Best Friends

They love each other SO much. 

There is nothing more tender in a momma's heart than when she sees her babies loving each other.

I'm so glad they have the friendship they do.

One that will last a life time!

boring night = random post

Today was a good day for us! 

My baby girl got her cast off! Yay!

She was so excited... and so was the rest of us!

As soon as we got home, she took a BIG bubble bath and played in there forever. :)

A couple of hours later, I found her in the bath tub again...

Ahem. With her diaper on. All of the bubbles poured out. "Bubble Ba!" 

So in went the water and she got the pleasure of a second bubble bath. 

She deserved it. :)

She still looks at her leg and says "Jackson. Jump. Trampine. Jake's." Haha. Followed by telling me that I need to spank him and Ella. HAHA! Love that little girl.

So after going to the Doctor at 7am, hitting up Target, getting lunch with daddy, picking brother up (which was highly anticipated ALL morning!) the little girl couldn't bare to take a nap. She would miss out on playing time with brother! So she skipped nap time and played her little heart out. 

Jackson left at 5:15 and by 6:00... my little sweetie was pooped and passed out in her bed! 

Yes, she is still asleep. Yes, I have been tempted to wake her up ten times because I miss her. Ha.

I think I'm the one with separation issues here. 

I can only imagine what it is going to be like to have to get a job again... After spending every single day for two years with the little girl, of course I'm attached. She's her momma's babe. 

Marcus went to bed a couple of hours ago, too...

Hello, boredom. 

I guess I could hit the sack here shortly... but I will probably sit on the computer looking at baby stuff and deciding what decorations to make for the kids' bedrooms. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Lots of ideas brewing...

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Does anyone else have fall fever like I do? 

I mean, it's only the middle of August but I keep thinking fall is RIGHT around the corner!

I just finished school shopping for Jackson.. he's starting Kindergarten on the 28th. 

I seriously can't believe it.

He has grown up SO fast.

I honestly have a hard time judging clothes/shoe sizes because I keep telling myself there is NO way he is that big yet!

But he is. And I'm very lucky to have that sweet boy as my first and oldest-

he has the most loving heart and is truly my best friend.

My kids are just as lucky as I am, to have him as a big brother. He takes care and protects Jentri so well! And he will do the same for Jagger. Plus... he is the best play partner ever. He is experienced, ya know. :)

I'm excited for him to be back in school, but what I'm more excited for is to find out details! The district does it wacky but whatever...

I want to know if he's all day, morning, afternoon... or who his teacher is...

The weekend before he starts school is our baby shower. Wahoo!

Can finally feel prepared of the babe to come.

Which is another HUGE thing that I'm excited for! 

I get to meet my new baby boy and I'm so excited to see what miracle God has created for us.

Ahhhh.

31+

{Ps. If it weren't for my pregnancy tracker app, I wouldn't have a clue how far along I am. Terrible. I know.}

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Fall is packed with fun things for me. 

You've probably read about my craziness before but here's a little recap-

School starts, Mom's birthday, Jagger's due date, Jackson's birthday, Marc's little sis birthday, Halloween, My birthday, Jentri's birthday, My sister's birthday, Thanksgiving... that's from now - November. Insane. AND FUN :)

On top of all that partying, I get to look forward to 

lower temperatures

my clothes fitting again

boots (fave)

hoodies

pumpkin spice candles

the beautiful change in scenery

fall colors

getting a new job

me.. starting school?

Oh the list could go on and on. 

But hey, those are some exciting things to look forward to! 

I want to have the Halloween costumes done and ready by the end of September. After that I will have a newborn to care for, plus a toddler, plus a Kindergartener, and I have big BiRtHDaY's to plan!

Better get to it...

What's your favorite season?

Do YOU know what costumes YOU are planning this year?!

Sorry for the randomness. 

Guess that's what happens when your people snooze three hours before usual!

broken leg update

Just a little update on my missy's leg. 

Do you despise going to doctor's the way that I do?

Oh. My. Heavens. 

When the whole shebang happened, I was going to take her to Primary Children's because that's where I always go. Then I was doubting the break and really didn't want to put her through sitting at that dang hospital for 8 hours. So I decided just to take her to the urgent care. I haven't ever had a problem with urgent care, I'm just biased and think that the U of U and Primary Children's are the only places that know anything. Haha. Probably my Mother wearing off on me.

The doctor at urgent care treated her for a broken leg, but said that another doctor would call me in a couple of days to confirm it and let me know what needed to happen.

My baby was miserable all weekend long. We knew it was broken, I was just anxious to get a call so that I could take the next step in helping my baby heal but I wasn't supposed to expect anything until Tuesday morning. Monday morning I got up pretty early and cleaned the house. I got Jentri up and tried to feed her but she wouldn't eat. She slept until noon! I think she would have slept all day but I got a phone call from urgent care saying that they didn't see a break in her leg and thought maybe her hip was injured so I needed to bring her in for more x-rays.

