2nd opinion...

I talked to someone whose opinion on dentistry I highly trust, and it was suggested (along with all of you of course!) that we go for a 2nd opinion on Zane's teeth. The outcome may be the same, because although it's not common, no enamel on baby teeth does happen. So, putting crowns on all of them is the only way to save them (the molars at least have to be saved since he will need them for the next 7 years at least!). Hopefully he won't need quite as many root canals. His teeth do not hurt him (which is quite amazing) but this is the kid who had strep throat for over a year, never complaining when his tonsils were the size of plums! I'm going to a highly recomended pediatric dentist on Monday, so I will let you know the verdict...

*p.s. In case you were wondering - YES, I do know that I exaggerate all the time...plum comment, slight exaggeration, amount of root canals and crowns - no exaggeration.

the evils of sugar...

Zane went to the dentist today for the first time. Piece of advice - do not take your young child to the dentist unless you are prepared to feel like a terrible mom. So Zane has to have ....(are you sitting down?) ....8 root canals....and 8 crowns. So sad! Every single one of his molars. There goes the tax refund this year...

king for a day...

On Thursday in Preschool, it was Zane's turn to be the birthday captain. Although he will not be 5 until June, he got to have a "pretend" birthday day. It took a lot of explaining that he was not really turning 5 years old yet, that it was just pretend for school since he won't be in school when he has his real birthday. We made poster with pictures of things he loves. We made cupcakes with gumballs on top. He got to wear a crown with his name all day, and the kids all sang Happy Birthday to him. He had a great time. Next week is his preschool graduation (complete with caps and gowns) so I will definitely be posting pictures/videos of that.

93 degrees...

Yes, that's how hot it was today. What Zane did to enjoy the day(complete with goggles):

hmmm...

85 words

Speedtest

that was fun, thanks steph!

if you're interested...

I've started a crafting blog at: scrapbeadsew.blogspot.com
I will be featuring various artists and crafters as well as posting projects I am working on, and tips, etc. It's nothing much now, but maybe will be something of note in the future!

lily's health...

I just realized that I never really posted to say what has been going on with Lily and the latest. Last time I took her in about 3 weeks ago, she had gained another pound. She was up to 19 1/2 pounds. The Dr. is absolutely thrilled, and I just need to keep doing what I'm doing. The Dr. said that newborn babies gain an avg. of 20-30 oz. a day... older babies (her age) around 10-15 oz. per day ----as of the last check she was averaging around 25 oz. - incredible! I'm sure she has slowed down a bit, but she is definitely caught back up completely. She must have been just content to be starving herself! She's eating great, very active, and happy as can be. We don't have to take her back in for awhile. Probably a couple more weeks.

A side note - I must admit that this whole thing has really worried me about breastfeeding my next baby. I really know it's the best thing, and it's so easy (at least it was this time) but I don't want this kind of thing to happen again. The same thing sorta happened with Zane around the same age, only he lost his weight a little earlier, and not as drastic. He didn't really enjoy nursing - so it was easy to just stick him on the bottle. He guzzled them down like he was starving. She was so content and showed no signs that she was hungry. Yet she starved herself...so I don't know, the next kid may just get the bottle. We'll see.
(oh, this is NOT an announcement btw)

post 101...

Lily is all about cruisin' right now. Here's a cute video of her walking around (ignore the cutesy baby-talk voice a la moi)

and another video of her laughing from a month ago or so... I forgot to upload it.

ENJOY!

weekend fun...

***I just noticed, this is my 100th post!!! YIPPEE ME!***
Growing up, I remember always working in the yard while conference was on the radio on Saturdays. So, that's what we did! Since we had our yard landscaped in front this past winter, our plants died. I don't think they got enough water when they were first planted, and it was too cold for them to make it. So, we planted 10 new plants in the front yard. It looks great! (mostly because they are alive - who knows what it will look like in a couple weeks)

In preschool Zane got to bring home a plastic cup with some grass seeds he had planted. Around the same time, we had also planted some new grass seed in our backyard to try to fill some really bad patchy areas.

Here is what Zane's grass looked like after about a week and a half: (yes that's Nemo in the background - still kickin' it!!)



Here is what our grass looks like after about 3 weeks: (yes you can barely see it)


Very very sad.

tagged...

Tagged!Here are the rules. Four people will be tagged. You have to answer the questions, then post the people tagged, let them know they are tagged, and then they post the answers on their blog. It is always fun to learn more about people!!!

10 Years ago... I just moved to Lubbock, TX to start college (again!).

5 Things On My To Do List Today (tomorrow for me)
1. laundry
2. babysit
3. Zane to preschool
4. send out a jewelry order (yay!)
5. hang out with my sister (maybe)

If I were a Billionaire...
Pay off school and all debt. Sell house and build "dream one". Give our parents lots and lots of money and send them on beaucoup trips! Save a lot for missions/college/retirement. Start a charity. Go on humanitarian trips. Donate lots of money anonymously to church and colleges.
And probably get a vacation place or two for the fam.

