hahaha this picture cracks me up.  I love the rolls in the middles of her arms.  I want to eat her up!

 2 month stats:

weight: 13 lbs (95%)

height: 23.5 (75-90%)

head (50%)

Yesterday I got her to laugh!  She is extremely ticklish so I used that to my advantage!  I love my chubby happy baby!

surgery

(bye little buddy!)

I finally had my Follicular Tumor removed! I'm free! We got to the hospital at 6:00 AM on Friday and I felt a little nervous. This was the first surgery I've had and I didn't know what to expect. I have to say that I felt very calm compared to how I thought I would feel because I'm just a nervous person! The nurse that was with me when they put me under was this hilarious black guy. He kept saying the funniest things and I just remember him jabbering away and looking at me really funny and then I was out! (I'm pretty sure he gets a kick out of watching people go under!)

When I woke up I was in a lot of pain. The nurse quickly gave me some morphine which took the edge off. The next few hours were so strange. I was in a large recovery room sectioned off by curtains with lots of other people that just came out of surgery as well. I remember a lot but I was definitely drugged up. These are my recollection of this time: I was extremely itchy and could not stop itching my face, I was trying as hard as I could to read the clock but I could not focus on it, there was a really strange biker dude across from me that kept saying the weirdest things and would not shut up, every time I fell asleep I would wake up in a panic because I felt like I couldn't breathe, a lot of people were snoring, I really wanted to sign everything to my nurses because my throat hurt so bad, and I got to eat popsicles and "sonic ice!" It was a very strange/funny few hours!  Finally I was able to go to a room and see Scott and Cami. It was good to see them. He said the doctor told him everything went really well and that they didn't see any cancer when they were in there which was of course great news. They will let me know in about a week if they find any cancer.

My recovery has been alright. I'm not going to lie though it has been very painful! Thanks goodness for pain meds. It mostly hurts when I swallow, turn my neck, and try to sleep. Hopefully it will get better soon so I can get back to my busy life!

Let me just say that I have the best family. I have been overwhelmed by their love and support. All along I have known that my situation was not a big deal because one way or another it would have worked itself out and was in no way life-threatening, but my family insisted on praying on my behalf over the last few months as well as including me in their fasts. I have felt very unworthy of all that. My heart was beyond touched to hear that my niece fasted for the first time on my behalf. I feel very blessed and have felt the strength that has come from each prayer, whether I felt I needed them or not.

Thank you to any of you reading this that have called, offered meals, offered babysitting, prayed, or fasted for me. It means so much to me and I appreciate everything from the depths of my soul!!

Cami- 7 weeks

Cami is 7 weeks old now!  She is the sweetest thing ever.  She is getting huge and fits in her 3-6 month clothes now!  I am anxious to see how much she weighs... at 2 weeks she had already gone from 7 lbs 14 oz to 9 lbs. 8 oz, so we shall see.  She started sleeping 10 hours a night at 6 weeks and I'm really hoping it sticks.  She is always so happy and smiley and starting to try to talk to us.  Basically she is a dream!

who do they look like?

Of course the first thing people comment on when you have a baby is who they look like...  only I have a very hard time knowing... so you be the judge.  Here are Makenna, Jace, Scott, and me as babies.  Plus some older ones of Scott and I to compare the older kids.

my dress

I put Cami in my blessing dress and took some pics.  She was a LOT chubbier than I was when I wore this!

sorry this is a picture of a picture... compare the arms!  I think I was quite a bit older in this picture too!

 obsessed... still

Halloween

Halloween festivities began with Jace's joy school halloween party and Makenna's halloween lunch at school.  Of course there are no pictures.  The school does a storybook parade so the kids have to wear a costume from a book and bring the book.  She decided to wear her tiger costume since we had a tiger book and she looked pretty darn cute... haha wish I had my camera!  

