All is well...?!

Well we hope that it will be! Shelby went in today for tubes in her ears! She has has one ear infection after the other and she has been miserable! Because of her acid reflux they had to put an IV in her and really put her out! Poor little thing- but hopefully from now on she will be a lot better! Gabe is growing like a weed and is talking more and more- most of the time we don't know what he is saying- but who cares- he is talking! Jon and I are busy being parents and I don't really know what else- but the days are going by very quickly! I will post longer soon!

Dear Teddi

Dear Teddi, I just wanted to tell you that we love you and we will miss you! You were such a big part of Gabe's life and of ours too! We love your family and will forever be grateful for your big heart and loving example. You leave behind a legacy of unconditional love that we all should emulate! We love you! For those of you who don't know- Teddi took care of Gabe and his birthmom before we were picked to adopt him. She was instrumental in helping his birthmom come to the decision to place him for adoption. She took care of him everyday- because no one else would! She loved Gabe so much and wanted the best for him. We have come to love Teddi as a member of our family and we will truly miss her!

Teddi Marie Lambeth
Ogden
1950 - 2009
Teddi lost her hard-fought battle with malignant melanoma on May 22, 2009. The cancer finally beat her.
Teddi Lambeth was born in Compton, California on November 13, 1950 to George and Shirley Bamber. She and her family moved to Anaheim, California in 1955 where she grew up. She graduated from Anaheim High School.
Teddi worked over 20 years at Roy High and Fremont High. She made many long and lasting friends, including over thousands of students who she lovingly helped graduate. In the last part of her life she volunteered at Hillcrest Elementary School in Ogden.
She wants to let her friends know how much she will miss them and how cherished they were to her. A few special friends are Connie and Sharon Freestone.
“One big accomplishment, I just recently did for myself, I was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, what a hallelujah day.”
Teddi is survived by her son Richard; daughter, Renee; 2 grandchildren, Tyler Spinden, 13 and Harlee Lambeth, 7; sister, Becky Runkles; 3 brothers, Jonathan Bamber (Kathy), Jeff Bamber (Cathy), and David Bamber (Angie); 6 nephews and nieces. Her pet friends are going to be sad to see her go, Ruby, Tinkerbell, Sadie, Mama, Morty, Koala, and Blackie.
“Good-bye to all the loves in my life. I have enjoyed this life to the fullest.” Thanks to Hospice and the Huntsman Center.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 1 p.m. at Myers Mortuary in Ogden, 845 Washington Blvd. Family and friends may call on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. and prior to the services on Thursday from 12-12:45 p.m. at the mortuary.
Interment, Myers Evergreen Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Weber Credit Union to help with the funeral expenses would be appreciated.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.myers-mortuary.com.
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Shelby's Blessing

We had Shelby's blessing at the beginning of the month, May 3rd, 2009! It was so nice- Jon gave her a beautiful blessing. It was great to have family and friends together with us. Even one of Jon's sisters that live in Texas was able to come- the weather was a little colder than I liked, but it worked out and turned into a great day! I didn't get too many pics of her in her dress that day so I dressed her in it again to get some more!





It is soooo long- but I loved it! It has a matching little bonnet- but I liked the headband better!

Clearly she wasn't very happy to be in it again!

I love this picture- she is so not happy- but I think that it was still so cute!

She had just smiled and I missed it! Like always!

Time is Flying!

I can't believe that we have a 2 month old! She just had her shots and has been miserable the last few days! But the good news is that she is growing...like a weed! She is huge for her age! For height she is 23 1/2 inches long- 90% , for weight she is 11 lbs. 6 oz, 70 %! Crazy! She is so smiley when she feels well and I love it! Gabe is starting to interact more with her and he will just sit there and laugh! It is so cute! The other day he tried to "pick" her up- just to help me- so I know that I will have to be careful not to leave her alone by him! I had some cute pics uploaded- but it kept erasing my post- so maybe later!

"Wicked"ly Awesome!

Yes- last night I had the privilege to go and see Wicked! I was quite skeptical if I was going to like it simply because I have never been to a Broadway show before and to be honest I am not into the drama-ish stuff ya know! Anyways- we went out to dinner with our good friend Sandy and some of her friends at Olive Garden! It was her birthday! Then we went to the show- and we had the best seats- we were on the second row- yes I repeat the second row! It was amazing- I really loved it and we were laughing so hard! It was hilarious at times! I wish that Jon could have been there, I think that he would have loved it- but he was a sweetheart and let me go have a night out while he watched the kids! Seriously- it was a great night- and now I can see why some of my family members like to sing the songs! No I won't be singing them out loud or anything- but they were good!

Easter 2009!

Easter came and went so fast this year! I think that we have been a little preoccupied with Shelby- but it turned out great anyways! Gabe got it a little bit- he loved hunting for the eggs! Here are some cute pics of the day!

Here is Gabe looking at his Easter basket- He was so excited to see an Elmo kite. He loves Elmo!

Here's Gabe- he is so handsome- I can't believe how big he is getting!

Here is little Shelby- she is getting so big! She has already outgrown her newborn onesies and some of the newborn clothes!

Life Goes On!

Things have been so crazy around here! I finally feel like I am getting a handle on life again! Shelby has been keeping us on our toes- after we brought her home from the hospital she was really fussy and cried a lot! Acid Reflux runs in my family so that is what the doctor was treating her for- after a few weeks of treating her for this she still wasn't much better- and Jon's mom called and let me know that 3 of her kids were allergic to her breast milk. I had already been put on a strict diet of no dairy and nothing with citric acid in it (which if you notice- it is in a lot of things!) so like no citrus fruit, no fruit juices, nothing with tomato- etc. plus the regular no chocolate, spicy things, etc- and nothing was changing. So I told my doc about this allergy and he was kind of like 0 it's really rare- you could try here on formula over the weekend kind of a thing- but he wanted us to buy Nutramigen-way expensive and it was still milk based- Anyways we had a soy formula on hand ans we gave it to her and she did a complete 180! She has chunked up and is doing really well! Then he had us add rice cereal to her bottles to help her keep from spitting up as much- and that has done well until the last few days- it has totally given her diarrhea and so we have been giving baths and changing so many outfits everyday- tons of fun! Gabe in the mean time has been busy trying to help as much as he can with everyone and everything- what a sweet boy! So that is the latest- life is going on!