nada...

Yesterday was a hard day. I keep telling myself not to freak out until I know for sure if there is something to freak out about. It's been challenging to make sure she eats as much as they want her to. She loves to eat solids, so that is not a problem, but it's a careful balance to make sure she isn't too full on them so that she will still nurse every 2 1/2-3 hours. I figure if she wakes up at night at all I will nurse her too (I hope I'm not setting myself up for no more sleeping through the night!). She is happy and content and full of squinchy eyed smiles that always make me feel better.

My mom has been in town this week, so we have been shopping a bunch, which has helped take my mind off it a little. And of course a little Lemon Cream Cake goes a long way. Her appointment is Wednesday morning, so we won't know anything new until then. Thank you so much for keeping us in your prayers!

the most important meal of the day...

I left my son to make his own breakfast this morning, and this is what he chose to make.




It is a triple decker peanut butter and honey sandwich with the pb/honey blobbed in the middle and not spread out. Yum!

lily update...

The dr. called back with some lab results. Nothing is too serious at this point. Her white blood cell count is low - called neutropenia, and she has a low ph meaning she is slightly acidotic. Her urine was fine, and there weren't leukemia cells. They didn't get enough blood to do the celiac disease test. They are going to hold off until our appointment next week to see if her weight has improved and then go from there. They may also repeat the CBC at that time to see if the white blood cells/ph is the same. So, still not definitive answers. She is happy and eating well, so keep us in your prayers.

our lily...

A few people in the past few weeks have told us that she looks "skinnier" and in the past couple of weeks I have really started to notice it. Her skin around her belly and arms that used to be quite chubby, looks wrinkly...like if you were to lose a lot of weight fast...your skin would kind of hang off? So we took her in today. She last went to the dr. in Dec. for her 6 month appt, and her 9 month appt was scheduled for next week, but I just didn't think I could wait. Apparently Lily now weighs 16 pounds 7 oz. At 6 months, she weighed over 18 lbs, and at her 4 month she weighed 17 pounds. She weighs less than she did at 4 months old. She also has not grown at all (in fact she shrunk? we couldn't figure that out either). Not good.

The Dr. has ordered a bunch of blood tests for some really scary things that I won't mention (because I'm freaked out enough - I don't need to freak anyone else out), but in the meantime is just having me nurse more often. We take her back next week to have her weight checked again, and we will hopefully find out this week some of the results on the tests. Please pray for her (and us!) that all will be well.

new design...

How do you like it?

happy valentine's day...

Happy Love Day!

We had a fun day of valentine making, preschool for Zane, lunch date with mom/dad and Lily, pizza for dinner (yay no dinner making for mom, thanks dad!), and a movie date for mom/dad. Hope you all were able to celebrate with your loved ones too!

ok for real...

This really just happened. John and I are up late watching some TV. Simpsons is on, and it breaks in with "This is a test of the Emergency Alert System...BEEP BEEP BEEP". Ok, so it runs through the whole announcement thing, followed by some beeps. Then when it should be done, we start hearing this. I'm not kidding. Someone hijacked the EAS. It went on for a good 2 minutes before it returned to programming.

when your kids go to bed...

We went in to Zane's room last night to make sure he was tucked in after he was asleep...and this is what we found. Haha!
I think Lily has lost weight, and/or grown taller. She seems much skinnier lately, and less of a chubby baby. She is not really more active, in that she has no interest in crawling or being mobile much at all. She is quite content to sit on my lap all day if I let her. It's a cute pic of her. Nothing to report about it, just a way cute picture.

the king and the cheese...

It is the letter K this week in preschool. They made kites on Tuesday and yesterday they talked about kings and then made crowns. (well decorated the Burger King ones). Now Zane insists that crown starts with the letter K. No point in arguing there. He is quite the reader already, I can't believe it. Now if only we can get him to understand that when you write you go left to right in a straight line... not put the letters of the word anywhere on the page. It's just his creative side coming out I think. Lily does the funniest thing that I have not been able to catch on camera. Sometimes when you smile at her, she will smile back but squinch her eyes up too. It looks like she is giving you this big cheesy smile. But, a lot of times, she just squinches her eyes, and doesn't really smile with her mouth. It is ADORABLE. This picture is the closest I have gotten to catching the squinchy eyes. Super cute cheeser!

my memories of president hinckley...