Saturday was our ward trunk or treat.  It was a lot of fun.  I have to say that the dance was kind of lame compared to the Ventana halloween party, but oh well!

best picture I got of our bee...  I had big plans of having a photo shoot which never happened!

with my little bee

Halloween night was really fun because the kids were so excited this year!  We went around the block and the kids got TONS of candy!  Every house gave them handfuls!

this picture cracks me up because the kids were so stinking excited and were so over the photo shoot!

 the back of her costume...  yes I made it.  It ended up being the most annoying costume ever because the tutu kept getting all crazy and the ribbon...  BLEH.  I learned my lesson!  It was cute for a minute though!

 sorting- a halloween tradition

holy candy!

Cami just chillin!

healthy eating

Since buying my blendtec a couple months ago, I have been experimenting with smoothie recipes... this is my favorite mostly because it is sweet without adding sugar or juice, and because I always have these ingredients on hand!   The kids down these in no time!

1 sweet apple, all but the seeds
1 banana (if frozen add a little water)
1/2 c. plain yogurt (not vanilla- there is tons of sugar in it!)
5 frozen strawberries
5 frozen peaches
3-4 cubes ice
1/2-1 c. spinach (optional)
5 baby carrots (optional)

Blend and enjoy!  Don't be afraid of the spinach and carrots!  I now prefer my smoothies with it.  Oh and you can leave the yogurt out if you don't have any- sometimes I don't :)

On the subject of healthy eating, I think I have finally had my HAAAAHHHH (imagine angels singing) moment that food is fuel.  When I had gestational diabetes and was eating healthy I felt SO good!  I had lots of energy and my body digested the food better (ahem tmi).  Of course, as soon as the baby was born I went wild eating whatever I wanted!!  I definitely have noticed a HUGE difference in the way I feel, and my body is starting to pack the weight back on right where I don't want it!!  (ie love handles!)  So this is what I'm going to try to eat and what works for me-

Breakfast:
whole wheat pancakes, crepes, or waffles w/ pure maple syrup
plain oatmeal w/ maple or honey
whole wheat english muffin egg sandwich
protein shake
toast with peanut butter

AM snack:
nuts
fruit (small serving in AM)
veggies
cheese
healthy granola bar
yogurt
string cheese
toast/peanut butter

lunch:
sandwich on WW
wrap on WW
salad
leftovers

PM snack:
any snack above
smoothies

dinner: whatevs but make sure to have lots of veggies

snack: see above

One thing I learned from GD is that our bodies can't process sugar as well in the AM so I try to stay away from a lot of sugar/fruit/smoothies at that time of day.  I put the least amount of syrup on my breakfasts as I can stand.  Also I really try to stay away from all sweet drinks like soda and juice because they have TONS of sugar ( i would rather get my sugar from other sources like chocolate!)

Ok so hopefully writing all this down will give me the added motivation.  Anyone with me?!!

Switchfoot

I was determined to make it to the Switchfoot concert last night which is a little hard with a newborn baby!  She's been sleeping great though so I thought I'd try!  Stacy came with me and it was the BOMB as usual.  They are so good live and their lyrics are amazing.  We were standing right next to the huge Base speakers which was really funny.  My body took a while to get back to normal after the concert!  Maybe I'm a little old to be down in the pit at a rock concert, but I don't care!

This is your life

Are you who you want to be?

 da boyz

This is the point of the night when my ears were ringing- hence the look on my face
BTW Cami slept for 7 hours last night for the 3rd time this week.  yay!

Well it's official... on Tuesday we had to say goodbye to grandma and grandpa Lee as they left on their mission to Jo Juh (as grandpa calls it).  It was a sad day.  Jace didn't quite understand until we told him he would be 5 when they came back...  then he was pretty sad about it.  I don't think either of the kids will really understand until time passes.  They are so used to seeing their grandma and grandpa often!  We are so happy for them though, and know they will be awesome missionaries!  We are hoping to visit them sometime which will be fun!

here's a pic from the blessing

 I'm a little sad that this is the best we could get!  Oh well!

saying goodbye to Cami

The hardest thing about them leaving is for Cami to not know grandma and grandpa till she's 2

the traditional running after grandma and grandpa's car!  We will miss you guys!

pumpkin patch

Makenna went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch, so we decided to tag along.  It was interesting pushing my stroller through the corn maze, but all in all it was really fun!

It was such a beautiful day  

,

Makenna with her best bud Kyle

Cami and I were there too!