Emerie accidentally got herself stuck like this when she was learning to stand up
Sorry there are so many this time... again!
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Sorry, I meant to post pics on that last one! Here are some newer pics:
Emerie accidentally got herself stuck like this when she was learning to stand up
Coolest swing ever!
She kept trying to crawl to the fire, so we made her a cage
She popped the entire bouncy ball in her mouth while I wasn't looking
I went with my sister and my mom to get our nails done for the first time ever!!
Lyndi bowling with my mom, she ended up winning!
More creative hairstyles from Lyndi herself
First and last date night of the summer!
Coolest playground. Ever. I wish they made one for grownups
Carousel ride
4th of July fun
Pool party!
Food fight
Trail of crumbs for Emerie to eat
My second blooming beauty!
Lyndi struttin' her stuff down to the water
Forever Family :) and yes that's sand in Emerie's mouth...
Peaceful afternoon
Sisterly love
Zoo day
My first blooming beauty!
Emerie being her usual bouncy self with grandma
:) love the expression
Look mom no hands! Check out this chick standing up on her own!
Praying while asleep, the best kind of prayers :)
Sorry there are so many this time... again!
Emerie accidentally got herself stuck like this when she was learning to stand up
Sorry there are so many this time... again!
These are a few of my favorite things :)
So what my post was supposed to be about before I rambled FOREVER is this:
My GRATEFUL list:
Tyler, who is the single most loving, fun, humble, unselfish, kind, unconditional, faithful, strong husband and father, son and brother anyone has ever known. Seriously you're missing out if you don't know him!
Lyndi, who is the single most thoughtful, faithful, too smart for her own good (and for mine and Tyler's own good) funny, loving sister, daughter, and granddaughter you will ever know. Her words have brought me to tears on occasion. Such as when we had people over for our monthly group family night. We went around the room listed things that are important to us and we treat differently and she said "The gospel is true, and the gospel is true".
Emerie who is the single most happy, smiley, smart, snuggly, loving girl you'll ever know.
My testimony of the gospel. There are days where if I didn't have the gospel (especially since I've become a mom and have a deeper understanding of forever familes) I wouldn't make it through the day with my two crazies!
My extended family, who has been there for me when I've needed them most.
My friends, who are just like family who have been there for me when I've needed them most.
Our car, which has been so trustworthy! We FINALLY paid it off and it feels great!
Our apartment, which on the sticky or freezing days has been a tremendous blessing (as most shelters are!)
My ability to cook and be thrifty when it comes to being on a tight budget. Who needs expensive meat anyway?? ;)
My calling in the Primary. I teach Sunbeams (for those of you who are not members of my church, it's the class for the 3 year olds). Lyndi's in my class this year and I've learned so much in the short time I've been in there. Kids have such an amazing, humble, spirit that they carry all the time, and it's been wonderful to share it with them every Sunday.
AIR CONDITIONING! We bought window units the night after we moved into our new apartment. As it turns out, 82 and humid does not make for a comfortable sleep! :)
Technology like facetime and skype and facebook. I know facebook is so overused, but honestly it's one of the only ways I connect with some people and family! It's been great to see everyone instead of just hearing from everyone.
All of the furniture we have. 90% of it is used and has been given to us or we bought from D.I. or Salvation Army, but going without somewhere to sit other than the hardwood floor for a week when you're 35 weeks pregnant is a stinker! It gave me a new perspective and appreciation for all that I have.
A dishwasher. We've been married almost 5 years and have had a dishwasher from time to time amounting to 19 months! Wow does it save time!
A kitchen that has outlets and counter space. Our last kitchen was a large closet to say the least.
Last but most importantly my knowledge of the gospel. I know it goes along with my testimony, but I really am grateful for the things I've learned and have applied from the gospel in my life. Because of it I know that if I live righteously I can be with my family even after this life. How great is that knowledge?!? I have a husband who worthily holds the priesthood and uses it to bless our family. I love that the gospel is the same throughout the whole world. The teachings are the same no matter where you are. I'm grateful that I have technology that I can use to share my testimony with others as well (such as this) :)
These are a few of my favorite things :)
My GRATEFUL list:
Tyler, who is the single most loving, fun, humble, unselfish, kind, unconditional, faithful, strong husband and father, son and brother anyone has ever known. Seriously you're missing out if you don't know him!
Lyndi, who is the single most thoughtful, faithful, too smart for her own good (and for mine and Tyler's own good) funny, loving sister, daughter, and granddaughter you will ever know. Her words have brought me to tears on occasion. Such as when we had people over for our monthly group family night. We went around the room listed things that are important to us and we treat differently and she said "The gospel is true, and the gospel is true".