I was just thinking today about my memories of seeing President Hinckley in person, and I have 3 distinct ones that came to mind. First was when I was able to go to the Conference Center dedication General Conference session. In spite of growing up in Salt Lake City, I had never attended conference in person. And this time, I actually lived in Texas, but had come back to be able to go. (It is much easier to get tickets when you live in another state by the way, but I think I got these tickets from my Dad who was in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir). I remember sitting there during the prayer and how my spirit literally wept. Everyone also spotaneously stood and sang after Pres. Hinckley's prayer, and then slowly every apostle and authority on the stand stood on their feet. It was so neat.

The second time I remember seeing him was right before we moved from Texas, and he came for the dedication of the Lubbock, TX temple. We were outside for the cornerstone ceremony (John was singing in the cornerstone choir) and it was so neat to see him come out with his wife. They were so cute together. He made jokes, and even called my niece and nephew out of the audience to put mortar on the stone. When he left after the dedication, we were outside the temple and everyone broke into "We Thank Thee O God For A Prophet" as he got into his car, with his signature cane wave.

The last time I saw him in person was at John's graduation from BYU Law School. He had a granddaughter in John's class. We were all sitting there in the audience, and all of a sudden the prophet walked in and sat on the stand. It was so unexpected. Very cool.

I'm sure there were other times, but those are the ones that stand out to me. He was such a happy man, and we will miss him. Here is a picture from John's graduation (sorry it's not very good - the lighting wasn't very good and I was behind a pillar!).

a weepy day...

This might make you tear up a little. But maybe it was just me, I had one of those days.
the bridge

president hinckley...

My friend had this posted on her blog, and I think it is a great idea, wish I could be there. Pass it along.
President Hinckley Tribute

superheroes and hot dogs...

Today was a rainy/snowy (for St. George) day. I forgot to get a picture of the actual "snow", which was really sleet I think, but I did get a picture of snow-covered Pine Mountain.

It was yucky. Zane couldn't wait to go out in the "snow". So he got his jacket on, his spongebob hat and gloves, and he had to wear a cape. It was really windy out, and he said he wanted to fly away. This is him with his "to the rescue" pose. Cute.

So, for dinner tonight, I was in the mood for soup, but Zane had other ideas. He told me he wanted "hot tail wingers". I had no idea what he was talking about. I kept trying to get him to explain, and he told me they are little hot dogs with toothpicks in them and no bun. Haha! COCKTAIL WEINERS! He said we had to have a game dinner and play cards while we were eating our hot tail wingers. Too hilarious. I think it came from a Curious George episode today. Here is what he did with his hot dog.

(oh and yeah, that is a new kitchen table, yay us!)
And I couldn't just post pictures of Zane without posting an adorable one of Lily in her princess ballerina jammies.

cuties...

Just thought I would share a couple recent pics with our new camera.

perfect dress...

Really, I must make this for Lily. One day. It is awesome.

the final countdown...

We got a new game. It's called SingStar. It's basically a karaoke game where you an compete against each other. The microphones measure your tone, pitch, and rhythm. We got an 80's version. It has some great songs. So Zane's new favorite songs are "Eye of the Tiger" and "The Final Countdown". He's been walking around the house singing "Eyyyyeeee of the Ti-ger", and wanted me to sing "dada da da...dada da da da" to him before bed last night.

So, we had to put the game away yesterday because Zane was getting upset and not taking turns. Of course, that caused the usual tantrum, and he went off into the pantry and hid behind the door. He was singing "dada da da" in between sniffles. It was HILARIOUS.

(If you don't know "The Final Countdown", click here, for "Eye of the Tiger" click here).

could i post any more today?...

Just was wondering whose idea it was to put marshmallows in cereal. Is there a kid out there that actually eats the cereal and doesn't just pick the marshmallow bits out? Really, I'm not buying this ever again.

fake...

Lily fake cries. She has done it since she was born, I swear. I caught a picture of it today. I'm afraid we are in trouble with this one because it is just tooo dang cute and funny.

my house is soooo not clean...

Still not back up to speed after the long holidays. I don't know what the deal is. I blame guitar hero. After playing the game various places this season, we decided it would be fun thing for us to do as a family. We bought the cheapest stuff we could find and it has been great fun. It has not turned into an "all night never see my husband thing" that I feared. (Ok, other than the first week). So, even though I haven't been spending every waking minute playing, can I still blame the game for my messy house and piles of laundry? I think so.

to whom it may interest...

the fish is still alive.