6 Month appointment

Here are the details, she is currently 16 lbs 5 oz and 27 inches long. 90% for height, 69% for weight and 66% for head size. She is tall! Wonder where she gets it from? She will probably be taller than I am by the time she is 12. He said she is healthy, and she got her first book. Dr. Montgomerie told me starting when they are 6 months, they get books with every vaccination. She got the routine 6 month vaccinations, as well as a flu shot, and we have to go back in a month for the booster. She took the shots pretty well, cried for about 10 seconds, and then I was able to distract her, and she was fine. Like the earlier video shows, she can now do the Army Crawl, sit unassisted but not sit herself up, and Bryce thinks she can say Dada. She will start babbling, saying dadadadadada, and apparently, that equals Dada. She is getting so much personality that I can hardly stand how cute she is. I really feel like I was blessed with such a good tempered, healthy, happy baby. Even with the cold she has had for the past week, she is still as happy as can be. When Ariane babysits her, she plays dress up, and takes pictures with my camera. She has gotten some cute pictures. I bought her some pajama's that have my work logo on them. Cute little BCI pajama's with a badge. Probably my favorite thing she has to wear right now.

Quick little Video

Here is a video of Jordan doing her newest trick. The Army Crawl. She can sit unassissted but she can't even sit herself up yet, and she is already on the move. I am taking her to her 6 month Dr appointment this afternoon, and I will post more pictures and make a good update after the appointment.

Jordan's pictures...

I took Jordan to Kidde Kandids today to have her pictures taken. It is really awful, when they take 13 or so pictures, and you can only choose 6 poses. So hard to choose. But here are a few of the cute cute pictures they took.

Jordan's temporary room

I have been waiting, a long time obviously, to be able to put Jordan in her own room. Technically, it is not finished yet, no carpet and a little more painting, but we bought a rug for temporary fix on the no carpet problem, and we are using the play yard with the bassinet top in it for her bed. (so we don't just have to take down the crib when we put carpet in) We also bought a glider/ottoman set. I have been WAITING for that part. I absolutely love sitting in it with her and rocking. It is so relaxing and it puts her right out, so she will actually cuddle with me. I am hoping my mother in law is right about that. She thinks Jordan won't cuddle with me because she can smell my milk, and that is what she thinks she should be getting if she is cuddling with me. Jordan will have her 6 month Dr appointment on the 22nd of this month, and I will be sure to let you all know the outcome. I am including a few new pictures, one of which is Jordan's victory hat from when Utah beat BYU. (We used her Utah cheerleader outfit to create it) And, so you all know, Mousse is doing soooooo much better. She is back to her puppy like self, bouncing around and playing. I love it, and even though I spent so much money to make sure she stayed alive, I still am grateful she is.

