February-better late than never!

Family: Our family has been traipsing all over the state during the month of February. We went to Salt Lake twice (Job interview and looking for a home). We had to go to Ogden once for Colby’s schooling then we stopped to look at a townhome.  We have been to Delta twice (once for Maisa’s shower and once for her wedding). We also took a day trip to Richfield to see the Sawyers. Colby and Hayden also made a short trip to St. George to get Colby’s windshield fixed.

Colby: Colby has been busy finishing up his classes for his bachelor’s. He’s had to write a thesis paper and he chose his topic on childhood seizures. He conducted a survey on Facebook and had a better turnout of surveyors than he thought!

Megan: I got a call from a family practice clinic and they set up an appointment to meet with me for the 24^th but then they decided they wanted to talk to me sooner than that so I went straight up on the 12^th and met with the office manager and the owner of Jordan Meadows Medical Clinic in West Jordan. They hired me on the spot!!! I was so relieved to have found a job. I am really excited about this job. They all seem like they are going to be wonderful to work with and the hours will be so nice. From the tentative schedule that they gave me, I will have every Tuesday off and I will only have to work every fourth Saturday. I will be at two different clinics- pretty much 50/50. The other clinic is in West Valley. After finding out I got that job, we frantically started searching for a house which was not easy in the slightest bit! I had my last day of Activity Day’s this month with the girls--- it was so sad to say goodbye to them. I have thoroughly loved this calling. Each of those girls will always have a special place in my heart. 

Hayden: Our little spunky gal has spent A LOT of time in the car this month. She is getting excited to move to Salt Lake. She talks about it quite a bit. We love hearing her try to form her sentences. For example, she will say, “I can’t how to draw a horse.” Instead of saying I don’t know how to…. When her and her dad went to St. George he showed her a cactus and now she will see trees that are pokey looking and she’ll say, “Look at the cap-tus” Ha ha!! I love it!! She loves to write her name on anything and everything. She loves to draw- some of her favorite things are an old school style phone, a ballerina, and Brody or Chelise riding a scooter. She was only able to go to dance twice this month because of all of our traveling. She shows us how she can point her toes and the various positions she does with her feet at dance. I love seeing the things she is learning. She is continuing her somewhat naughty streak and she stuck a bead up her nose while she was in Primary one Sunday. We took her home and used some tweezers to dig it out.

The first picture on the left is of Millie and my cousin's girl Ady. They both did chop sessions just days apart from each other!

 

Hanna: Our tiny one had her 2 month checkup- she weighed 11 lbs 6 oz and was 22 ¾ inches long. She is basically the 75^th percentile for height, weight, and head circumference. A very well-rounded gal!! She was also introduced to her first bottle in the comfort of a hotel in Salt Lake. Life has been so busy I had forgotten to try bottles. She is really starting to try to use her voice in little short bursts. Her sister decided to nickname her Scooter. So we will see if that sticks. She is doing pretty well with everything….she is a splendid eater. She is hardly fussy. She sleeps okay but she has been waking up a little early from her naps. The last two nights of the month she went 8 hours in between eating and, of course, I couldn’t sleep because I was constantly checking on her to make sure she was okay. However, she typically goes just 6 ½ hours at night. But hey, I can’t complain. Sometimes when she isn’t napping good during the day and I think I should be frustrated with her she gives me the cutest grins. When she smiles uses her whole body- she gives a little wiggle along with the grin and it just melts my heart. She has been able to visit and meet a lot of family this last month. She got passed around during Maisa’s bridal shower, wedding, and reception. She, of course, takes it all in stride. She is still sleeping in our room- with the move and everything coming up, I figured that we would just wait it out. She is doing a pretty good 3 hour schedule by the end of the month. It looks about like this:

0800 wake up and eat

0900-11 nap

11 eat

12-2 nap

2 eat

3-5 nap

5 eat

630-715 cat nap

715 bath

8 eat

830 bedtime

10-11 dreamfeed

 

I might be a little obsessed with her!!