Choose the Right

Tommi and I went to his 2 month checkup yesterday. He has a flat spot on his head. The doctor said that he needs to "choose the right." So, I have to be more regular with tummy time and help him turn his head to the right. Now that the doctor said that, I notice that he favors his left side, even when all of his fun toys to look at are on the right. I thought that the flat spot was caused at birth. His doctor said that whatever happened in the birth control gets worse because the baby takes that tendency and sticks with it. Other than that, he did great. He was upset by the immunizations that he got. He calmed down quickly and went to sleep, but later on he was really upset, and I was exhausted by the end of the day. Ty came home and said the jeep "limped" home, and we called. It probably needs a new clutch $600. Bring it on.

One less bowl at our house

Why am I posting a picture of a Correlle bowl? Because Wes shattered one of ours. I thought our house was pretty kid proof by now, but Ty has been telling me that we're missing plates. Well, now we're missing bowls too. I gave Wes some Trix while I was making the oatmeal. He finished and must have got impatient. Little pieces of Correlle bowl were all over the kitchen floor. It takes him about 1 sec to make messes that take me about an hour to clean up. Time out, and by the time I took him out of time out, he had fallen asleep. I guess he needed a nap.

Tommi and I got to come home on Thursday. The labor was fast. I got started on pitocin, and he came out less than 3 hours later, which surprised the nurse. She ended up catching him because she didn't realize how fast he was coming. Our friend Lindsy came up to see him born, and she was a good assistant to Ty to help me unplug all my cords when I needed to get up. She is the one that first suggested "natural childbirth" when I was pregnant with my first, and I'm glad she did. It was an incredible experience. She took a picture of me having a contraction and holding on to Ty. I can't imagine not having him there with me, and when I look at that picture I tear up and realize how much he loves me and supports me (not just while I'm in labor). He helped me through each contraction (after I gave him a refresher course on telling me when to breathe,) and though the labor wasn't a walk in the park, it was very fulfilling- kind of like marathon runners feel when they finish.....exhausted and drained but with a huge feeling of having overcome. I'm totally in love with Tommi . He's sitting next to me and smiling in his sleep. He had a loose piece of skin hanging down off his upper lip, so it looked like he was giving a toothy smile. He's a pretty baby and is eating, sleeping, and pooping well. He's had a lot of firsts already- first hiccups, first spit ups, first pee while mom's changing you, first game of sorry, first baby weight check, etc. I feel totally blessed to have him and get to be his mom.

It's Official

We're home, which is so nice. We named the baby Thomas Steven and will call him Tommi or TJ.

Falling in love with baby

Jacki's bday

Jacki was excited for her birthday and had a count down.The birthday celebrations started at grandma Paula's with a joint birthday party for all the cousins in February. Brandon and Maddux turned 3 and 2, and Jacki turned 4. They had a truck/princess party, and Jacki loved "all of her presents." I just noticed in the middle picture that it looks like she has a big patch of dark roots on the top of her head. Her hair is amazing. Besides being super thick, it has looked like she had highlights since she was born, and it went dark to light and then dark again, so it looks like she's due to get her hair highlighted again.  She was very excited to get sung to at church and told me, "I had another birthday." Then, the birthday came at our house. I'm super practical and had only bought her a backpack, so we went on an adventure to Logan to check out the Magical Moon Store. Grandma Craven was so nice to take us since I didn't feel up to doing it by myself. I wish I had pics, but that store is amazing. I let Jacki spend her bday money, and I found some awesome puzzles, music toys, etc. (of course she broke the tamberine as soon as she opened it because she hit it with the triangle stick- oh well.) We also got treated to McDonalds and had a fun fun day.


 







We had the grandma's over for cake. Jacki got Dora. She loves Dora, but the morning of her birthday she told me she wanted Thomas the Train cake. I told her too bad. I had already ordered Dora, and it was truly "adorable". We took her and her Aunt "Yaren" to Toads. She got her first try at race car driving. My favorite part was the miniature golf. It was indoors and had the coolest decorating. It reminded me of the Mayan restaurant. It even had a waterfall, plus it had a whole lot of benches (one at about every hole)- my favorite part....so I could rest. Good thing Wessie was strapped in. He wanted to jump in the water. We had so much fun and ended the day with takeout from Dominoes...yummy bbq pizza...fun fun.

Cartwheels

The other day Jacki asked me to show her how to do a cartwheel. She told me that she learned off of the Dinosaur Train show that you do "hand, hand, foot, foot." The thought of doing a cartwheel 39 weeks pregnant was all I could do, and I told her I wouldn't be doing a cartwheel with the baby in my belly. She asked Ty to do one. He told her that if he did one that it would be "hand, head, hospital." But he did do a modified one onto the love sac just to appease her.