 *insert a worried, sick, crying mom.*

After I pulled myself together and prayed, I debated on whether I should just take her to PCMC instead of wasting a trip to urgent care. Because no matter if something was wrong or not, urgent care wouldn't be able to do anything... But I decided that since they had already been seeing her, I would just take her back to them. I expected a long day ahead of us so I got us ready, packed a bag, and took Jackson to his Grandma's. We ventured up to Tooele and into the x-ray room we went. The doctor checked her out before they did anything. She tried to make her walk; wasn't happening. She thought maybe her knee joint was injured. I was just ready to find out what was REALLY going on with my baby.  Jentri was so nervous, you could just see it on her face. She had to sit there with no clothes and no diaper. She didn't like that too much but sat there like the sweet little angel that she is. The nurse went to confirm that the x-ray's were good enough and all of the sudden Jentri had diarrhea all over the room. Including me. She was so scared and I am pretty sure she felt some embarrassment. Poor girl doesn't ever cry but she sure does get sick. 

Shortly after, the doctor came into our room and said that her leg was definitely broken and she was referring us to the fracture clinic at PCMC. Two days later we were in the clinic getting her hard cast on. When they asked what color she wanted, she quickly said "powple!" Haha. She did so good the entire appointment! They said that a child her age heals very quickly so we have an appointment set for 3 weeks and they expect it to be good and done. :)

We went to lunch after the appointment and what do you know... she throws up all over our food. Seriously, the girl does. not. cry. She has some kind of high pain tolerance where instead of being upset and sad, she just gets sick! Ahhh. I felt so bad for her.

She has been such a tough little thing through it all and I'm proud of my lil punkin. She is finally walking on it--- cutest little limp I've ever seen! It's heartbreaking to see your baby hurt but I'm thankful that it wasn't any worse. She is so funny-- if her finger hurts, or she stubs her toe, anything that makes her say 'ow', she tells me "Jackson. Trampine. Jump!" Pretty much saying that Jackson jumped on every owwie she gets. Lol... Silly girl.

broken leg

on Saturday afternoon, my baby went with her big brother's to his Dad's house for a family party.

one of her *favorite* things to do is jump on the trampoline

or in Jentri talk- "TRAMPINE"

she is such a tough baby, she has a high pain tolerance and never cries when she gets hurt.

she got bounced by her big brother and a couple seconds later she just wanted to be held

she wouldn't cry but wouldn't be put down to walk

when Jake called me, he thought her back or neck was hurt...

i was worried sick! and i was twenty minutes away. 

as soon as i got there she turned and reached for me, so i knew it wasn't her back or her neck.

they kept telling me maybe she was just scared or had whip lash

so i tried to put her down to walk and she just collapsed on the ground. :(

so goodbyes were said and off to the doctor we went!

she pointed to her knee and told me "owwie, jackson, jakes, trampine" 

that's how her sentences work. lol.

i checked out her legs and her knee was swollen.. i figured it was broken.

the doctor examined her leg, put pressure on every spot, and she didn't say "ouch" once.

we were confused because she still wouldn't walk!

the only time she cried was when my mom held her down for the X-ray but as soon as she came back she was grinning ear to ear.

the doctor came back in to tell us that her

growth plate in her knee was cracked.

not exactly the news a Momma wants to hear!

i've never had a broken bone in my life and here my 20 month old baby girl has a broken leg.

they put a splint on it and told me to wait for the doctor to call me on Monday or Tuesday.

the X-ray would be looked at my another radiologist and they would let me know what exactly is going to happen.

she has been a tough little champ but it's heartbreaking to watch!

she is such an active little girl so she is having a hard time adjusting to going, going, going to not being able to do much of anything on her own.

yesterday she sat on the floor to play but couldn't move to reach all of her toys.. frustrating.

then she wanted to go for a walk.. but it hurts too much to even put weight on her leg.. frustrating.

so she just wanted mommy to give her a bubble bath and she can't get it wet! 

that's when I started to cry.

a broken leg is really hard on this sweet baby girl!

thankfully brother got to come home yesterday and he's been a lot of support for her!

they are best friends! :)

he just feels so bad about landing on her but i've assured him that she doesn't think that it's his fault. 

she's got a broken leg and he's got a broken heart!!

she hasn't eaten anything but a small piece of cheese since the accident.

I have made sure to keep fluids in her, which she's been pretty good about.

but food talk? absolutely NOT going for it.

I was able to rock her to sleep the first night but last night she was just ornery and wanted her bed so I propped her little leg up and when I checked on her five minutes later she was out.

about a half an hour later she woke up and just wanted me to hold her..

I rocked her some, tried to give her some water, and finally laid her back down but she just cried and wanted me to hold her. 

I stood at her bed side trying to comfort her when all of he sudden she was projectile vomiting! 

it was EVERYWHERE and the poor baby couldn't stop.

she was so upset and instantly got a high fever. 

