Cait is walking

a few pictures.

Cait has two piggy tails. I am so excited. Yes I understand there is hardly any hair in either of them but isn't she so cute.
Landon helping me finish painting the kitchen.
Cait got a bear from her ENT before surgery and she love him. It has a little ribbon that says Dr. Porter loves me.
Brenten is very into Legos. Here is his alien creation. He likes me to take pictures of them.
Cait loves to crawl up and sit on Brenten's laps. I hope they will be buddies forever.

Day of Caits Surgery

The night before Caits surgery for Tubes in her ears, Landon lost Dog. It was traggic. And he made sure if it was tragic for him then it was tragic for all of us. He cried the WHOLE night. I got up with him 4 times and Christian 2 times. The Last time Christian got up with him he put him in the guest bedroom where he continued to cry. Nothing made him better. I think I got maybe a 1/2 hour of sleep. It was crazy. After I got home from the surgery I finally found DOG and I gave it too him, he gave a big sigh and fell asleep. And he slept until 2:30 in the afternoon. And he only got up then because Christian convinced him to play video games with him. He sure does love DOG
Cait right before surgery. Things went really well. They did find that she had ear infections then too. Which only gives us one more reason that she really needed it. I have already noticed some improvements. Prior to surgery she wouldn't even try to walk. I didn't even think about until someone mentioned to me that babies with lots of ear problems have balance problems so the don't walk very early. Now she is taking for 4 and 5 steps at a time. Crawling is still faster but she stands all the time on her own. Also I couldn't tip her upside down or she would scream. I thought we was just going to be a little chicken. Now she loves it. I wonder if it was the pressure.
My cute cute baby.

feeling great in 8 weeks

So I have started this new competition with some ladies at the gym. It is a point system. I get points for eating good foods, drinking water, exercising, lifting weights, praying, reading scriptures. I get points taken away for eating bad foods. My goal is to lose the last of my weight, and feel better in all areas of my life. Wish me luck. It started yesterday and am doing well so far. I am on day 2 of no soda and am surviving. Feel free to check up on me so that I can continue to stay strong through the whole competition.

Picture Post

Jazzi came to visit while on her move to Idaho. We wish her the best of luck while starting school and getting work. Landon was soooo sleepy.
Me and my sweet Brenten.
Brenten wanted me to take a picture of one of his favorite things right now. He is so funny. He loves to leave a walkie talkie with me and then goes downstairs and sings into his. I get serenaded for hours.
Binkis are definitely Cait's favorite thing. I don't know what we are going to do when it is time to get rid of them. We don't have bottles anymore and usually that means the binkis are next. aahhhh!!! I am scared.
This is what I get for wanting to take a shower and leaving Brenten in charge for 5 minutes. Cait loved it.

Sick Baby

I don't know what it is about husbands leaving and kids being sick at the same time. But I definitely won't be getting any mom of the year awards for this week. Poor little Cait was acting off over the weekend but she has been so sick I didn't really think much of it until Monday night. She screamed for a 1/2 hour straight. Not a "I'm not getting my way cry" But "I'm in pain and am going to die". I felt so bad. The doctors office was closed but the insta care was open. My dilemma was that she had already thrown up in the car and I had taken it apart and it was in the wash. So I got it cleaned as fast as possible and then took her to the doc. Thanks to my neighbor girl who stayed with the boys and put them to bed. After her screaming for 2 hours. She finally calmed when they gave her numbing drops in her ears and then she fell asleep. Poor thing. Apparently the antibiotic she had just finished last Thursday didn't work and she has had an ear infection the whole time. And to make it worse they were really bad. The doctor said they were blood red. And that her throwing up and diarrhea was because she was in so much pain. (not a stomach bug I thought she had). I don't think I have ever felt so guilty. What Mom doesn't realize their baby is in that much pain. They had to give her a double dose shot of antibiotics and called in some other meds to the pharmacy. Now that it is Thursday she is finally doing much better. She is finally eating again and has stopped throwing up. It does make sense because I was waiting for the boys to get sick and they haven't. I am grateful for that.

On March 3rd, Cait is getting surgery for tubes in her ears. We are hoping it goes well and that she doesn't have so many ear problems. Wish us luck.

Cait's birthday.

Good thing christmas wasn't that long ago because Cait was a pro at opening her presents.
She loved her cake, however I thought she would dive right in. It took a long time to get this messy.
Cait's lady bug cake.

My little princess on her birthday. She had RSV on her birthday so she was pretty miserable but she was still able to enjoy her birthday. What a little trooper. Because she was sick we couldn't have people come who had little kids. We still have Aunt Paula and Uncle Phillip and our neighbor girls Malyssa and Monica.