Emerie who is the single most happy, smiley, smart, snuggly, loving girl you'll ever know.
My testimony of the gospel. There are days where if I didn't have the gospel (especially since I've become a mom and have a deeper understanding of forever familes) I wouldn't make it through the day with my two crazies!
My extended family, who has been there for me when I've needed them most.
My friends, who are just like family who have been there for me when I've needed them most.
Our car, which has been so trustworthy! We FINALLY paid it off and it feels great!
Our apartment, which on the sticky or freezing days has been a tremendous blessing (as most shelters are!)
My ability to cook and be thrifty when it comes to being on a tight budget. Who needs expensive meat anyway?? ;)
My calling in the Primary. I teach Sunbeams (for those of you who are not members of my church, it's the class for the 3 year olds). Lyndi's in my class this year and I've learned so much in the short time I've been in there. Kids have such an amazing, humble, spirit that they carry all the time, and it's been wonderful to share it with them every Sunday.
AIR CONDITIONING! We bought window units the night after we moved into our new apartment. As it turns out, 82 and humid does not make for a comfortable sleep! :)
Technology like facetime and skype and facebook. I know facebook is so overused, but honestly it's one of the only ways I connect with some people and family! It's been great to see everyone instead of just hearing from everyone.
All of the furniture we have. 90% of it is used and has been given to us or we bought from D.I. or Salvation Army, but going without somewhere to sit other than the hardwood floor for a week when you're 35 weeks pregnant is a stinker! It gave me a new perspective and appreciation for all that I have.
A dishwasher. We've been married almost 5 years and have had a dishwasher from time to time amounting to 19 months! Wow does it save time!
A kitchen that has outlets and counter space. Our last kitchen was a large closet to say the least.
Last but most importantly my knowledge of the gospel. I know it goes along with my testimony, but I really am grateful for the things I've learned and have applied from the gospel in my life. Because of it I know that if I live righteously I can be with my family even after this life. How great is that knowledge?!? I have a husband who worthily holds the priesthood and uses it to bless our family. I love that the gospel is the same throughout the whole world. The teachings are the same no matter where you are. I'm grateful that I have technology that I can use to share my testimony with others as well (such as this) :)
These are a few of my favorite things :)
Mysterious ways
I feel the need to express a lot of my feelings lately. For some reason my mind has been dwelling on a lot of positive things in my life (probably because I've been praying to recognize the blessings I have). I have so much to be thankful for! Things have seemed to fall into place right when they've needed to, although sometimes it felt like it needed to happen sooner ;) I feel like this post should be given in 3 months for Thanksgiving, but it can't wait until then! This post is a lot about how the Lord works in mysterious ways.
As most of you know, we've been married almost 5 years (wow, time flies!) and our lives have changed dramatically since that happy day. We started off in Iowa with me working full time at a place I still call my favorite job ever. Mainstream Living was my whole life and I still talk about how I miss it! We then moved to Cedar City for Tyler to finish school. When we loaded up our moving trailer we filled it up 1/3 of the way. We had a mattress and box spring, a card table, two folding chairs, an unfinished night stand, a 14" tv and a small recliner we got from my work because they were throwing it out. I laugh about it because we have moved 7 times since we got married and our "assets" keep piling up!
We lived in the same town as Tyler's parents for almost 3 years and living there has given me a different perspective on living in Utah. Sorry in advance for all those Utah fanatics, but this might get graphic ;) I was born in Utah and lived in Idaho for 10 years and then spent all my teen+ years in Iowa, and I think growing up outside of Utah makes you develop a stereotype of it. And most of those stereotypes are very much true anywhere from Provo up to Ogden, as we found out for ourselves living in Riverton later on! But Cedar City has it's own feel and personality. I grew to love it and made some of the best friends there! We had Lyndi there and call it home.
