My Silly Kids

My kids are really into playing jokes lately, Jada especially. They get a kick out of saying something is lost or missing, while hiding it behind their backs. Today Caleb comes to me all serious and says,

"Mommy, I went potty in my pants."

"What???"

"I went potty in my pants."

He's looking up at me with the most worried eyes, like he knows he's in big trouble. So, I feel his pants; dry. I pull them down and feel his underwear; dry.

"Caleb, are you teasing me?"

At this, he throws his head back and laughs and laughs. What? This kid is playing this kind of joke? That worries me.


In other cute things my kids do:

Jada is usually the one who says the prayer at meals. She says it, and Caleb echoes, and they have this prayer down. It's always the same:

"Heavenly Father, bless the food, bless we can do what we want to, bless we can have a sweet night, bless Daddy and the missionaries, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Well, Jada has decided to teach Caleb how to say it on his own, so now she stands by his chair and whispers it in his ear. How cute are they?

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Jada and her wonderful, brilliant, amazing surgeon, Dr. Nath. I love this man. He's incredible. Not only is he a genious, he genuinely cares about his patients, who, by the way, are all over the world. He travels to different cities and countries to do FREE clinics for patients or potential patients who need his help. He realizes the hardship it is having a brachial plexus injury and having so little options to help, and he does all he can. After Jada's second surgery, he sent us a refund check for $3,000 because he said he had been paid enough through us and our insurance. Who does that? Have I mentioned how much I love him?

He came to do a free clinic in Vegas on Wednesday and we went down to meet with him. He gave us some great news; he doesn't see any future surgeries for Jada! Meaning for the first time in four years, we won't be planning an expensive trip to Houston in the summer for another surgery! Yay!


Sydney and Reagan, our cousins in Japan, sent all this adorable stuff to Jada and Caleb, mostly for Jada's birthday, but they threw a couple things in for Caleb as well. Isn't it just adorable?

Happy Birthday to Jada!

Friday we celebrated Jada's fourth birthday. What a crazy and exhausting day! She had a party with nine other four-year-old guests and it was crazy, but lots of fun. Here are some pictures of my beautiful birthday girl.

Waiting for her present.

Her new bike, already too small. She doesn't seem to mind.

My New Love

What a week it's been. We decided about two weeks ago to rent instead of buy right now, Monday we found a house to rent (and hopefully buy eventually) and Tuesday we started moving in. I'm not one to take my time, especially when I've been living with the in-laws for the past four months. Don't get me wrong, I love my in-laws. But I think there comes a point when you just need your own space, and I quickly got to that point. Anyway, I am in love. It's a sweet house and we're loving having our own place.

Also, Monday was my first doctor's appointment. I knew since I was only ten weeks maybe she wouldn't be able to get the heartbeat, which she didn't. But she decided to do an ultrasound just to make sure, so we got to see our sweet little baby. I was hoping to see two babies in there, but nope, there's just one. And not to brag or anything, but it's so dang cute. I can't wait to meet it!

St. George Half Marathon

Saturday morning was the St. George Half Marathon. After months of training it finally arrived. I had mixed feelings. I was excited to get out and run it. I was also very nervous because my training has gone a little downhill since I got pregnant (yes, I'm nine weeks prego). So, I wasn't sure how things were going to go. On Thursday night I convinced/bribed my sister Nicole to run it with me, even though she hasn't been training at all. And she said yes! What a trooper. The morning was beautiful, couldn't have been better weather. And the race was awesome! I seriously had the best time running it. I'm excited to do another when I'm not pregnant. My original goal was to finish under two hours, but since the past few weeks of my running I've had to stop to go to the bathroom and sometimes to dry heave a little, I really didn't know what my time would be. Saturday morning I felt great, and I only had to stop twice to empty my bladder! My time was 2:05:41, way better than I planned, so I was totally stoked. And Nicole did awesome. I ditched her at mile 2 ( I know, I'm a bad sister, I talk her into running with me, then totally ditch her at the beginning) and I wasn't sure if she would even finish. But she did, with a time of 2:37:29! Here are some pictures and a video of my finish, then Nicole's finish. I am planning on doing it again next year, and I can't wait!

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First Day of School

Yesterday was Jada's first day of preschool. I was so excited when I found out about a spot that had opened up cause I've been kicking myself for not putting her in sooner. She was so excited till we got there, a strange house, a strange teacher and Jada cried and threw herself on the floor asking to leave. It was a little embarassing. After a few minutes she snapped out of it and told me to leave. Gladly. So she loved it and feels like she's pretty big stuff. Caleb doesn't understand why he can't go, and he's gonna be lonely without her. But they got along so well after we picked her up maybe the break will be good for them (for all of us!).

My big preschooler

This video makes me laugh. Just thought I'd share.

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