National Pancake Day

Happy National Pancake Day!!!

Adam's Letter

Adam wrote a letter to his Uncle David who is on a mission is Brazil.  He is reading everything now and his writing has improved so much since our days of Mommy School. He loves to learn and is loving the independence that comes with being able to read and write. Good job on your letter Big Guy!

6 Weeks Old

Gwen turned 6 weeks old yesterday. It has gone by so fast! I am glad I have little babies, because then they stay little a bit longer. As of yesterday morning she weighs 8lbs 9 oz. She is up 2 full pounds from when she was born. She still eats like crazy. We are starting to see some smiles and we still can't get enough of her!

Valentine's Day 2012

This Valentine's Day was a special one for our family. Not only was it Valentine's Day, but it was also our 7 1/2 year anniversary and Gwen's 6 week old birthday. We had lots of love to celebrate!

The kids started off their morning with heart cinnamon rolls. I was rather pleased with how they turned out.

 A happy boy! Adam would eat cinnamon rolls everyday if we let him!

 Adam loaded up all of his valentine's he made for his friends at school. He gave everyone a bag of popcorn and some Star Wars valentine's.

 Our smallest valentine did not have a good day. She has started getting sick again and was pretty unhappy about it most of the day.  

 Adam came home from school and unloaded all his loot! Tessa can't wait to start school now....

 We made heart sandwiches for lunch

 When Daddy got home we had a wonderful dinner together! On the menu:

Balsamic and brown sugar pork loin roast

Roasted root vegetables

Rice

Fancy green salad

Rolls

Sparkling cider

Amazing chocolate cake with berries

 The best valentine's we could ask for!

 We can't believe it has been 7 1/2 years since we got married. After dinner we watched our wedding video with the kids and laughed at how young and well rested we looked! 

 After the kids went to bed, Eric and I enjoyed a quiet evening (minus Tessa coming out of bed 15 times) watching a tv show, eating some dessert, and letting Gwen snuggle with her Daddy.

It was a very happy Valentine's Day!! 

Valentine's Activities

With Gwen being sick last week, we weren't able to do as many Valentine's activities as I had originally planned. We will just have to save them for next year. Here are some of the things we had fun doing. 

We made Valentine's for people we love. Both kids made Valentine's for the Grandma's.

 We read all of our Valentine books. Adam even found one he could read all by himself!

 We played a Valentine matching game and Valentine Bingo

 We made heart sugar cookies

 I think more frosting ended up inside Tessa than on any cookie.

 We surprised Daddy by making him a giant Kiss out of rice krispy treats.

 We made heart necklaces

 And finally we made some love cards to go at our place settings for our special Valentine's dinner. 

A Rough Week

Little Gwen and I have had a rough week. Last weekend she seemed to have come down with a cold, and by Sunday night she was pretty bad. I took her to the doctor first thing Monday morning and he sent us straight to the hospital. Ugh! She has had bronchiolitis which is a mild form of RSV. At the hospital they suctioned her out and checked her vitals...mainly focusing on her oxygen. Thankfully, although she hasn't been feeling well, she is still eating really good. The doctor said since she was eating well, her oxygen levels would determine whether or not we would be admitted to the hospital.

They felt  her oxygen levels were good enough to send us home, but I was a nervous wreck for the next 3 days as I watched her struggle to breath. Thanks to many prayers and the priesthood, she has seemed to bounce back and is doing much better! I spent several days and nights just watching and listening to her breath. Most nights I sleep for 20 or so minutes and then wake up to check her breathing. I am hoping we both get back into a good sleeping routine soon.

These pictures were taken a few days ago, after she turned 5 weeks old. We laugh at how she sleeps with her hands in several different positions. All these positions were during one nap. 

She has such a special spirit about her! I am so thankful to be her mommy.

100th Day of School

On Friday, Adam and his class celebrated the 100th day of school. His teacher asked each student to make a t-shirt with 100 things on it to wear to school that day. We decided to make a math lesson out of it and we put 100 dots on his shirt. Adam counted by 5's and 10's as we plopped the dots on.

  One of their 100 activities included writing to 100. I was very proud of Adam for completing his paper and thought he did a very good job!