Tyler applied to Optometry school in 2011 and ended up not getting in anywhere, but got wait listed instead so we waited around all summer just to find out we didn't get in. And since he was done with school he couldn't work on the grounds crew anymore, so with my little work that I could get we ended up with only enough money to pay rent and used out tax return and credit card for everything else. Tyler looked everywhere for jobs and couldn't find one until one night he ended up with 3 offers at pretty much the same time! He had an offer from a friend to work construction and an offer to be a soccer coach for a high school (which we still think would have been AWESOME!) and to work in an Optometrist's office with his cousin. We talked about it and decided that he should try again for school another year and see where that gets us and then do the restaurant. So he took the job with his cousin up in Riverton, retook the entrance exam, got a better score and ended up getting into Salus (where we are now) and SCCO (southern cali) and got wait listed AGAIN for his number one pick in Oregon. He also applied for the WICHE grant which is only given to 2 students per year but would pay half his tuition for ALL OF HIS GRAD SCHOOLING. We turned down SCCO because of me... I didn't think he would get the grant anyway and I didn't want to live in LA and my mom lives 4 hours from us now and it helped so much when Emerie was born! We then found out after we turned SCCO down that Tyler got the WICHE grant... sigh, I'm still sick to my stomach about it! The catch was that the WICHE grant only applied to western schools, so even though he got it he couldn't use it! Seriously thinking of how much that would have helped us after school has brought me to tears several times, including almost right now.
We seriously considered going a much different direction with our lives (and if Optometry doesn't pan out, we will do this) haha. We have had an idea for a dutch oven restaurant, well Tyler has had the idea for a long time, and we looked into buying buildings and equipment and things when he didn't get in to school that first year. So if 10 years from now we own a restaurant, we are either doing both Optometry and the restaurant, OR things didn't pan out... haha.
During the time we lived in Riverton, I was beginning to feel like we weren't going to get another baby for a long time and right at that moment I ended up with the legitimate stomach flu and then found out several days later when my nausea didn't go away that I was finally pregnant! Looking back at how long we tried and how things ended up, I am truly grateful for Emerie being born when she was. I was really pregnant when we moved but insurance came through 3 days before she was born and I would have hated moving across the country with a 2 year old and a newborn!
Anyone who has talked with us recently also knows that student loans haven't panned out as well as we thought either. There have been several surprises, such as discovering we have to dish out $2000 worth of equipment 3 DAYS before they need it for class... EVERY semester... for the last THREE semesters... On top of that we have learned recently that the amount that we applied for and the amount that we recieved has been SO SO SO different because the school puts a cap on how many loans you can recieve. So this means where Tyler is quite literally 1 out of I believe 3 people married and the ONLY one with kids in his entire class, there are no exceptions made for people in our situation. We are one of the only ones not splitting rent with roommates, and need to afford diapers and clothing and things for our kids. We found this out AFTER we moved into a mouse and cockroach-free, more expensive apartment of course :) But we've realized that we're here in Philly for a reason. Sometimes I'm skeptical of us finding a reason, but I'm sure it's there! We've made some amazing friends out here and our ward has been phenomenal.
So the other day I was really struggling paying my tithing (granted it wasn't a lot of tithing, but nonetheless it needed paid) because we REALLY need any money we can get, but I paid it anyway, and 3 days later I got a call from the hospital in Riverton saying that we OVERPAID for an appointment for when Lyndi was really sick and when I had prenatal appointments for Emerie. Guys, this happened over a year ago! I was like "Are you kidding? Who calls and refunds money these days?!?!" Strengthens my testimony of tithing and also of how Heavenly Father takes care of us when we do what we're supposed to be doing.
I guess my post was really about how much I love my church and the people it's brought into my life and the knowledge I have because of it. LOVE MY LIFE!
As most of you know, we've been married almost 5 years (wow, time flies!) and our lives have changed dramatically since that happy day. We started off in Iowa with me working full time at a place I still call my favorite job ever. Mainstream Living was my whole life and I still talk about how I miss it! We then moved to Cedar City for Tyler to finish school. When we loaded up our moving trailer we filled it up 1/3 of the way. We had a mattress and box spring, a card table, two folding chairs, an unfinished night stand, a 14" tv and a small recliner we got from my work because they were throwing it out. I laugh about it because we have moved 7 times since we got married and our "assets" keep piling up!
We lived in the same town as Tyler's parents for almost 3 years and living there has given me a different perspective on living in Utah. Sorry in advance for all those Utah fanatics, but this might get graphic ;) I was born in Utah and lived in Idaho for 10 years and then spent all my teen+ years in Iowa, and I think growing up outside of Utah makes you develop a stereotype of it. And most of those stereotypes are very much true anywhere from Provo up to Ogden, as we found out for ourselves living in Riverton later on! But Cedar City has it's own feel and personality. I grew to love it and made some of the best friends there! We had Lyndi there and call it home.
