My World

Kyri and Graysen had a conversation the other day that brought a big smile to my face.

And this is why I love my 2 & 3 year olds!!

Kyri was a little under the weather and Graysen was outside playing. Kyri went outside and this is what took place:

Kyri: "Graysen, I'm not going to come outside (yes, she IS outside saying this) because I don't feel too good."

Graysen: "You sick sister?"

Kyri: "No, I'm not sick I'm just not feeling too good."

Graysen: "Oh.....WHY?"

Kyri: "Oh....I don't know."

Graysen: "OK sister."

THE END

Maybe not everyone gets it like me, but every time I think about this (and other conversations) I can't help but be in love with these two!!

Some of you may not know this, but Tanzi has not been a perfect little baby since she's been home. In fact, she is by FAR my hardest baby. The pediatrician thinks she has reflux. She doesn't spit up, so it wasn't something I caught right away. We put Tanzi on some medicine and tried it out for over a week...without much change.

Tanzi doesn't sleep well....at all...which mean I don't sleep well.

I called the Dr and we got a new prescription. We tried that for a while....still not much of a change.

I'm not used to having a baby wake up in the night for any other reason than to just eat. This week has been particularly rough because Kyri and Graysen have both taken their turns being sick. And have taken their turns being up in the night.

Last night I was feeling quite sleep deprived and, to be quite honest, feeling quite sorry for myself. Gary was gone enjoying some time playing basketball. And here I was. Stuck at my house. My messy, disastrous house. My house I'm stuck at all day every day since Gary takes our one car that fits all 3 of our kids in it. The house I've been cleaning puke up from all week. Here I was. Holding a baby who would cry every time I tried to put her down. Wishing I could finish folding laundry. Or at least put away the laundry that had already been folded. Instead I was just sitting.

And then something happened. This baby who had been squirmy and fussy in my arms was suddenly still. I looked down at the sleeping babe just in time to see the BIGGEST smile cross her face. Then she gave me a long giggle. Well, it was more like a full on laugh. And suddenly I didn't feel so sorry for myself anymore. Suddenly the messy house didn't seem to weigh so much on my guilty conscience and the fact that I was "stuck" here didn't seem to be such a drag.

I finally realized that I would not want to be anywhere but here.

Holding the sweetest angel....

ever!

Look Alikes?

Do you think Tanzi and Kyri look alike?

Babies in the bubble bath

Who's who?

Picture Overload

Since I waited so long to update our blog again I now have a ridiculous amount of pictures. I narrowed it down as much as possible and will try to keep my words to a minimum :)

Grammy and Grampy Mecham came for a quick visit.

This was the first time Grampy met Tanzi

One day we had to walk Kyri to Joy School and it was cold and rainy. (it was only a few houses away so I couldn't justify driving) But I did want to make sure Tanzi was warm, so I bundled her up in the first warm item I could find. On our way home she fell asleep so I laid her in her swing and thought she was just too cute (as always).

Kyri graduated from Joy School a couple weeks ago.

She absolutely LOVED Joy School!

So pleased to be SO big!!

Great Grandma Hansen decided she had waited long enough....she needed to see and hold this baby girl! And she even got to feed Tanzi when she came to visit.

Great Grandpa came along, of course, but was happy to play with Kyri and Gray instead of holding a newborn :)

Headbands.

Awesome!

Tanzi...getting SO big!

And this is why I call them my little monkeys :)

One day I came home from the dentist to this:

The pants his daddy put on him didn't stay on so he decided to change into some [pajama] shorts all by himself!

Catching a little smile on camera!

Tanzi had her 2 month appointment on Monday. She weighed in at...

drum roll please....

8 lbs 15 oz

That means she gained 2 whole pounds in the 4 weeks since coming home!!

What a Rockstar!

She was about 50% for length, 10% for weight, and not even on the charts for weight for length.

Long and lean, as the doctor says.

She's actually right on track with the other kids. I found Kyri's 2 month chart the other day and she was 9 lbs 5 oz. So, I think Tanzi is catching up just fine, all things considered.

Tanzi was actually REALLY sad after getting her shots, which was new for us because our other kids have never really been bothered by them. However, Tanzi did have to get an oral vaccine and our other kids both gagged on it, but Tanzi welcomed it gladly....she just gobbled it up! The nurse was really surprised because she said it was even still cold. Yep, that's our girl, eating anything that you put in her mouth! (which right now is prune juice once a day to help her be a better pooper....yes, she even loves that!)

This is the only picture I got on the day of her appointment

Today Kyri had to give a talk in Primary. She did AWESOME! And loved talking into the microphone :) But since I was helping her with that then Gary had to bring Tanzi to church for a few minutes because he had to teach his Sunday School class. When he put her in the car seat he said she just kept smiling, so he tried to get some on camera.

Happy to be getting out of the house

She loves sticking her tongue out while smiling

And she LOVES looking at the car seat cover my friend made, which is why she's looking up in all the pictures and not at the camera :)

(I'll have to take a picture of the cover because it's SUPER cute)

Loving life

Okay, this picture cracks me up! She is making the funniest face! And it shows her double chin. Yes, she is still very small and not at all chubby, but she has always had a double chin, which I think is hilarious!

Just TOO cute!

Wide-eyed and very alert, just like Kyri was as a baby. And we wouldn't expect anything else since our kids all came from the same mold :) And she's sporting off her crazy hair!

We LOVE that it finally stopped raining!

Three peas in a pod

Tanzi actually has the saddest face in this picture and I thought it was just so cute!

And remember how I'm obsessed with hats and headbands for my girls?

LOVE them!!

Our little man

The BIG sister

Going for a ride in the Baby Bjorn

She was a fan....there will be many more rides to come

Tanzi was in the NICU at PCMC for 4 1/2 weeks. Tomorrow she will have been home for 5 weeks. I can NOT believe how fast these last 5 weeks have gone! They have flown by, especially compared to how extremely SLOW the previous weeks dragged by. It is amazing how time flies when you're having "fun" aka: not at the hospital :)

Privacy

By the title of this post you may think it has something to do with the fact that I can't even take 30 seconds to go to the bathroom without my 2 & 3 year olds interrupting me. And while at the end of the day I truly feel that I have had absolutely NO privacy....unfortunately, that is not what this post is about.

Actually, we will probably be going back to a PRIVATE blog soon. We made it open so that those who wanted to stay updated on Tanzi while in the hospital could. We could not take the time, otherwise, to keep everyone informed. Now that she's home, and we're not posting very often, and most of you aren't checking in on us as regularly, it is time to have some privacy. AKA: make sure random people are not blog stocking us (it happened before we went private the first time and totally freaked me out!!) If you would like to make sure you have an invite to our blog so you can still check up on us, then please leave a comment with your email address.

Thanks

On another note: we took Tanzi to her 2 month appointment on Monday. I have been wanting to post about it all week, but have been quite under the weather.

So, stay tuned.....