Oreo's and popsicles

I don't know if I just forgot how to feed a kid on a schedule or if Sarah just hates baby food or what the deal is. I'm sure by now most kids her age are eating sweet potatos, peas, bananas and other assortments of jared baby food. Sarah really wants nothing to do with them! But then again who would with a mother that gives you oreo's and popsicles! She chowed these down no problem, and actually would NOT let Dave take away her popsicle! So I can't decide for next month at her Doctor check up what to tell the doc that she's eating... I'll probably just tell him breast milk and baby food since I'll probably get the red light for feeding her table food so soon. I can't help it she reaches for food... so naturally I give it to her! Forget the Doctors right?! (as you can see I'm really worried... not so much)

Thankfully though her digestive system has gotten much better. A few months ago she had the WORST gas during the night and would wake up screaming. This was all due to what I was eating not what she was eating. 

I'm happy she is getting bigger... more sleep... but she's not my little babe any more. Yesterday morning (or monday I can't remember) she was on her stomach and she pushed her self, some how, up to sitting! She is so close to crawling she can taste it! This is what I'm excited for, then hopefully she won't get so angry when she can't get to where she wants to be. 

She turned 8 months old on monday. WOW 8 months I've been juggling 2 kids. I often am amazed and think about single moms, only because Dave works second shift and is gone all week during bed time. So to all the single moms out there I salute you. Bed time can get rough! I have not figured out a good way to get through it yet. All I know is that once they are asleep that is my time! I often stay up too late and that comes back to bite me in the morning but it's worth it because my kids are super cute in the morning! 

on a different note, we were blowing bubbles the other day... again... (what else do you do when it's raining) and these bubbles were, I kid you not, bigger than Sarah's head! Dallin loved it! He loves bubbles any ways but theses were super cool!

On like the first warm day this year we pulled out the pool. To make it more interesting we added a slide! Even though it was super cold Dallin could not get enough of it! This is one of the other things Dallin LOVES, playing with the water inside or outside he just won't leave the water alone. Maybe all 2 year olds love water but I wouldn't know this is my first one. Hopefully before summer is over we can go to a "big" pool and have some fun there! 

I can't leave out this pic with Dallin and his oreo beard!

Primary Children's Hospital

Last tuesday Dallin went under the knife... ok not really. He did however have surgery, on his tear ducts. I was doing ok the day of his surgery until they were wheeling him back in a little tikes push car and they said ok now give him kisses good bye. Then Dave's reminds me that this could have been the last time I ever saw him. Ok not the best thing to tell a mother as her son is having surgery. Well everything went just fine it took all of 20 mins for the whole thing. Dallin was such a trooper! He was really good the whole day, probably because Sarah was with Dave's aunt. So he was the only child! He played with the toys and handled the pre-surgery exam very well no crying or nothing, in fact he didn't cry once at the hospital that I saw. 

It was so cute when he was finished he was laying in his little hospital crib with his propped up on the rail, jock the dog in one hand and a sippy cup of juice in the other. In all his groggyness he pointed to his toe where the oxygen monitor was glowing red and said "light on." He just wanted to be held until Dave came along then he wanted nothing to do with mommy. That is normally the case so I expected it. We chilled in the recovery "room" more like an open floor with 4 curtains. There was another little boy maybe 18 months old who would not stop crying until they finally said he could go home. Not Dallin he just sat there sipping his juice watching TV with dad! Then about an hour later they said he could go home!

When we got home you would not have known anything even happened to the boy! It was like a power nap induce by "air medicine" as they call it at the hospital. So now thats done and over with thank goodness! I forgot my camera to document the blessed event so here's my one lonely picture of Dallin in his hospital pajamas. 

They did a really great job at the children's hospital. Thank goodness for these wonderful people who choose to work with kids! It's a very kid friendly hospital, I might just say this because it's the only one I've ever been to.

I felt bad because this technically was an elective surgery, but I felt he really needed it, his eyes were getting bad and staying bad almost all the time! Let's just hope he won't have to return anytime soon.

7 months old

Sarah turned 7 months while we were gone. here's some pictures from her photo op! 

vacation sweet vacation

We had a blast on vacation to Indiana! I have to admit that I forgot to take my camera to most of the places we went, which kinda sucked! We stayed pretty busy visiting old friends and spending time with family. 

Here is us on the plane trip out there, Dave's 2 aunts were with us! LIFESAVERS! we weren't so lucky on the way home thank goodness for dollar store toys and DVD players. Our flight crew and some folks around us were no help at all!

   

Playing with some new toys at Jenny's House. Auntie Sharon thought Sarah looked just like this doll so she had to buy it!

 

Here is our attempt at some family photos even though half of us were missing from most of them. Sarah was asleep and who knows where everyone else was?

      

This is the wreckage that happened daily when all the cousins got together! Erin could not keep her cloths on for very long before she had to change into a new dress.

 

After receiving some of Joey's old cloths to use for Sarah, Joey had to put on a fashion show! These cloths are 30 years old, yet so cute, love them.

  

Like I said, I forgot to take my camera most of the time! oops! We had a lot of fun going to our old play group in Plainfield it was lots of fun to see everyone.

Aunt Julie was HILARIOUS! 

We ate at Steak n' Shake a ton, So yummy, wonder why Utah doesn't have one yet.

We went to the park and Dallin went on the biggest slide all by himself! And he played at McDonalds on the play place pretty much by himself. I'm so proud of my little boy!

We visited our cousins house and played in the kiddie pool. Too bad that day Dallin's eyes were really bad (more on this later)

Now we're home back to real life.

Race for the Cure

This is way late... oh well! Saturday we walked the race for the cure. We walk for my Aunt and My Grandma who is now in remission! Hooray! So for the event I made Sarah an entire outfit! Super cute if I do say so myself! I made the pants from an actual pattern and they turned out great.

Sarah and Grandma!

Her shirt says "Find a cure before I grow some!"

Super fun time except we didn't walk the whole way, we cut down a side street! we figure it doesn't really matter we still donated the money!