BearLake

I took the kids to Bear Lake for the day with some of my girl friends. My kids are not old enough to appreciate what a great time we had but I sure did. We had a great time playing in the sand and water and just visiting. When we went to leave I had a dead battery (apparently you should not leave the key on after rolling down the windows), but found a little old man to jump it for me. It was magical when my kids slept the whole way home until Josie woke up and puked all over herself, gross I know but very true.

While I was unloading the car and cleaning up our stuff Josie entertained herself by eating the ice I threw out of the cooler. She would feed one piece to blue and then have one for herself. Her hands and face were covered in dirt, apparently the ice wasn't as clean as she thought. This is one of the things I would have seen another mom do and been disgusted but in reality and now that I'm the mom I was just glad she was entertaining herself.

Sometimes Dean says Josie's hair looks like "Crusty the Clown" but I think its a bit more like "Joe Dirt" today!

hasta la vista

My parents left for Africa today! I have been thinking about them a lot, I'm so nervous I'm not sure why just a lot of emotions I guess. We had a wonderful Sunday dinner with the family, my mom was all smiles with her little name tag - she is so cute. We said our good bye's and now they're off for a wonderful adventure!

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Alyson made a book for them to take with the grandkids portarits and a picture they drew for grandma and grandpa. Hopefully Josie's skills will improve while they are gone.

"I'm so glad when daddy comes home"

I sing this song to Josie pretty much all day.

"I'm so glad when Daddy comes home, Glad as I can be; Clap my hands and shout for joy, Then climb up-on his knee, Put my arms around his neck, Hug him tight like this, Pat his cheeks then give him what? A great big kiss!"

Dean's work is never ending, he could work 24 hours a day 365 days a year. He is a hard worker and I appreciate that. After a couple days when the kids woke up after he left for work and went to bed before he came home, we decided 6 would be a good time to be home. He obviously loves us because he has been making such an effort to be home by 6. I love it, we have dinner at a decent hour, go to the park, do yard work, watch movies with our neighbors, etc. We have been loving summer!

Now if we could both just turn our cell phones off at 6...

progress

Here is the before and during. I would like to post a before and after but I'm pretty sure we still have several years of yard work left but we are at least making a step in the right direction.

My Little Guy

I love this boy. He is 2.5 months, weighs 13.2 lbs. and is super tall. He is a good eater but throws up a lot. He started out a little rough but once we switched to Nutramigen formula both our lives got better. He is so pleasant; but he still hates the car. He has always been a big talker and smiles so cute. He just started to laugh and it melts my heart. I really am completely in love with him.

He is mine so I can take as many pictures as I want.

What are the odds...

I took my babies to the Doctor today. He told me I was a mother that beat all the odds.

He knew Josie was a hard baby and he has been worried about her weight for a long time. Now my boy is on crazy expensive formula because he too has a protein sensitivity like Jos did. He is old and said that he has never seen two babies in the same family with this sensitivity, but now I'm his

first.

Today he preformed a frenectomyon my little guy because he was tongue tied. I asked him what the odds of me having another baby being tongue tied was. He looked at me with a crooked smile and said yours are probably pretty good but a regular moms would be very low. Then I showed him Josie's upper lip... yep it needs afrenectomy too. I would not be a good surrogate.

A frenectomy is the surgical removal of the frenulum. This surgery is most often performed on frenum tissue that is found in the mouth. There are two primary locations in the mouth where frenum is found — under the tongue and underneath the center of the upper lip. In the event that the frenum is attached too close to the tip of the tongue or too far down the gums between the front teeth, a frenectomy may be performed.

The 4th

We spent the 4th in Plain City. We started on Sunday with some fabulous fireworks in the back yard. Monday we went to breakfast with Dean's grandparents and then to the parade. We got to cheer for Layne, Kaitlyn, and Taylor and their dance float; and grandpa and CJ because they had to drive the Grand Marshall's in one of grandpas classic cars. Next we had lunch and swimming with my extended family at Jerry's, naps and later pizza and games.

It's cool to have cool neighbors...

Our new neighbors took us boating Saturday. They are so fun and their boys are adorable. They even let Leann, Craig, and TJ come too!

what time is morning really?

I don't know what time Dean and I went to bed last night but I do know it was after midnight. I got up at 3:45 to feed the boy. Got back in bed at 4:15 and at 4:45 woke up again to Josie screaming. I thought she just needed her binky so I went in she immediately stopped sobbing and started jumping up and down in her crib yelling, Go Go. I tried to lay her down, I tried to lay down with her, she wasn't having it. I decided I would just let her go. The house was black and there wasn't much she could do. She must have night vision because she was literally running around squealing, she thought the dark was great. She crawled in bed with Dean twice but only for a second. Going back to bed was a lost cause so our morning just started at 4:45. She had woke up brother by 5:30 and was out on the tramp yelling at the horses by 5:45. Here is the kicker... I get the boy back to sleep and Dean was still asleep so I took Josie for a walk. Then later while I was making Dean some toast he says, "Jos whats with you waking up so early". and then turns to me dead serious and says, "I didn't get any sleep last night". Oh really...

Sometimes you have to improvise

If you don't have friends your own age, sometimes you have to improvise. Josie had a great time playing with Leann. Josie loves Leann... most likely more than she loves me.

The girl needs a sand box.

I don't think the drive way is going to cut it.

The Babysitter

One morning I had TJ babysit for 10 minutes while I went to pick up the real babysitter.

This is how he showed up... probably the coolest babysitter my kids will ever have.

Some mornings Josie does her own hair, and then her brothers.