Tyler applied to Optometry school in 2011 and ended up not getting in anywhere, but got wait listed instead so we waited around all summer just to find out we didn't get in. And since he was done with school he couldn't work on the grounds crew anymore, so with my little work that I could get we ended up with only enough money to pay rent and used out tax return and credit card for everything else. Tyler looked everywhere for jobs and couldn't find one until one night he ended up with 3 offers at pretty much the same time! He had an offer from a friend to work construction and an offer to be a soccer coach for a high school (which we still think would have been AWESOME!) and to work in an Optometrist's office with his cousin. We talked about it and decided that he should try again for school another year and see where that gets us and then do the restaurant. So he took the job with his cousin up in Riverton, retook the entrance exam, got a better score and ended up getting into Salus (where we are now) and SCCO (southern cali) and got wait listed AGAIN for his number one pick in Oregon. He also applied for the WICHE grant which is only given to 2 students per year but would pay half his tuition for ALL OF HIS GRAD SCHOOLING. We turned down SCCO because of me... I didn't think he would get the grant anyway and I didn't want to live in LA and my mom lives 4 hours from us now and it helped so much when Emerie was born! We then found out after we turned SCCO down that Tyler got the WICHE grant... sigh, I'm still sick to my stomach about it! The catch was that the WICHE grant only applied to western schools, so even though he got it he couldn't use it! Seriously thinking of how much that would have helped us after school has brought me to tears several times, including almost right now.
We seriously considered going a much different direction with our lives (and if Optometry doesn't pan out, we will do this) haha. We have had an idea for a dutch oven restaurant, well Tyler has had the idea for a long time, and we looked into buying buildings and equipment and things when he didn't get in to school that first year. So if 10 years from now we own a restaurant, we are either doing both Optometry and the restaurant, OR things didn't pan out... haha.
During the time we lived in Riverton, I was beginning to feel like we weren't going to get another baby for a long time and right at that moment I ended up with the legitimate stomach flu and then found out several days later when my nausea didn't go away that I was finally pregnant! Looking back at how long we tried and how things ended up, I am truly grateful for Emerie being born when she was. I was really pregnant when we moved but insurance came through 3 days before she was born and I would have hated moving across the country with a 2 year old and a newborn!
Anyone who has talked with us recently also knows that student loans haven't panned out as well as we thought either. There have been several surprises, such as discovering we have to dish out $2000 worth of equipment 3 DAYS before they need it for class... EVERY semester... for the last THREE semesters... On top of that we have learned recently that the amount that we applied for and the amount that we recieved has been SO SO SO different because the school puts a cap on how many loans you can recieve. So this means where Tyler is quite literally 1 out of I believe 3 people married and the ONLY one with kids in his entire class, there are no exceptions made for people in our situation. We are one of the only ones not splitting rent with roommates, and need to afford diapers and clothing and things for our kids. We found this out AFTER we moved into a mouse and cockroach-free, more expensive apartment of course :) But we've realized that we're here in Philly for a reason. Sometimes I'm skeptical of us finding a reason, but I'm sure it's there! We've made some amazing friends out here and our ward has been phenomenal.
So the other day I was really struggling paying my tithing (granted it wasn't a lot of tithing, but nonetheless it needed paid) because we REALLY need any money we can get, but I paid it anyway, and 3 days later I got a call from the hospital in Riverton saying that we OVERPAID for an appointment for when Lyndi was really sick and when I had prenatal appointments for Emerie. Guys, this happened over a year ago! I was like "Are you kidding? Who calls and refunds money these days?!?!" Strengthens my testimony of tithing and also of how Heavenly Father takes care of us when we do what we're supposed to be doing.
I guess my post was really about how much I love my church and the people it's brought into my life and the knowledge I have because of it. LOVE MY LIFE!
Monday, June 17, 2013
From East to West
We decided that this is going to be Tyler's last summer ever, so we made a big trip out to Utah. We made a straight flight all the way to Vegas, and with both girls... It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be! They both traveled better than I did. We made it to Cedar City about 4:30 a.m. our time and we spent several hours the next day just sleeping!
The first night we were there we planted the garden in my in-laws yard. I forgot how fun it is to do! I can't wait to have my own!!!
The next several days were spent just hanging out and checking out new things around town. Lyndi got reacquainted with her "home" town and her grandparents house and yard. She spent almost every day jumping on the trampoline with Emerie on occasion.
Grandpa Page also played "crack the egg" with her... Haha!
Lyndi was kept busy all day long most days and so when it came time for bed, she was too tuckered out to finish her bedtime routine, and one night she fell asleep while Grandma Page told her a bedtime story!
