I have been waiting to get some pictures from my camera before I posted again, but I have been lazy about it and decided it was time to put up another post, pictures or no pictures. The last month has been pretty good. We had a nice Easter. We each had our own little bunny basket with goodies (pictures to come...eventually) in it and we watched general conference. It was spectacular. Then after that we had a get together at my mom's house for my sister's birthday and we had lots of food and played lots of games. I really enjoy family get togethers, we don't get to do them very often.
My little ones sure are growing strong. Jordyn rolled over for the first time at the family party on Easter. We made her do it about 5 times in a row because everyone wanted to see her do it, and now when we lay her on the floor she isn't on her back for two seconds before she rolls right over. She also started reaching for things and grabbing them and pulling them to her. I think that's so cute. She weighs about 14 pounds now and the doctor said she was perfectly proportioned, right in the 75th percentile for her whole body. She is so cute and she makes me so happy. I don't know what I would do without her.
Uriah will be two in June, I can't believe it! He is so smart. He can open the doors now, which is kind of a bummer because on Saturday mornings we could sleep in for a long time while he played in his room because he couldn't get out, and now he can pretty much get into any room he wants to. He got a Thomas train and a small track for Easter and he loves it. He walks around going "choo choo!" and on our Netflix we get some Thomas and Friends movies for instant watch and he loves to watch those too. On the 17th we went to the Toys R Us in Idaho Falls because they were having a Thomas and Friends party. Uriah got to color a Thomas picture and put on a conductor's hat and play with some trains. We got him an expansion for his track and another engine. His favorite movie is Pixar's CARS. He likes to pick a movie and watch it over and over again for a while. He likes Home on the Range, Finding Nemo, Cars, and Kung Foo Panda. We also borrowed some Elmo's World movies from my sister and he absolutely LOVES Elmo. Uriah calls him "Momo". Even more than movies, Uriah loves to be outside. I think he could play outside all day long if we let him. The only way he can get some outside time is if we take him to my mom's or sister's. They have back yards that are fenced in or protected. His love to be outside makes me more and more impatient for us to get our own house. Everything has its own time.
Another semester is almost over for Jared. We found out that there is a Physical Therapy Assistant Program and we are going to try to get Jared in there. He has always wanted to go into Physical Therapy but he never had good enough grades to apply. We are really hoping he can get into the Assistant program. I know it would make him happy to finally have some direction with his schooling.
A spring semester over for Jared means an early summer for me, and when I say early I mean that when summer starts college hours change to 7:30-4:00, so even though I get off work an hour earlier than normal, I have to be to work at 7:30 in the morning, and I already have a hard time getting to work at 8...oh well...
In other news, my sister had her baby on Monday! He is so cute. His name is Roman Gabriel Waggoner and he was 8 lbs 10 oz. Big boy! And he has a full head of dark dark hair. Very adorable. It makes me want another baby, but I've already got one! We are definitely going to wait longer than 4 months before we try having another baby! (^_^)

Heave, Ho

I have only had the dry heaves twice in my life- once in the 11th grade, right before the first dance I was ever allowed to go to, and this last weekend. It hit me right out of nowhere. I had had a good day, gotten my apartment 99% clean and done some shopping, then at about 6 I started feeling crampy, and by 8 I was barfing every 45 minutes. I couldn't keep anything down, and I stopped trying after 10. Not even water would stay down. I lost my cookies every 45 minutes from 8 pm Saturday until 3:30 am Sunday, and before that time I had run out of cookies to lose. At that time I got a blessing from my husband and brother-in-law, and I only barfed twice after that. I couldn't be more thankful for the priesthood and the blessings that come from it. I know for sure that I wouldn't have gotten better that quick if I hadn't gotten a blessing. I was able to start holding food down around Sunday afternoon, and my husband got me some sprite and I was able to keep that and water down. Today I still don't feel quite like myself, but I am better than I was over the weekend. I just hope and pray that my two children don't get it, 'cuz that could mean serious trouble for them. Anyway, it's not the best weekend to report, but it was just another one of the constant reminders that my Heavenly Father loves me and is watching over me, and for that I love Him so much.

