Day: December 7, 2010

    CALI is 2

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    Monday December 6th was Cali’s birthday! She is 2, but if you ask her she doesn’t have a clue how old she is or what you are talking about. Early in the day we told her happy birthday and sang to her but she just got mad at us, so it was a normal, fit throwing, time-out-going day until dad got home from work and we brought out the presents!!!

    We finally have girl toys!

    and she loves her doll

    looks like Christmas but it was just 3 little birthday gifts

    I have been told that Cali might not appreciate all of the crying, whining, fit throwing pictures of her that have made it on the blog BUT that is reality and these super cute super happy pictures are also a reality for her – Sometimes she can be super cute and fun…

    She loved her Elmo cake!

    and playing dollies with Aunt Kelsey

    BLOW

    Family Pic! another one - we are doing good 🙂

    I don’t love December birthdays but… thats what we got. Cali was my easiest/best delivery. She came on her own, the night/next morning after her due date. She is my toughest child right now but we can’t imagine our family without her. My mom says Cali reminds her very much of me at that age 🙂 I am ready for the terrible 2’s – lets do this!

    When she wants out of bed she’ll yell, “knock knock mom”.

    At bedtime she needs her 4 special blankets, her sippy, and “wrap me up”.

    She usually wakes up grumpy, loves to do whatever her brothers are doing, can read books for hours, enjoys our mornings with just the girls, is obsessed with her aunts, constantly tells me to stand up when I’m holding her, and always has her hair in her face.

    Categories: Cali

    argh

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    So before I do a beautiful post about Cali’s 2nd birthday I need to vent a little.
    I took Cali and Rose to the Dr. this morning – Cali for her 2 year and Rose for 2 months. Packer came, so I had the 3 little ones and was 5 minutes early for my 10:30 appointment. On the way there my van started dinging at me and the temperature warning light came on so I looked down and watched the temperature jump as high as it could go and the car kept dinging at me. I kept driving and looking and listening for signs of overheating BUT right before I made it to the Dr.s office my gas light came on and the temperature light went off and the temperature gage came down to midway between hot and cold. So… I went to my Dr appointments and brought the owners manual in with me for reading material.
    Now to make a long story short. I expect to wait 10 minutes at a Dr.s office, 20 minutes is normal, but 50 minutes!!! Are you kidding me? 50 minutes after my scheduled time plus I was there 5 minutes early because I wanted to get in and get out. I have a kindergartener to pick up at noon… So my kids were getting very unhappy by this time and we still had to do all of the doctor stuff and shots and this whole time I just kept thinking that I was here for a well check – a well check up – we were not sick or needing to be there, just trying to be a responsible mom and get immunizations as scheduled and… after being in the nasty waiting room for an hour we probably brought home everything from the other 20 patients that were not there for well checks and were seen before us!! Anyway, we finally got in to see the Dr ( AND then I called Ben in the middle of a meeting and he had to leave and reschedule his meetings and go get Benji from School because our morning at the DR’s office was LAme and we could not get home in time) and the Nurses FINALLY came to poke the girls in the legs (maybe they should do over the counter immunizations!! I would be happy to poke the kids at my convenience compared to what I went through this morning.  And at 12:05 we were finally done. Cali ended up getting an antibiotic for her ears and hopefully we won’t be going back until the next well check.

    The only good news is that the van ran fine on the way home, no light on, no dinging, no High on the temperature gage – no mom with 3 little kids ages 3 and under stuck on the side of the road. BUT – is something wrong with my car?? is it an electrical problem? Thermosat malfunction? or am I going to be over heating again soon?

    I feel better now. Thanks for listening blogging world.

    Categories: Jana

    Baby Blessing

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    We blessed Rose on Sunday morning December 5th, during the North Field 4th Ward Sacrament Meeting! She looked beautiful in her little white dress that my mom made for her and she didn’t cry during it at all – she was perfect. It was a really good blessing day with lots of love and family. I was touched that my Grandpa made the extra effort to be there even though it was early. And it was neat to have so many of mine and Ben’s brothers there to participate in the blessing ( Ryan, Joel, Brady, Pete, Matt, and Udine). PICTURES…

    Rose 🙂

    Full Dress

    Great Grandpa Arden Johnson with me and little Rose

    Poser - one of the few shots without her Pacifier

    Proud Parents

    Rose with HER siblings

    Rose with MY siblings

    The Gaming Table

    Big Smiler

    We had an awesome day. Sorry to the Nettesheim’s that I am to used to having around so we never remember to take any pictures 🙁 And we missed Grandma J and a few others that couldn’t come. I love baby blessings and the peace and strength that they bring. I am grateful for the authority of God on the Earth. Priesthood power is real and it blesses my family daily.

    Categories: Rose