What I was most excited for while we were there was to see my friends that I've missed SSOOO much! We were finally able to get together and meet all the new babies and take turns holding each others kids and catching up. It was the best day ever!! I also got the finally meet this little lady Kloe!
Lyndi also got reacquainted with Sosa, our friends dog. He's the nicest dog ever, but she was pretty scared of him at first until she started playing frisbee with him! We used to spend a lot of time at their house when we lived in Cedar and it was fun to be back there!! They built a new house that has a yellow tube slide going from the upstairs play room to the main floor!!
We ended up being able to go down to St. George and go to Pioneer Park with the girls. They both had a blast climbing on everything outdoors. It's been about 15 years since I'd been there and it was fun to see!!
We were able to go on a hike while we were there... Not a rigorous hike like we wanted to, but due to Tyler's expert picture taking skills, you can see a clear shot of the canyon!! Haha... Also on the hike we were almost attacked by giant crows and psycho silk worms!! Crazy outdoors!!!
Lyndi had 3 requests for our trip to Utah. She wanted to go swimming, jump on the trampoline, and make s'mores on the fire in their backyard. We were able to accomplish all 3 things :) I got pictures of swimming but they were on Tyler's phone...
Lyndi got to go to a friends' birthday party while we were there. So much fun!!! It was a princess theme, so all the girl's got to dress up in a princess costume (Lyndi's was Cinderella) and it was held at a nail salon, so they got to go and get their hair done and get their nails painted!! Although this sounded like the PERFECT party for Lyndi, all the other girls got a GIRL to do their hair, and she ended up with the only BOY and she was not having it. After about 20 minutes of her sulking and not wanting the boy to do her hair, we finally got a girl to do it and the party was a success after that! She ended up winning a dollar as well during the games, which she later spent on 2 candy bars :)
We went up to Salt Lake the last several days we were there and saw Tyler's siblings and all Lyndi's cousins!! She was SOO excited to see them! There are 3 cousins that were born within a month of each other so Lyndi will always have someone to play with :) I didn't get any pictures because I left my phone at my sister-in-laws house that weekend so those pictures from Salt Lake are also on Tyler's phone!!
At the very end of our trip we got to see my sister and her family. Her baby Kaiya and Emerie are 7 weeks apart, and it was fun to get them together again!! The picture above is of her and her "excited" face, which she quite literally makes EVERY time she's excited about something haha!!
We flew back home through the night and thankfully the girls slept when we got home and we were ALL able to get some much needed rest that day.
Friday, May 17, 2013
1st year completed with busy-ness and success!
I never thought I'd get to that point where I felt that life was flying by too quickly, but this semester has picked up our family's pace quite a bit! Here are a few highlights from our second semester.
First and foremost Tyler was called as Elder's Quorum President at the end of January. I know, surprise, surprise right?? :) The following Sunday I was called as Relief Society activities coordinator. So every weekend Tyler has had to go help someone move, help paint something, help clean up parks, and about every Sunday morning and afternoon he has had meetings. And every month I plan activities and carry them out. This semester has proved much, much more time consuming as far as classes for Tyler are concerned, but I feel like he's done an excellent job balancing family, school, and his calling in the ward. Yes sometimes I feel like a single mother (especially the last 6 weeks) having the girls alone from 7:30 ish in the morning until 11-11:30 ish at night with a small dinner break in there, but he passed all his classes and is helping those people who need it more than I do!!
This semester has brought on another bout of illness in our family. I felt like it was never going to end!! The last 3 weeks we've been healthy, and that sadly is the longest time frame we've had of health in this house since we moved here!! Along with getting the usual colds, Lyndi wound up with a few things. She is quite the gymnast in her room and climbs along her headboard like a tight rope! I had been telling her over and over and over again not to do it, and this time it proved to be the last time.
This was one of those terrifying moments when it feels like time slows down but you have to hurry so fast to fix the problem. She slipped on the headboard and fell sideways and ended up smacking her face on the sideboard and hitting her gut (we found the huge bruise the next day...didn't know she had hit there too...) on the corner of her headboard. Her mouth bled so much in the next few minutes and of course I didn't have the car!! I checked her lip and it looked like it had split all the way through, but after a few minutes I got the bleeding to slow down and saw that we might end up not taking a trip to the ER. Crazy adrenaline rush!! She ended up with a fat lip, but was alright and it healed up quick.
