Stitches

Not too much has been going on lately, but it sure has been a nice, enjoyable summer so far. Uriah turned 4 last month. We didn't have a big party, but I got him a cake from Wal-Mart that he was thoroughly pleased with (Thomas the Train) and he got a LeapPad as a present from mom and dad (my feeble attempt to break him away from my iPad).

Bonnie started rolling over a few weeks ago and now it's like second nature. She doesn't stay on her back very long, but then when she is rolled over, she doesn't like to stay on her stomach very long either. She hit the 4 month mark and is going strong. She is a very healthy baby, very alert and aware, and the first of my children that hasn't had a cold or other illness in her first months of life. How grateful I am for her and her presence in our home!

This is my absolute favorite outfit of Bonnie's, and I will be sad to see her outgrow it. I would make her wear it all the time if I could. These pictures were taken about a month or so ago.

Something made her smile!

One of Bonnie's favorite things (and mommy's and daddy's) is her bouncer chair. She doesn't particularly care about it now, but when she was smaller it might as well have been her crib. Now she can roll out of it!

Getting ready for church, one child at a time. Uriah loves his baby sister so much!

Talking mommy's ear off.

I knew that this day would come some time. Uriah got his first stitches last week. I was at work and Jared called to tell me that I had to come home right away because he needed to take Uriah to the doctor. He said there was blood all over the house and Uriah was cut up really bad. I knew that my hubby has a tendency to overreact, so I left work and met him and Uriah at the Children's Clinic. It really wasn't that bad, although it did bleed quite a bit. He got two stitches (which he didn't like at all, and I'll never understand why they didn't numb him for them), but after it was done he was happy and perky again.

After following the blood trail from the living room into Uriah's room, we have come to the conclusion that this household gadget is the culprit for Uriah's cut. We finally got out of him that he "stepped on the fan" to get his owie, and as we looked closer we could see blood spots on the spirals of the fan. We don't think it was a fan blade, because the fan wasn't plugged in, but my theory is that he was standing on it and cut it on the edge of the spiral in the center of the fan. Anyway, he pulled one of the stitches out himself a few days ago and got the other one removed by the doctor yesterday. After they removed the stitch, they gave him 3 immunizations. Poor guy. He is a trooper though.

I forgot to add pictures of Uriah's birthday fun!

This is a giant checker board at Toy Town in Twin Falls.

Jordyn going down a bounce house slide at Hop 2 It.

Me and Bonnie going down the slide



Uriah's Bday cake from the WalMart bakery

One of Uriah's presents. Mom and dad got him the yellow and red angry bird, one of my friend's got him the black bird and another friend painted the cans for me. Uriah was exstatic!

Uriah having fun on a bounce house at Hop 2 It.

In other recent news, I am trying to lose some weight and I have started a blog to keep track of my calories and exercising. I have lost 8.5 pounds in 5 weeks, which is a little more than a pound a week. I am not currently trying to lose more than that because I know that losing weight is a long term goal and not a short term one. I am keeping myself at 1700 calories a day and doing exercise whenever I feel like it. I know I will probably peak at some point and have to start exercising regularly, but I am happy with how I am already changing my life. My ultimate goal is to get to 200 lbs, and I have 11 more to lose. I know I can do it!