Miss Lilian

Yesterday Miss Lily had her 2 (and 1/2) month appt. She is 22 inches long and 11"2.'  She has been a champ with her shots, too. Yesterday she was really struggling with some pain before I could get her medicine (I bought the wrong one originally), and Jackson was sobbing.  He is so empathetic and sweet. He kept saying he didn't want to lose her and was begging her to stop crying. It was so sad.

Pic from about 20 seconds ago...

"Smith is poopy!" These are the words that I hear from Sadi about 45 minutes ago. With instruction to go get me a diaper and wipes, Smith heads over to the drawer where they're kept. When he comes to me I don't see a diaper on him at all.  Lots of four letter words begin flying at uncontrollable speeds through my head when I see chunks (and i mean CHUNKS) of poopies still hanging on his rear.  Where else ARE THEY?  Jackson runs downstairs and comes back up with the news:  "I think its in the basement.  I can't find it, but it stinks down there."

YEP. I, too, smelled it in the basement and found evidence in 20+ different places (carpet, toys, couches, bed, etc.) That may be a slight exaggeration.

So here we are.  I can imagine I am going to be finding more "evidence" over the next few days that i may have possibly missed.  I love this age.  I think absolutely EVERYTHING he does is so cute and perfect. I can imagine whatever it is that is smooshy in his backside must be explored.  I can see how it probably is really cool. Maybe if it didn't stink so bad and I didn't have the knowledge about what it is and where it came from, I too would think it was really cool. But i don't. At all.  But even that may not be entirely true.  Since my first baby didn't have the ability to poop on her own until she was six months old (after surgery), I have celebrated when each of my kids have had that natural talent.  It's a bigger deal than you'd think. And he most definitely does.  This is the second time this has happened in the past 24 hours....

PS  Emma got bangs this week.

Emma's Baptism

I don't feel old, but feel like I should feel old if I have a daughter who has been baptized.  When did she grow up?  She was baptized September 17, 2011 at Martin's Cove.  One of the many awesome things about Casper is we are so near pioneer historical sites and they allow ordinances to be performed.  AND they said I could take pictures up until the moment the ordinance was actually being done, which me me very happy!  So here are a few pics of beautiful Emma on her baptism day.

 She has such a beautiful dress that I looked long and hard for, thank you very much.

 Everyone tried pulling the handcarts, of course.

 Emma's cousin whom she GREATLY looks up to.  Jaden wanted to be apart of the whole thing so she came to the bathroom to help with all the getting ready.

Because we had so recently moved here and it took a little bit of travel to get to Martin's Cove, I didn't figure there would be too many people lining up to come watch and I wanted Emma to feel like she had friends and support.  So we took an extra car and filled it with a bunch of girls in her class.  It turned out so perfectly.

I was worried that morning (not as badly as everyone else) because the sky was REALLY overcast and sprinkling/pouring off and on.  I guess I figured it would be more of a pioneer experience if it was chilly and I thought that would be good for her, too.  However, about 10 minutes before her service the skies cleared up and the sun came out and made everyone very happy.  What a beautiful/memorable day for her and me.  I thought it couldn't have been more perfect.

Kitchen is done.  Hallelujeh! When its totally done (and clean) I'll put up more.  It is BEAUTIFUL!!!

1/8/2011
So little Smiffers had his 2 month appointment last week. He is long and skinny. 10 lbs 15 oz, 23 inches long, and cute as a button.