What seemed like a week later she developed pink eye. We came to find out a few other kids that she does preschool with had it a few weeks before. Luckily we have an almost eye doctor in the house ;) and free access to the eye clinic that he works at! Proud moment: Tyler concluded that it was the bacterial infection instead of the viral infection, but when he took Lyndi in to get an antibiotic, the doctor said it was the viral infection. She gave her some eye drops anyway thinking they wouldn't do anything, but the next morning it was already clearing up. Tyler was right. :) Thankfully no one else ended up with it!
We went to Greensburg for Tyler's Spring break and the morning after we got there, it was snowing! And of course I didn't pack any snow attire for anyone, so we put Lyndi in several layers of pants, tights, socks, long sleeves and a jacket, some mittens and a hat borrowed from my mom. We proceeded to build the biggest snowman anyone has ever seen!! Just kidding, but it was pretty huge. The next day all the snow was gone except the snowman :) I donated my hair to locks of love (very hesitantly I might add, it took forever to grow out!) and when I got home, Lyndi saw a picture of Dafne's haircut (my niece) and she said "I want Dafne's haircut!" So I attempted to cut her hair. I was happy to see that it's thickened up since I cut it off!
This is a really scatter-brained post... Here are some pictures of Diva Lyndi. She loves to dress up and get her hair done! Also I think she has a little OCD... She categorized her grapes one day at lunch and asked me to take a picture. Another picture is of her lunch able that she was proud of :)
Sisterly love :) these two adore each other!!
Fun at the park finally!! Lyndi can NOT walk across a flat, stable surface without falling down, but she an climb like nobody's business! One if a picture of Lyndi with several eggs at our Easter egg hunt :) another picture is of Emerie and her friend Ayla in the baby swing :) it's surprisingly more stable that way ;) then they don't fall backwards!!
Emerie has learned lots of things this last few months! She started rolling over in March and about 2 weeks later she was sitting up alone! I'm attempting to stop her from crawling until we get out of our mouse trap/poop apartment! She's just about there though. 2 mobile kids... I'm not ready!!! One picture is of her getting stuck under the doll crib, another is of her sitting up, another is of her being too tired to hold her head up so she just laid it down :) and One is of her after she fell asleep on top of her baby doll, melted my heart!!
I can't believe we're through a year here already!! 3 more to go ;)
First and foremost Tyler was called as Elder's Quorum President at the end of January. I know, surprise, surprise right?? :) The following Sunday I was called as Relief Society activities coordinator. So every weekend Tyler has had to go help someone move, help paint something, help clean up parks, and about every Sunday morning and afternoon he has had meetings. And every month I plan activities and carry them out. This semester has proved much, much more time consuming as far as classes for Tyler are concerned, but I feel like he's done an excellent job balancing family, school, and his calling in the ward. Yes sometimes I feel like a single mother (especially the last 6 weeks) having the girls alone from 7:30 ish in the morning until 11-11:30 ish at night with a small dinner break in there, but he passed all his classes and is helping those people who need it more than I do!!
This semester has brought on another bout of illness in our family. I felt like it was never going to end!! The last 3 weeks we've been healthy, and that sadly is the longest time frame we've had of health in this house since we moved here!! Along with getting the usual colds, Lyndi wound up with a few things. She is quite the gymnast in her room and climbs along her headboard like a tight rope! I had been telling her over and over and over again not to do it, and this time it proved to be the last time.
This was one of those terrifying moments when it feels like time slows down but you have to hurry so fast to fix the problem. She slipped on the headboard and fell sideways and ended up smacking her face on the sideboard and hitting her gut (we found the huge bruise the next day...didn't know she had hit there too...) on the corner of her headboard. Her mouth bled so much in the next few minutes and of course I didn't have the car!! I checked her lip and it looked like it had split all the way through, but after a few minutes I got the bleeding to slow down and saw that we might end up not taking a trip to the ER. Crazy adrenaline rush!! She ended up with a fat lip, but was alright and it healed up quick.
What seemed like a week later she developed pink eye. We came to find out a few other kids that she does preschool with had it a few weeks before. Luckily we have an almost eye doctor in the house ;) and free access to the eye clinic that he works at! Proud moment: Tyler concluded that it was the bacterial infection instead of the viral infection, but when he took Lyndi in to get an antibiotic, the doctor said it was the viral infection. She gave her some eye drops anyway thinking they wouldn't do anything, but the next morning it was already clearing up. Tyler was right. :) Thankfully no one else ended up with it!
