Some catch up

Well it has been a crazy past week. We have both been so overwhelmingly busy lately. On top of the usual stuff (motherhood, household duties, framing) I was also busy because I was in charge of enrichment on Tuesday and it was my week for preschool. It really would not have been that big of a deal except I was also playing catchup because last weekend I couldn't get anything done because felt like I was on my death bed with lower quadrant abdominal pain. I thought it was an appendicitis and so did the doctors but after spending all day at the ER on Sunday and after multiple tests (blood tests, CT scan pelvic exam) it turned out to be an ovarian cyst. Who would have thought one could be that painful. They sent me home and really didn't do anything for me. The funny thing is they told me if I had severe abdominal pain and a fever to come back. Hello! That is why I was there in the first place and you were sending me home that way so what good would it do to come back? Sometimes I get so peeved by doctors. So anyway It took a couple of days to recover and on top of that I never saw my husband. He was stressed with a crisis at work and worked 70 hours last week. Thanks to good friends I could cry a little to I got through it all. This week will probably be the same way. At least we were able to have a nice weekend and recoup a little before another crazy week begins.
Here are a couple of picture and stories from this past week-

Alex has been really funny lately. She has figured out that she really likes it when people laugh at her and she is figuring out her own sense of humor. It is fun to watch it develop. Most of you know this but to preface these pictures you have to understand that Ayden is usually seen with her fingers in her mouth and her blanket over her shoulder. Alex has a blanket too but she has a pacifier. Anyway, the other day she got a hold of Ayden's blanket (which is quite remarkable by itself) and then she was running around the house pretending she was Ayden with a huge smile on her face. You could just tell that she thought she was so funny.


Another little thing about Alex lately is she has discovered a love for Kix cereal. I know this is silly but I used to LOVE kix as a kid (probably because it was the closest to sugar cereal my mom would buy) and I remember a while back buying it for Ayden because I thought she would love it just like I did. But no. She didn't like kix at all and I was puzzled. Recently I introduced them to Alex and she is more estatic about them then you can imagine. When she see's the box she yells Yea! and giggles and claps and then when she gets her bowl she scarfs it down. It cracks me up.

Can you tell her moth is full of Kix an she is still smiling?

We went to our ward Christmas party yesterday so the girls could see Santa. Ayden was so excited to see him and could not wait to tell him that she wanted "three little dress ups." There was no fooling around with her. Once she got on his lap and started a very serious discussion about what she wanted.


Alex was not sure about him at all. She was very concerned the whole time we were waiting in line and then would not go near him. She held on to me for dear life leaving no way for me to place her on his lap.
See her concerned face.



Here are a few other pics waiting in line to see Santa.
Elizabeth, Devan and I. After partying until 1 am and making it to the ward party at 9 we all looked a little tired.

Nikki, Alex and I.