Bibbit

Isn't it wonderful when you think the day is going to be nothing out of the ordinary, and then something happens that puts a smile on your face and makes the day worth it? Jared called me at work and told me that Uriah had something to say to me. So he put Uriah on the phone and in the background I could hear Jared say, "What does the froggy say?" and Uriah said, "Bibbit!". It made me so happy, and it gave me a fun story to tell my family and friends. Uriah knows so many animal sounds and other sounds. I love to watch him learn and play and grow each and every day. I especially love to watch him dance. When you tell him to "shake his bum" he puts his hands on his knees and then bends them and bounces his bum up and down. It is the cutest thing! I love watching Jordyn grow too. She gets chunkier and heavier every day. She holds her head up great and she is very close to reaching and grabbing things. I look forward to all the new milestones each of my children will be making in the future. I hope I remember to write them all down.

Things Keep Piling

Around the beginning of February Uriah started to limp, like maybe he had stepped on something and hurt his foot. We thought nothing of it, little ones bang their knees all the time, and we decided to wait and let it get better on its own. Well, a month later and the limp is worse. Uriah was walking like one leg was shorter than the other, and he couldn't even run without tripping over himself. He looked so clumsy, it broke my heart. I thought sure that there must have been something wrong with him. So I set up an appointment with the pediatrician, who checked things out and took some x-rays. When we got home from the doctor's the limp looked even worse than it did before. I wondered if, when they twisted his legs for the x-rays, they had aggravated whatever was causing his limp even more. When the doctor called to tell me that the x-rays showed that everything was okay, I expressed my concern that the limp had gone on for so long and now it looked worse, so the doctor decided we needed to do a bone scan. We took Uriah up to the hospital where they gave him an IV and injected him with radioactive calcium, which would light up his bones in a scan. We played around on the pediatrics floor at the hospital for about 3 hours, did the scan and then went home. Uriah was such a good boy, he didn't even move an inch during the scan. That night the doctor called to tell us that the scan showed no injuries and that we should take Uriah to a physical therapist. I decided to wait a week to see if Uriah got better, because we were already racking up the bills just by doing x-rays and scans. Wouldn't you know it, 4 days go by and Uriah is walking and running just like any normal kid.
I felt ridiculous for having gone through all that. I guess I am a mother. Did I over-worry? Did I do the wrong thing? Part of me says yes, but part of me knows that if there had been something wrong and I didn't do anything about it, I never would have forgiven myself. It's better to be safe than sorry, and even though Uriah's bills just added to the ones I still have from having Jordyn and having my gallbladder out, I am happy to know that my son's legs are complete and whole.

In other news, Jordyn has been sleeping all night for about 3 weeks now. It sure has helped Jared and I get the sleep we need at night, and we even took down the bassinet and moved Jordyn to the crib in her own room. I am still a little paranoid and I always check on her before I go to bed, if I have to get up in the middle of the night for something, and before I go to work, but she has always been okay and is such a good baby. She is a very happy baby and always smiles and talks to me. Uriah loves to give her hugs and kisses all the time, and sometimes tries to hold her and pick her up. If we lay her on the floor he will sit down next to her and play with her. He likes to rub her head a lot. She has short, fuzzy soft hair and I think he likes to touch it. I thought I could never be happier than I was when I had Uriah, but seeing Uriah play with Jordyn, even though she really can't play back, makes me happier than I've ever been. Having more than one baby is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.

Maybe Next Time...

So, remember those professional pictures I talked about a few posts back? Well, here they are. We had a fun photo shoot, and our photographer was very sweet and nice, but next time we get pictures taken we want to try someone new. We have found out that there are a lot of photographers in the area that we would like to try. I also spent a lot more than I should have on these pictures (stupid tax returns make you feel invincible!)when the money could have been saved or spent on things we actually needed. I also wish that Jared had come with me for these so that he could have been in some of them. He decided to stay home and study for a big test he had coming up. My original intention was to just get pictures of Jordyn taken, but since the sitting fee was the same cost no matter how many people were there, I decided to have Uriah and I jump into a few of the pictures. For all the money I spent on these, I wish now that Jared had been there. Anyway, I am glad to have these pictures for the memories they create, and I hope to enjoy them for a long, long time.