We went to Greensburg for Tyler's Spring break and the morning after we got there, it was snowing! And of course I didn't pack any snow attire for anyone, so we put Lyndi in several layers of pants, tights, socks, long sleeves and a jacket, some mittens and a hat borrowed from my mom. We proceeded to build the biggest snowman anyone has ever seen!! Just kidding, but it was pretty huge. The next day all the snow was gone except the snowman :) I donated my hair to locks of love (very hesitantly I might add, it took forever to grow out!) and when I got home, Lyndi saw a picture of Dafne's haircut (my niece) and she said "I want Dafne's haircut!" So I attempted to cut her hair. I was happy to see that it's thickened up since I cut it off!
This is a really scatter-brained post... Here are some pictures of Diva Lyndi. She loves to dress up and get her hair done! Also I think she has a little OCD... She categorized her grapes one day at lunch and asked me to take a picture. Another picture is of her lunch able that she was proud of :)
Sisterly love :) these two adore each other!!
Fun at the park finally!! Lyndi can NOT walk across a flat, stable surface without falling down, but she an climb like nobody's business! One if a picture of Lyndi with several eggs at our Easter egg hunt :) another picture is of Emerie and her friend Ayla in the baby swing :) it's surprisingly more stable that way ;) then they don't fall backwards!!
Emerie has learned lots of things this last few months! She started rolling over in March and about 2 weeks later she was sitting up alone! I'm attempting to stop her from crawling until we get out of our mouse trap/poop apartment! She's just about there though. 2 mobile kids... I'm not ready!!! One picture is of her getting stuck under the doll crib, another is of her sitting up, another is of her being too tired to hold her head up so she just laid it down :) and One is of her after she fell asleep on top of her baby doll, melted my heart!!
I can't believe we're through a year here already!! 3 more to go ;)
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Holiday Fun
This semester has just flown by! When it finally starts feeling like life is slowing down a bit, something else pops up for us. However, our life here has been SIGNIFICANTLY better since we initially moved in though. Thank Goodness!
After Emerie was born, my mom took Lyndi back to her house for a week while I recooperated a little bit. A few weeks later, on Tyler's birthday, we went downtown to the historical part of Philly. We ended up getting there later than we planned, so most everything was closed for the day already. But we saw the Liberty Bell and the outside of Independence Hall and went to eat then went home. We also got some family pictures taken for the first time in few years. The girl in our ward that took them did a great job, I was really excited about them!
Then we had a Halloween party at our church and Lyndi dressed up as a Princess (my mom and sister made her a little dress while she was at their house). When we did the trunk or treat, it took her about 3 cars to figure out what was going on and then she pretty much raced through the rest of them to get as much candy as she could!
For Thanksgiving, we ended up going over to my mom's house and had fun playing games and seeing everyone. I hadn't seen my baby brother in a year and a half, and I was shocked when I saw him! The funny thing is even though he's the baby, he's definitely the biggest! He's taller than everyone else by a long shot. Sarah, my sister was due on Thanksgiving day, but she ended up getting induced the day after we went back home, so we had to wait a few more weeks to see my new niece! The above picture was taken the day we went home. This is Sarah holding Emerie and her husband Brandan.
A few weeks later, Tyler finished his first semester successfully and then his parents came to visit. The time they spent here flew by! It felt like they just got here and then they were leaving. We got some Christmas shopping done, and they were able to go over to my mom's with us and bless Emerie in my mom's ward. Sarah and Brandan's little baby Kaiya was a pound and a half smaller than Emerie's birth weight when she was born, so it was really fun to see their size difference when we got them together!! I held Kaiya for the first time and she was such a little lightweight compared to my chunky girl! And man, does Kaiya have hair!! I kept thinking Emerie's hair was coming to nicely, then I'd look at Kaiya and change my mind entirely. Kaiya has LONG THICK BLONDE HAIR! I've never seen than on a baby before. We blessed them both on December 16 (also Lyndi's third birthday!) then celebrated Lyndi's birthday that night. Sarah made a princess castle cake (Holy cow) for her.
We celebrated Christmas at my mom's house, but a few days before, my stepdad came home with a terrible cold, and then my mom got it, then me, then Lyndi, then Emerie, then my little brother, then Sarah, then my other sister. One more person woke up sick everyday for a week! Lyndi got it the worst, I think she had something different, more like the flu. She had a terribly high fever, runny nose, raspy voice, cough, etc. She was just miserable. I wasn't even concerned when Emerie woke up coughing and had a runny nose compared to my concern for Lyndi. I took some NyQuil before I went to bed on Christmas Eve. I've taken the capsules before and they've worked great, but all my mom had was the liquid NyQuil. I took some and have never felt that drugged in my life! I woke up Christmas morning and stood up to go downstairs and the floor seemed to follow me as I stood up. I was holding Emerie and falling asleep while I was trying to entertain her. The NyQuil took about 24 hours to wear off! But Christmas was still fun and the trip went really fast! Tyler ended up getting lots of gaming time in with Brandan and my brother while we were there (to make up for all the time he spent studying instead of playing at home, I've been really impressed at his studying abilities this past semester, he's kept his head in school really well!)