I gave her some tylenol and rocked her to sleep...

the poor baby is so sick from being in pain, it's horrible.

I wish there was something I could do to make her feel better.

she is still asleep on my big comfy chair so I'm hoping she stays that way a lot today.

It's heartbreaking to watch your baby hurt like this!

I am anxious to hear from the doctor, I hope that a hard cast will fix the break but since it is her growth plate he said it is a bigger issue.

lets cross our fingers... 

and can you keep my little princess in your thoughts and prayers? 

Shiner

I just have to post this picture for my remembrance.

My little sweets fell and hit her face on the kitchen chair a couple days ago and she quickly got a pretty nice black eye! Poor baby! Then the next day at her babysitters house, she fell and smacked her head on the coffee table so she has a bruise down the middle of her forehead!

Poor little girl is an accident waiting to happen!

Still happy as can be in all of her bruised eye glory :)

Dreadful day care.

I love that my office smells of corn casserole. And peas. And bananas. And poop. And there are papers scattered across the floor. And the 10 pens i had in my jar this morning? Some wicked, worldy vacuum must have sucked them up.
Want to know what I love even more? When I forgot the bink yesterday- and regretted it. But when the day went pretty swell without it, I thought "hey, I'm going to forget it again today!" So that I did. Left the bink at home. It's noon.. and baby monster child is tired.. so I go to get some rice milk in the sippy.

Uhm.
Forgot the rice milk.

So lets just stick baby monster child in her play pen and hope she just lays down and goes to sleep. Like a baby angel child.

Uhm.
Nope.
Not happenin' Mommamia.

Baby monster child will just scream and throw things. Including herself. Smacking her head on the wall. Which creates an even more dramatic cry.

Now... tell me you wish you could take your baby to work with you? ;)

Thanksgiving

Since we were up all night at the hopsital on Wednesday night, my family decided to postpone our Thanksgiving dinner until Saturday. Which worked out... because Jentri's fa-sha was home for a couple days and asked if I'd take her to see his family...
It was interesting.
But fun.

Jentri, of course, loved the dogs over everyone else. {Besides her Momma! hehehe!}

Jeni made a 5 star restaurant type dinner! Haha. It was really good... One of my favorites was an appetizer- A slice of jalepeno, a slice of bacon, and cheese inside of a cresent roll.. OMG.. amazing. I think I'm going to make some for our Christmas Party! ;)

Anyway, here are some pics from the night!

It's over an hour drive to their huge, beautiful, freaky spot, house! Lol. They live on the top of south mountain over in Draper. I love it there in the summer... freaking hate it there in the winter!

The [PARTY!}

I threw together a little first birthday bash. With so many birthdays and holidays within a few weeks of each other, I didn't make it anything huge. A few special people showed up {thanks guys!} and Jentri shoved her cake in her face. :) It turned out great, and my baby had a blast.

Here are some pics from the party!

Jax was such a big helper! He showed her how to unwrap the presents and everything. ;) Lol.

She just loved everything. Grandma got her the walker and she was CRUIZIN! :)

She really didn't know what the heck to think about that candle and everyone singing to her...

But as soon as the lights were on, she was lovin' it!

Jentri's little future hubby, Brayton, came to celebrate with her. But, we were definitely missing our little bestie Calee!

Oh, and I even baked cupcakes.. again! I'm becoming quite the little baker. ;) Hehe.
They turned out pretty darn cute!

Anyway, that was the party wrapped up! Thanks to everyone who came.. the little missy got spoiled with toys, clothes, and LOVE!

From baby to toddler in the blink of an eye.

I've neglected my blog. But I'm back in full action. Pinky swear.

My baby is ONE! How did she get so big, so fast? I remember the day I went into labor.. November 18th. I had gotten in a car accident. Didn't think I was going to have her.. but oh boy, I was so excited when they said they were going to break my water. :D After a long night, my sweet baby girl was born at 4:30AM on November 19th.

Now she's talking, eating, playing, giggling, and cruising all over the place.
I can't tell you how blessed I feel when I'm washing pink sippy cups, or sorting pink and purple jammies and shirts. The headbands and bows that are everywhere- they just make me simply happy.

When I was pregnant, I was always so afraid that I wouldn't love her as much as Jackson. Gosh, when he was born... he filled my entire heart! Everyone reassured me, but I just wasn't sure...
When I saw her pretty little face, looking just like her Momma, with her small amount of fuzz on her head... and that little cry... And her tiny little noes, and her toes, and her baby soft skin... She just hopped right next to her brother in filling my heart full of gratitude and love.

Jentri is my little bestie. She's my side kick. Goes with me everywhere, follows me when I walk, and tells me babble stories all the time. She cuddles me, and RAWR's me. She's my little Angel. I know God sent her to save me. :)

Happy late Birthday my little boo. Thanks for showing me every day what life is really about.