Mousse

Ok, I know some of you won't understand this, probably most of you. I just had one of the worst weekends of my life. As you all know, Kasha and Mousse were treated, and basically were my kids up until Jordan came along. I still feel as if they are, my love for them has not changed. It all started on Friday, I was at work and Danny called me. He said to me, that Ariane just called him to tell him that Mousse had been throwing up all morning, she would go outside and eat grass. Ok, I was worried, but not freaked out. Mousse has done this before. About 2 years ago, she did the exact same thing, I took her to the vet, they did xrays, and found something round. They kept her in a "hospital stay" for 4 hours, and did another xray. There was nothing there, and I got to take her home, only to give her a bland diet for a couple days, and slowly mix her regular food back in. I thought the same would happen this time. I was mistaken. Bryce took her to the Vet on Friday afternoon, she couldn't even hold down water. They took an xray, couldn't find anything, and said sometimes dogs just vomit. Gave her a shot to stop the vomiting, and sent her home with instructions that if she didn't start to get better, bring her back in the morning. I came home from work, and have never seen Mousse so Lethargic. Any of you who know her, know her as the very excitable, still like a puppy Mousse. She would lay on the dog bed, and just drool and stare at you. No wagging her tail, nothing. I was so worried about her. I would get up to check on her every couple of hours, and everytime, she was outside laying on the cold ground. I would call her back in the house, and try to get her to drink some water with no luck. Saturday morning, Bryce called the Vet, and let them know he was coming back in. Once he got there, they started some blood tests, and told him she had a bad infection and was very dehydrated. OK, I could deal with that. They were going to keep her for the weekend, and put her on an IV and antibiotics. Yes, it would cost $600 but, she was going to be ok, and I was happy. A couple hours after Bryce left, the vet Tracy called him, and told him Mousse had gotten much worse. Her potassium levels were extremely low, and despite the fact they were giving her the maximum potassium supplement they could, it was still dropping. Next step, Tracy wanted to do surgery to see if there were any blockages. We had about an hour to decide if it was financially feasable, and we wanted to. The main reason for wanting surgery, there are 3 principal reasons for low potassium levels. Vomiting, Diarhea and Intestinal Blockages. She had not vomited in almost 24 hours, and there wasn't anything in her body for diarhea to occur. Last resort. Bryce told me, it was my decision. I was not about to lose my dog for my birthday, so I told her to do the surgery, hoping, she would find her answer to what was wrong with Mousse. The call came just before 6:oo pm. They were done with surgery, and had found and removed 3 major blockages, plastic and cotton balls. (Damn dogs) We were told she would call us back when Mousse was in recovery, and could come and visit her. We did. She was still out, but I was able to sit with her, and talk to her for a few minutes, as I cried. Tracy told us that had we not done the surgery, she was sure Mousse would have been dead by Sunday morning. (Which also happened to be my birthday, wouldn't that have been a great birthday) Her potassium levels were back to normal but they needed to do a plasma transplant and keep her until minimum, Monday morning, but she would call us and keep us updated Sunday. She called us Sunday, and told us Mousse was up and using the bathroom, and running around. I was able to go pick her up Monday afternoon and bring her home. We have 4 different meds we are giving her twice a day for a week, and we have to keep an eye on her incision. That was the best late birthday present, to get my dog back, and back the way she was. Kasha was just as excited when Mousse walked in the door. I didn't take any pictures of her when she was so Lethargic, only because it would have depressed me far too much if those were the last pictures I took of her. But, here are some pictures of when she came home. And our invention to keep her from bugging the incision, since they forgot to send an E-collar with me. As far as the final price, lets put it this way, you really don't want to know.

A few pictures

Jordan is such a happy baby, most of the time. She loves her bouncer.

This picture is for you, Mom. No matter how hard you try to convince yourself otherwise, Jordan has BLUE eyes.

Jordan and Mousse sharing toys.

Jordan loves the dogs

and they love her too.

This is her playing in her little bouncer, I just had to get her cute expression.

We have started feeding her rice cereal. She absolutely loves it, and is pretty good about not pushing ALL of it out of her mouth.

Jordan fell asleep when we went to Cabela's with Grandpa, she woke up just long enough to adjust her arm, I had to get a picture.

This picture is from her first official day of snow, in her Elmo snow suit.

These are a pair of pajamas that Chari gave me for Jordan. I just had to show you the Boo on the butt, and the feet. Her nickname, so you all know, is Boo Boo.

So, some of these pictures are a little late, like the Halloween ones, but at least I am getting them on here. I know, Jordan looks more like a cow, but the costume was actually cat.

Superstar..Haterblockers...

Misty took this picture of Jordan with her glasses on. She told me that she got a comment about it saying because of the bubbles, she looks like she is overdosing on drugs, hence, the Superstar. She is starting out young. (Or, they could just be from her wonderful new game of raspberries.)

Photo Tag

This is a different kind of tag! So fun! Here's how to do it:
1. Go to your "My pictures" file

2. Click on the 4Th folder

3. Go to the 4Th picture and upload it
4. Tell about your picture
5. Then tag people (not required...but fun to see what other people come up with)

This is a picture of my Grandpa and me taken in May of 2006, about a year before he died. We had sort of a quick little family reunion in St George. And honestly, this is pretty much the only picture I have of the two of us together in the last couple years before he died. (Even though you can only see the front half of me.)

Jordan's new trick......

Raspberries. Last night, Jordan started doing raspberries. It is the cutest thing, and she makes an absolute mess of her face with slober. Now we have a fun little game to play together.

