Firestation Fieldtrip...

I took Cole to his preschool field trip. We had a good time together. It is so fun to see how he interacts with the other kids in his class. We than ran over to kneaders for a quick treat. Since it was just the two of us. I sure love this boy. He is so fun to be with!

A little Family Bowling Trip...

Before Kevin headed out of town we decided to take the kids bowling. Our pass of all passes is getting good use. We went to the bowling lanes. They did not have shoes that small for the kids so we only had to pay for our shoes. We decided to play two games even though we were not sure if the kids would be able to handle two games. But why not we were only paying for the shoes.
It actually kept there interest the entire time. They loved it!! It was so fun to be just our little family.

Oh no.. It's quiet.. Where is Dailey?

If it's quiet than I know something is going on. Dailey is in full swing of the mischief that comes at the age of two. I find lots of little messes involving the bathroom toilet paper, soap, baby powder, paper towels, popcorn, diapers, markers. You name it she is into it and throwing it all around. Did I mention she likes to take off her pants and underwear too. Oh Dailey. Whatever happened to the little girl that just wanted to sit on your lap and cuddle. Ha. ha. She still will at times. which I love!

This is a picture after I cleaned up her baby powder mess.

Lucy's First Tooth...

Lucy got her first tooth on Sunday. She is almost 9 months old! I have been feeling in her mouth for awhile thinking she was getting one soon. And it finally broke through. She has always had a lot of drool. But man lately it has been out of control. She drools so much it is hard to keep her stitches dry.

Lucy's Cyst...

Lucy has had this bump on her chin for months now. She didn't have it when she was born. It came about a month or two later. But it looked like a great big red zit on her face. It didn't seem to bother her but I finally went to have it checked out. The first Dermatologist I took her to was a young doctor and she said she had never seen something like that before. She took pictures and said she would call me after talking with a colleague of hers. She never got back to me, which bothered me so I went to another dermatologist.

We saw the other dermatologist and he said it was a cyst. He wanted to take a biopsy and test it to make sure everything was ok. He was very great, and he reassured me that's all he thought it was. He left and came back with two staff members and they held Lucy's hands and legs while I held her head. He numbed her first. Which was really sad. She was screaming. Blood was coming out. Than he took another little thing that made a puncture in it and all of a sudden this white stuff just started squirting out of it. It was pretty gross. It just kept coming and coming out. The doctor was so great. Though and I was really trying not to freak out. Because I was the one holding her head. But I could not believe all the stuff that came out. He put it in a biopsy container. Than after they got all the stuff out, he started to sew her up. She got a little stitch. She is our first child to have stitches! The Doctor was great. He said ok Mom you can pick her up and I picked her up and hugged her. Poor girl. The whole time her little eyes looked at me wondering why I wasn't helping her. Oh it was so sad. But she did great and we go back in a week to get the stitches out and to find out results. The doctor thought the cyst should now go away on it's own but if it doesn't we would need to see a plastic surgeon. He said it was pretty deep. Hopefully it just heals up and goes away now.

Locked Out..

Today we came home from a very easy trip to Costco. Not sure if anyone has ever been able to say that. :)
I came in the house and brought Day inside. I usually come right in and hang up my car keys. Today was no different. I went back out to grab Lu and the groceries. Cole ran ahead to go inside. He yells back the door is locked. Yes, Day has locked us out. This has happened before. But she quickly unlocked the door last time. This time, she ran away from the door. Cole is sitting there yelling at her. He has to go to the bathroom!! She comes back to the door and she is laughing.
I am trying to talk to her calmly through the door. Cole chose the yelling approach, but in his defense he had to go! This goes on for a little while. I am explaining to Day why and how to open the door. Oh she knows how to open the door, alright!
It's been five minutes and I finally think to say, If you open the door I'll give you Ice Cream! And just like that the door is OPEN! WaaaLaaa!

Oops. I never followed through with the Ice Cream Promise.

I know that my Redeemer Lives...

I was reading a few articles in the news today. There has been a lot of articles written about Mormons due to Mitt Romney and the Presidential Campaign going on. As I read some of these articles I found it interesting how some people view the "Mormon" Religion. If only, they knew what I know.

Tonight, I was singing a few songs to Cole before bed. We usually sing primary songs, but I sang the hymn I know that my Redeemer Lives. As I sang the words, tears rolled down my cheeks. I again had that overwhelming power come over me, testifying of the truthfulness of the gospel. I love these tender moments, especially when they happen with my kids. Cole had tears in his eyes, and He got up from his bed and gave me a big hug.