cold up there and it even snowed the day after Thanksgiving. Jackson got to wear some of his cute beanies, but we never took him out in the snow. We stayed in the house the whole time, we didn't want to chance him getting sick again. It was a small Thanksgiving with just seven of us, (Karen, Lee, Joey, me, Nikki, Aaron and Jackson--oh and don't forget Nikki and Aarons little one in the oven Chlolalola--hee,hee) and all the dogs, we normally have a huge crowd, but it still was a memorable year, and we had a good time. Friday night we drove back down to Vegas and spent the rest of the weekend with my mom and dad. Jackson got to take a bath by the fire at Grammys and we had a good time helping grammy and papa put up their Christmas tree and 
decorations. We are so thankful for our wonderful families and all the precious memories that we make year after year. Hope everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving also. 
