Phone Dump

Family Fotos

After temple photos we changed and took some family photos.  Our photographer Jess Bishop was awesome and spent a long time with us.  I wish I could go back and change the outfit that I wore, because I look pregnant in it (I'm not), but other than that I love them.  Now you're thinking that too, am I right?

Temple Redo Pics

Remember how I got shingles?  Well, one of the reason I did might have been the stress of getting pictures right after our temple sealing.  The night before the sealing I was almost in tears after hours of searching for an outfit to wear for our family photos (after temple pics) so I called our photographer and we rescheduled for a later date.  Did anyone notice how spring sucked this year?  Well, it was not pro Alexander photos so we rescheduled multiple times and FINALLY after two months we got our pictures taken.  I'm glad we did because the weather was awesome and we were more refreshed.  Oh and that outfit I cried over?  I ended up wearing stuff I already had.  Isn't life funny?

Rough Week

I had every intention of getting my blogging on last week. That is until I started getting sick Friday night. I kept feeling worse and worse all night and decided I better call and cancel my Saturday appointments at work because I had the flu. Sunday I awoke to a little rash, but thought it was eczema and moved on with my day. My flu symptoms dissipated within a few hours and I no longer felt achy or chilled. How lucky to have such a fast flu, right? Sunday night I couldn't sleep due to my back killing and my little rash burning. In the morning I had a similar rash on my back where it had hurt really bad all night. I could tell something wasn't right. My arm had felt funny for days. Like I had been attacked by fiberglass or something.

Out of the blue a thought popped into my head. "SHINGLES"

I knew very little of Shingles, so I decided to look it up online. Sure enough all the symptoms fit. One thing stood out to me which was that I could spread Chickenpox to those who have never had them. UH OH. Emme had been with me that whole time.

An emotional phone call to my brother in law confirmed it sounded like Shingles. He made me feel better, by telling me it would be hard to pass to Emme. Not impossible, but she would actually have to touch the rash with her mouth.

I went to my doctor and sure enough...Shingles.

I found out you have to catch Shingles within 48 to 72hrs of getting the rash in order to be a candidate for the antiviral pills. The pills stop the virus in it's tracks. The doctor said he normally sees patients when it is too late and that I was lucky I found it so fast. PHEW! The rash did quadruple in size, but it could have been SO much worse. {I'll spare pictures.} He also told me it's pretty uncommon to happen at my age. Little does he know I'm living in body forty years my senior right now. I really think Lupron has a lot to do with it. Side effects are low immune system and anxiety which can bring out Shingles.

Last week was exhausting to say the least. Emme had her shots on Monday and didn't sleep well for three nights. I don't know why they affected her so bad this time, but they did. Good news is her ears were finally clear. We're still going to an ENT though. When she was sleeping I was awake due to the steroids they had me taking. Not to mention I worked a ton to make up for the Saturday I rescheduled. I can never say enough how lucky I am to have Gregg. Most humans would have threw in the towel.

I'm on the mend thanks to the divine inspiration to look up Shingles. It was a crummy situation, but one more opportunity to grow and rely on the spirit. Without that, I could have suffered a lot worse.

I wanted to add a picture of my daffodils. We have tons of these right now. They've had quite the beating with snow, but seem to be hanging in there.

6 Months

I hear everyone say this about their kids, but I SERIOUSLY can't believe Emme is 6 months old. B.E. {before emme} every day seemed like a million years. Now time is flying by.

Stats:
17lbs 14oz
26 1/2 in long {I think, um...I'm pretty sure that's what they said.}

Some things for me to remember, since I can't even positively remember her length are:

-she is mastering sitting
-she got her first tooth
-learned how to sleep without being swaddled
-can put her pacifier back in her mouth without help
-rolls
-learned the "pirate face"
-says momma and dadda {just seeing if anyone is really paying attention.}

Here's a photo shoot I did last week. Enjoy!

This is the pirate face. I think it's because she is teething.

3 Month Photos

On the anniversary we were approved I took Emme to get her three month pictures done.  We're pretty much in love with her rolls and chubby cheeks.  Oh, and her blue eyes make everyone around her melt.  I found out a few days after she had an ear infection so that could explain the absence of smiles that day.  She was not interested in the girls taking her picture AT ALL.  The minute I took her and put her regular clothes back on she was talking and smiling away.  She is Miss Stone Face to new people and it makes us laugh. 

They had to pull out a hammock they've never used because it's too big for most babies.  She didn't fit in the normal one.

This is the one smile we got out of her.  The owner came over and final got her to smile.

Emme's birth aunt gave her this necklace that says "daughter" and gave her birth mom one that says "mother".

New Additions

I have to say we have the cutest kids in our family.  Whenever a new one comes around they never disappoint.  On my side of the family we have had two new little girls.  By the end of the year we will have two newbies on Gregg's side as well.  A girl and a boy in case you were wondering.
These two girls are darling as can be!  These pictures make me want to pick them up right now. 

This gem looks just like her sister as this age, except with blondish hair.  You just have to look at her and she'll give you a giant smile. 

This cutie loves to be cuddled, which is great for needy aunts like me.  She was three weeks old when I took this picture and after sleeping through most of the shoot she awoke and gave me this cute face.