February 2019

Freddy fell asleep in this funny position.  

We got in to see my doctor to confirm or deny the pregnancy test and they did an ultrasound right then... theres a baby! Its for real! So So So crazy to wrap our minds around. This little one and Max will be so close in age. A due date of August 22 was discovered via the baby's measurements since I wasn't sure when my last period was. 

We celebrated Valentines day as a family and as we await the news from BYU's hiring committee we're started to plan ahead in terms of, "If this is our last ______ in MS, I want to make sure we ______." Not that we 100% expect a job offer or anything... we don't expect it. But it just feels like it could really happen. After all, they are the ones who reached out to Chris and contacted him, asking him to apply. 

We really soaked up our experiences with our branch family and the community. I really enjoy being the YW president to these wonderful girls.  We've let them really take charge in planning activities and we've done some really fun ones including this swirly-dipped nail polish ceramic mugs. 

The kids love to play with Max and he's game for pretty much anything. 

I took the kids by myself to the local rodeo when it came through town. It was a little loud and late for Max but the rest of the kids loved it. They had these really awesome dogs that could wrangle the sheep so well. 

We're trying to enjoy the rain and flooding. So much. Rain. We stress out about it flooding the garage and storm shelter. 

Max loves to eat dirt. He will even find Alec's soccer cleats in the show bins and get them out to eat the dirt off the bottom of the cleats! Its nuts! I talked to his doctor about this obsession and they checked his blood levels for deficiencies but he was fine.... he just likes dirt and sand. Its maddening. But the worst was when he saw an ant hill of newly unearthed, mounded dirt and grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth. I came running super fast, and he had ants crawling all over his lips and tongue. Using my finger I swiped them out of his mouth as fast as I could and was surprised to see all the ants in his saliva as already dead. He had bites around his lips but other than that didn't seem to worse for the wear.  He even tried to eat a fistful of sand just a few hours later. ....oh this kid! He likes to wear Chris' shoes and wants to be right by me all the time. Even when I shower, he often cries for me just outside the door. 

Playschool continues to go well. I love planning activities for these kids. Freddy super loves it too. 

Our progress this month on our Master bath is getting the shower base finished! We created it ourselves from scratch. I LOVE this natural small cobblestone floor.  Now we tile the walls!