4 months old

Jordan had her 4 month mark on Monday. She can roll over, both back to front, and front to back. She can sit with some assistance, and she abolutely loves her little bouncer toy that she sort of stands in. She grabs at everything, and then everything goes straight into her mouth. And oh boy, if you eat in front of her, she doesn't take her eyes off you. She watches the food from plate to mouth, and grabs at the food and plate. She talks alot, and has even used a few syllables during her babbling. On Tuesday, we

had her 4 month checkup. She weighed in at 14.4 pounds and measured 24.5 inches. (porker, right?) He said everything looks good, and, if she doesn't seem satisfied after eating, we can even try some rice cereal. But, for now, that isn't a problem. So, at the 6 month checkup, he said they suggest you try it if you haven't already started. She got her vaccinations, and did so much better than that time. She was upset when they first poked her, but, was easily distracted by her squeaky crab she loves so much. She is starting to have daddy-daughter days. I have been working on Saturdays, and Bryce takes her for the day. I was a little nervous the first time, but he showed me that there is nothing to be worried about. He does great with her, and I hope some great bonding comes out of it for the two of them. It is so scary to think of how fast she is growing, next thing you know I will be telling you all to stay off the sidewalk because she is driving.

She is here.

So, Ariane is officially here, what is to be her home for now. I admire her, because I would be absolutely terrified to move to another country, where I don't really understand or speak the language, and have to rely on one person alone, who is for the most part, the only person you know in this completely new place. She does speak a tad bit of English, and she was so good to use what she does know at the airport. As it turns out, we chose to take her to not only a good ol' American joint, but more precisely a good ol' Utah joint. We picked Litza's pizza for our first lunch with our newest family member. It was fun, she tried Fry Sauce for the first time, seemed to like it. And, we laughed, even though it may have been delayed because we had to have our interpreter go between our conversations. She was so cute with Jordan, and even said she is glad she has all the kids to play with. (In our family, we really do have plenty of them for her.) I really do think I am going to love her, and I don't think it will take long. She is so cute, and it is so neat to finally be able to see the happiness first hand that she and Danny give each other. She must really love and trust him to put her life in his hands like she has. Braver woman than I could ever be.

So very excited.......

to meet my sister-in-law. Today is the day that my little brothers wife FINALLY gets to come home. Danny left for Brazil a little more than two weeks ago so he could be there with Ariane when she had her interview. The interview was on October 2nd, and yeah, she was approved. He chose to buy plane tickets far enough off, that they would be able to get everything in order. The did just that, and today will be arriving at Salt Lake International, where many of my family members will meet Ariane for the first time. Both my parents and Anthony have had the chance of meeting her before today. I am so excited, especially, since today just so happens to be my day off work, so I can meet her at the airport as well. We are planning to go to lunch, at a Brazilian grill steakhouse. (Of all places to take someone just arriving in the grand old USA from Brazil.) But, like I have been told, they really don't eat that way every day, it is a special occasion type of Brazilian food. Not sure which one we are going to, but there are 3 we were choosing from, Rodizio, Tucano's and Grill from Ipanema. I am for sure going to take my camera, and I will post pictures from this very exciting day. Jordan and I are really looking forward to 12:30, when they arrive.

First time tagged.....

8 t.v. shows I love to watch..
Dog Town
Dog Whisperer
Days of our Lives
House
The Starter Wife (so glad they are making a series of it)
Any Lifetime original movie
The News
Court shows

8 favorite restaurants..
La Luna
Training Table
Chili's
Panda Express
Del Taco
Hires
Litza's Pizza
Arctic Circle

8 things that happened yesterday..
Took a shower, early thanks to Jordan being awake
ate oatmeal for breakfast
Worked
Went to Winder Dairy for milk
Ate Ham sandwich for lunch
picked up Jordan from sitter
ate leftover chinese for dinner
played with Jordan

8 things I'm looking forward to..
Jordan sitting up
Halloween
Family pictures
Christmas
Friday, my day off this week
Seeing Jordan tonight
Finishing Jordan's bedroom
fixing our dishwasher

8 things on my wish list..
HAWAII next year, yeah
going somewhere as a family with Jordan
all new appliances
New house
paying off medical bills
getting braces OFF for good
new car
position where I am now, with benefits