We got home and finally moved Emerie into Lyndi's room. She's done great! I was worried she'd wake Lyndi up or vice versa, but they've done really well in the same room so far. This next semester is supposed to be Tyler's hardest and most-time consuming, so I'm hoping that I can keep it together and be able to handle being alone for the semester! Lucky for me, Emerie is an easy baby. She 1) takes a pacifier, 2) plays on her playmat, 3) sits in her swing, and 4) is content to just sit and watch Lyndi run around and suck on her fists! I think I've been blessed with an easy baby so I can leave Tyler alone while he's at school and studying... sigh, someday we'll be out of school!! Well, that's all for these last few months, more to come later probably :)
After Emerie was born, my mom took Lyndi back to her house for a week while I recooperated a little bit. A few weeks later, on Tyler's birthday, we went downtown to the historical part of Philly. We ended up getting there later than we planned, so most everything was closed for the day already. But we saw the Liberty Bell and the outside of Independence Hall and went to eat then went home. We also got some family pictures taken for the first time in few years. The girl in our ward that took them did a great job, I was really excited about them!
Then we had a Halloween party at our church and Lyndi dressed up as a Princess (my mom and sister made her a little dress while she was at their house). When we did the trunk or treat, it took her about 3 cars to figure out what was going on and then she pretty much raced through the rest of them to get as much candy as she could!
A few weeks later, Tyler finished his first semester successfully and then his parents came to visit. The time they spent here flew by! It felt like they just got here and then they were leaving. We got some Christmas shopping done, and they were able to go over to my mom's with us and bless Emerie in my mom's ward. Sarah and Brandan's little baby Kaiya was a pound and a half smaller than Emerie's birth weight when she was born, so it was really fun to see their size difference when we got them together!! I held Kaiya for the first time and she was such a little lightweight compared to my chunky girl! And man, does Kaiya have hair!! I kept thinking Emerie's hair was coming to nicely, then I'd look at Kaiya and change my mind entirely. Kaiya has LONG THICK BLONDE HAIR! I've never seen than on a baby before. We blessed them both on December 16 (also Lyndi's third birthday!) then celebrated Lyndi's birthday that night. Sarah made a princess castle cake (Holy cow) for her.
We celebrated Christmas at my mom's house, but a few days before, my stepdad came home with a terrible cold, and then my mom got it, then me, then Lyndi, then Emerie, then my little brother, then Sarah, then my other sister. One more person woke up sick everyday for a week! Lyndi got it the worst, I think she had something different, more like the flu. She had a terribly high fever, runny nose, raspy voice, cough, etc. She was just miserable. I wasn't even concerned when Emerie woke up coughing and had a runny nose compared to my concern for Lyndi. I took some NyQuil before I went to bed on Christmas Eve. I've taken the capsules before and they've worked great, but all my mom had was the liquid NyQuil. I took some and have never felt that drugged in my life! I woke up Christmas morning and stood up to go downstairs and the floor seemed to follow me as I stood up. I was holding Emerie and falling asleep while I was trying to entertain her. The NyQuil took about 24 hours to wear off! But Christmas was still fun and the trip went really fast! Tyler ended up getting lots of gaming time in with Brandan and my brother while we were there (to make up for all the time he spent studying instead of playing at home, I've been really impressed at his studying abilities this past semester, he's kept his head in school really well!)
We got home and finally moved Emerie into Lyndi's room. She's done great! I was worried she'd wake Lyndi up or vice versa, but they've done really well in the same room so far. This next semester is supposed to be Tyler's hardest and most-time consuming, so I'm hoping that I can keep it together and be able to handle being alone for the semester! Lucky for me, Emerie is an easy baby. She 1) takes a pacifier, 2) plays on her playmat, 3) sits in her swing, and 4) is content to just sit and watch Lyndi run around and suck on her fists! I think I've been blessed with an easy baby so I can leave Tyler alone while he's at school and studying... sigh, someday we'll be out of school!! Well, that's all for these last few months, more to come later probably :)
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