Something seems kinda fishey around here...

It's just the Aqaurium. A little while ago we decided it would be fun to take Leah to the Living Planet Aquarium.I love taking her to fun things that are also educational. I was a little worried it would be boring since some people I know went a while back, before the aquarium really had anything even worth going to see, and they didn't like it.

But fortunately for us, they had lots of neat sea creatures there. They really don't like you to take pictures of the animals, so we didn't very good ones of them, but I did get tons of us! When we first got there it wasn't really that crowded, but then it really started to pick up and that kind of took the fun out of it. I hate having to crowd around an exhibit and have people and their kids pushing you, and pushing your much smaller 20 month old little girl down on the ground(ticks me off every time. Is it really that hard to watch where you are going?),and stepping on your freaking feet.

But other than that we had a great time. Leah got this cute little turtle that Chris named Myrtle. Myrtle the turtle! I laughed so hard when he said that. We got to see the Shark Rays and try to touch them. I like the hands on exhibits. We will definitely go back. At less busy hours of course :)

Long time, no blog...

So it's been a while since I've written anything, and I do have lots of things to blog about. I just have no idea where to start. So I'll probably just post a bunch of random things out of order because my memory is so horrible lately. Sorry for the sloppy posting!

So blessed

I just wanted to write about how much I LOVE my baby Leah Rose. I cannot imagine life without her... I wouldn't even want to try. I still am not sure why Heavenly Father has blessed me with the opportunity to be her mom and has entrusted her to me, because I feel so inadequate as her mother. I KNOW I am inadequate. She deserves more than I could ever give her. She deserves everything. She has blessed me in ways she'll never know, and I love her more than she could ever know. More than I thought I could ever love someone. To me she is perfect. She is my angel. To say that I need her more than she will ever need me, would most likely not be too far fetched. I am constantly finding myself just staring at her in awe of this amazing tiny little human being, so perfect and innocent and beautiful in every way, wondering to myself 'how did I ever manage to get this blessing in my life? Surely I don't deserve her.'

But, I love her. With every single fiber of my being I love that little angel. And I only hope that I will do a good enough job as her inadequate mother that she will never, ever question my love for her.

I love you my little sweetheart. More than you could possibly imagine.


I just found this picture of her and I love it!

I hate viruses. I really, really do...

On Sunday night Leah woke up from her nap on fire. She looked awful, She could barely stand up she was so weak. So I took her temp and she was burning a 104.5degree fever. Then she started to gag. So I quickly gathered some towels, a fresh pair of jammies, some books I could read to her to help keep her preoccupied in the ER and car ( I was expecting a very long night for all of us. I was right), and garbage bags (for the vomit,during the car ride) while Chris got Leah ready and in the car to take her to Primary Children's.

I don't mess around when she is sick like this. I'd rather fork out some dough on a co-pay and find out if she's okay or not than just ignore it and wait until it progresses into something worse. Needless to say, we've been to the emergency room a lot since Leah's been born.

Well got to Primary's and it was a 5 hour wait! The waiting room was packed! There was no where to sit. So I said nuts to this we are going to another hospital. We finally got there (Leah was vomiting the whole way there) and they said it was just a nasty virus and gave her stuff for the vomiting and made sure it wasn't her ears or something with her organs. But they also told us she was dehydrated. She was so close to having to have an IV put in. I did however feel sooo much better we knew what it was. I just really don't like to take chances with her health.

So for the rest of that night (or should I say morning) we spent it putting syringe after syringe of pedialite in Leah's mouth every hour because she didn't want to drink anything. That scares me soooo much when she is sick. I am so terrified of her getting dehydrated. And we'd alternate her meds every three hours to help bring her fever down. Today is the first day she has not had a fever above 102 in four days! And considering that I had to give her a little time out today (we do not tolerate hitting!) I daresay she is getting better.


And on a little side note: She turned 20 months old yesterday! She can do so many things now! She just amazes me. She can comprehend so much now. I just love her!

Not again! Ugh

Yesterday I was having a really hard time getting Leah to eat. Well I certainly found out why last night, or should I say Chris certainly found out. We were at my mom's house with my sister and her family. Chris was holding Leah after coming home from work, and seconds later she threw up ALL over him! It was so sad. We were just getting ready to eat dinner. So we postponed dinner until later.

When we did sit down to eat, I got up to get something when I came back and saw Leah eating my baked potatoe! It was so cute! I was just worried about her throwing it all up, but she didn't. She stole some pieces of my steak too! So after dinner we took her home and she started burning a fever. Poor thing. I hate it when she is sick! I hope our next child has an immune system built of steel! She didn't want to go to bed last night so we just brought her into our bed until she got really sleepy and then moved her to her crib.

This morning she still has a fever but it's gone down a little. She doesn't really want to eat, so I'm trying to get as much liquids in her as possible. The only good thing about this is she cuddles with me like crazy. I just love her.

Valentine's Day

Yes, I am very aware that I am not doing this exactly in order. So, sorry for the messy posting.

Chris surprised me with a Rose and my favorite chocolate candy for Valentin's Day. Which was great considering we don't even celebrate it! I generally think Valentine's Day is pretty stupid, but we said that we would do fun things for Leah on all holidays, so we got her a little treat and Chris surprised her with a little bear.



And my sweet mom got a Hershey's gift package for Chris and I and a ton of cute things for Leah, lots of chocolate candies and cute little toys. She is the sweetest mom and grandma! Love you mom.

Look who came to visit us!

About three weeks ago Scott, Shelby and Sierra came to visit us. It was so great being able to see them again! We really missed Char though(she had to stay home to take care of the kids they have living with them. We miss you Char!!!) Since they live farther away Scott stayed the night and the girls had a sleep over at Angies with Izzy and Elayna. Oh, those girls are sooo sweet! The first night my mom made sloppy Joe's for dinner, and they were pretty good! And Scott actually got a chance to talk with Chris for a little bit. A rare feat considering Chris is at work so much! That night Scott our mom and I stayed up so dang late talking and laughing. I loved it. I wish we all lived closer to each other. I am kicking myself for not taking very many pictures during their visit. Darn it. We miss them and hope to see them all soon! I look horrible in this picture but I love it anyway!

Evelyn update

Well since I have a lot to catch up on so I'll start with Evelyn. She was able to go home last Saturday with her mom and dad and she is doing so well. She is such a good little baby. I still cannot get over her head of blonde hair and big blue eyes! She is such a doll! It's so cute watching Leah with Evelyn. She just comes up and gives her little kisses and even strokes her hair ever so gently. I can't believe I haven't got a picture of that yet?! It's so adorable! It just melts my heart!


She is just so sweet! She had a little rash on her angel face because of the tape they used to secure the oxygen cord. She is still a cutie pie!

Leah, being a good little girl while visiting Aunt Angie and baby Evelyn in the hospital.