8 people who I'm tagging..Since I don't know too maney people on blogger, here are the ones I can think of who I think will do it
Tami
Susan
Traci
Crystal
Heather

Paiges new job

I started my new job on Monday this last week, and so far I absolutely love it. I love the girls, and the guy, my boss Lance, in the section I am in. We have a lot of fun, and they have all been so good to me during my first week. And all of the people at BCI are great too. The hours so far have been a little hectic, I worked 6 days this week, but that was only to get my hours. The weeks start on Saturday with the state, so I got my 39 hours Mon-Fri, and Saturday started my hours for the next week. So far, I will have Sundays off, and 1 day during the week, which will be nice, because I will be able to get things done when places aren't open on weekends. I absolutely love working 5 blocks from my house, it makes it so easy to drive to work in the morning, I can go home for lunch and even feed Jordan if Misty isn't out and about with her. I hope I can find a benefited position, that isn't classified seasonal, (even though I am not worried about the position going away) and then I know I can stay there.

Jordan's laugh

Yesterday, I was sitting on the couch playing with Jordan, and she finally did it for me. I had been telling her earlier, that it was time for her to laugh, I wanted to know what it sounds like. She listened. While Bryce and I were sitting on the bed with her a little later on, she did it again. He got out the camera and taped it. I know she laughs at least one good laugh in the video. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did the first time I heard it.

Jordan's blessing

We had Jordan blessed on the 7th of September. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of her that day, I know, bad mommy. But, I do have some pictures that we took of her in the dress when we did her newborn pictures, and I plan to get one of Danny holding her in the dress, probably next Sunday, then he will be in church clothes. I asked Danny if he would bless her for me while I was still pregnant, and both of us cried about it, big boobs, right? I invited my Uncle Kelly and my Dad to be in the circle as well. If Anthony and Justin had been able to be there, I would have loved for them to be in the circle, most of all, I wish Grandpa could have been here for it. But, at least I was able to use the dress he made. I am hoping I will have a boy one day, so I can use the blessing jumper he made for me. It was my wedding gift from him. He hadn't done one in a really long time, and I think he was a little if'y about whether he really wanted to do one, but he did, I guess because I was his Princess. I cried, Danny did a great job, and I am so grateful to him. But, I figured I would give him practice for when he had his own beautiful baby to bless with Ariane. There were a few memorable moments during the sacrament meeting that I have to post on here. The first was Aspyn, I am pretty sure neither she nor Delaynee have ever been to church. As they were passing out the sacrament, Aspyn turned to Diana and asked her what they were handing out, then she asked if she could have some. The other was when Noah was watching Aspyn play her Pet Vet game on her Nintendo DS. He kept saying, out loud might I add, "She's playing poker, she's playing cards." It was hard to hold it together. We invited our family over to the house for food after the blessing. We had spent all of Saturday making the house presentable. Considering the lunch was a last minute deal, we did a pretty good job of pulling it off. I was glad when the weekend was over, but it was nice to get Jordan blessed.

Jordan can roll over

Misty told me on Wednesday, that Jordan laughed at her, and rolled over twice, back to front. (even though it was on the couch, which is sloped, so she had a little bit of a handicap to help her) I was kind of upset not to be there for these things, and I tried my hardest to get her to do either of them for me Wednesday night, with no luck. Last night, while we were doing tummy time, she rolled over for me, from front to back. She did it 3 times before I even tried to catch it on camera, twice to her right and once to her left. I wanted to make sure it wasn't a fluke. So, I took video of it for Bryce to see. And, while I was drying my hair after my shower, she rolled from her back to front for Bryce, no fluke, and no handicap. I haven't been able to video the back to front yet, but have no fear, it will soon happen and I will post it too. If you couldn't tell, I am so excited, and I just had to share with everyone.

Wheeler Farm

Jordan and I took a day trip to Wheeler Farm with Misty, Noah, Linsey, Ashley and Karissa a few weeks back. We didn't stay very long, but it was so much fun to watch Noah try to feed the ducks, even though he was afraid of the pigeons. We took the tractor ride, which was so cute, because Noah is obsessed with tractors. He was mesmerized by it. And, I even let Misty get a picture of me on the "fake" horse.