3 Bad Habits...
1. I spend way too much time on the computer.
2. Mountain Dew
3. Interrupting - SAME HERE! I'm soooo bad!

5 Places I've Lived...
1. Sandy, UT
2. Boulder, CO
3. Lubbock, TX
4. Provo, UT
5. St. George, UT

5 Jobs I've had...
1. Telephone Relay Operator for deaf/hard of hearing
2. Telephone Surveyer
3.Photo retoucher
4. Library Reference Assistant
5.Computer Support

3 Things Most People Don't Know About Me...
1. Oh, see my 100 things people don't know about me!
2. I've gotten over being a packrat, except when it comes to cards that I've received, I can't seem to throw them away!
3. I really have a hard time cooking if my kitchen is messy.

I tag Steph, Chardell, Jana, and my sisters (I know that's more than 4)

flashback friday...

It's still barely friday...
So here we go. It's been so nice out lately, that I have spent a lot of time just sitting out on the front lawn with the baby and playing games with Zane. So I thought I would share pictures of my love of the outdoors from over the years. (I had to leave a lot of pictures out, or it would go on forever!)

circa 1978 - I was too cute!

1988 - Grand Canyon

1993 - near Steamboat Springs

1994 - High Uintas (do you still have your U2 shirt?)

1997 - Mount Rainier in the background
(and I have black hair, but you can't really tell in this picture)

2001 - Yellowstone (yes, very stinky Yellowstone!)

getting older...

Zane has really said some good ones lately! In preschool yesterday they dressed up in caps and gowns for graduation pictures. Graduation is coming up in a few weeks. Zane was talking to me about it this morning.
Zane: "What do they say at graduation?"
Me: "I'm not sure."
Zane: "I think they say Congraduation!"

Super smarty pants!

honesty...

Tonight at dinner, Zane was having a hard time staying in his chair (nothing new there!). As he was sitting on his knees, he slipped off the chair. We pointed out to him that we weren't falling off our chairs, and why did he think that was? He said "Lucifer pushed me off my chair." Hehe. Tonight's FHE lesson was on Honesty (after the chair incident).

reflections of christ...

Here's a link to a slideshow of images that are part of an exhibit at the Mesa Temple Visitor's Center. The photographer used the cast members of the temple's Easter pageant. I think that it is amazing. Enjoy!

Reflections of Christ

the brackets continued...

I forgot to mention something else hilarious Zane has said about the brackets. When he found out how good he was doing he said "I'm kicking all the trash out of people!" HAHAHA!

the brackets...

John plays the March Madness brackets with a group of guys at work. This year he had Zane choose one, by telling him to pick which team's mascot he liked better. For example: "Do you want the Delta Devils or the Bruins?" So, wondering how his bracket is doing vs. all the guys that spend years and years studying the statistics and perfecting theirs? He is #3. Out of almost 50 brackets. HAHA!

Zane really enjoys guitar hero, but his "competitive edge" has been coming out lately, so much that we have had to turn the game off a few times. Tonight John said he would play with Zane, as long as he didn't get mad if John won. Zane said he wouldn't, but then thought for a minute and said quietly "I feel much better if I win." We couldn't help but laugh at that. Don't we all, Zane.

springtime in pictures...

I haven't blogged much, but I've taken lots of pictures I need to post. This week has been fun with St. Patricks Day, a picture taking trip to the temple, coloring eggs, easter egg hunts, and of course Easter! Here is the week in pictures (warning it's picture overload!):

book tag...

*Find the book closest to you with at least 123 pages.
*Turn to page 123.
*Find the fifth sentence.
*Post the next 3 sentences.
*Tag 5 people

Now let me explain - the closest book to me was one of many many - I am sitting in front of my bookcase, so I blindly reached out and grabbed one. The one I grabbed was "Between Husband and Wife". This is a book that our branch president recommended to us when we were engaged. It's a really good book, but turns out that the particular passage would not be PG rated - and I didn't want any nasty people searching for weird stuff and finding MY blog. So I "blindly" picked another book from a different shelf, because apparently the church book shelf was not a safe bet.

My book:
"Anna Karenina"

"After dinner the two young men go into their host's study, and write a letter to the unknown fair one. They compose an ardent epistle, a declaration in fact, and they carry the letter up-stairs themselves, so as to elucidate whatever might not appear perfectly intelligible in the letter." "Why are you telling me these horrible stories? Well?"

-I think that I should read this book - I haven't. I'm in between books right now, so maybe I should start another epic - it's only 740 pgs.

I TAG:
Steph
Chardell
Carrie R.
Tasha
My sisters (u know who u are)

phoenix...

We took a last minute trip to Phoenix to visit my parents and sisters. We had a great time. We got to see Amanda's new house, saw Horton Hears a Who, went to the park, went shopping, and got to play in the hot tub. Here's a couple pics: (sorry for the boring post)

zane the photographer...

Zane decided to take a bunch of pictures (around 100) with the new digital camera. Some of faves: (these don't include pictures of the tv, computer, table, hands, feet, etc.)