Picture Perfect

Well things around our house have been both busy and quiet all at the same time. We are starting now starting to really hit some fall weather which in turn is starting to make the leaves turn the beautiful colors which is VERY exciting. I have three big tall oak trees in my yard so I love the fall b/c it makes them look so beautiful. We are also starting to dress the girls warmer now which is kind of fun and sad all that the same time. I like their fall clothes but I must admit dresses and diapers are MUCH easier then Pants and diapers, but listen to whine.

This past weekend we went to get a couple of things done. First we went and got our family pictures taken. Julie and Dan (we just attending their wedding like 3 weeks ago, pictures are below) they are both photographers and they both helped take our pictures. We went to Happy Hallow Park in Lafayette and it was beautiful there. We got some good shots two shots that I really like that I want to use as our family picture for Christmas cards and some really good pictures of the two girls together that I really like. Lehna was a TOTAL ham (as usual) and they got some really cute pictures of her as well. The dress the Jackie made is Lehna’s FAVORITE dress she calls it her “pretty dress” and she can’t wear it enough. She wears it whenever we let her but if was up to her she would wear it to daycare and around the house. It’s very cute. And luckily that material that Jackie picked for it does very well in the washer and so far any stains Lehna acquires is VERY easy just to treat and wash… and so far they have come out, knock on wood. We got Maya a very pretty red dress for her “pretty dress” it is very cute on her and she liked to play with it b/c it was in two layers so she kept holding the top part up. She’s such a silly kid. She was also very interested in the leaves that were around her, she even tried to eat them, which she didn’t like. We did our family pictures in Purdue attire. Tait is such a big Purdue fan I thought it would be appropriate for us. Helen and Tim found a Purdue Cheerleading outfit for Lehna last year that Lehna has wore a couple of times to the games we attended so she was easy to find something Purdueish. Well Maya on the other hand was a bit more complicated. The problem is most ‘sports’ attire is suited for little boys instead of little girls so when I found this Purdue Onezie I was very excited but that the same time disappointed b/c it was so boyish looking, so I didn’t want people to think we had a little girl and a little boy but instead I have two BEAUTIFUL little Girls I decided to put a big bow in her hair. I thought she looked cute and she didn’t seem to mind it at all. So here’s on of our family pictures and also some pictures of the girls together.

Family Picture

Baby Kiss

Lehna sitting pretty

Maya Looking Cute

After the family pictures we went to Marcus and Jackie’s for FootballPolozia at least I think that’s what it was called. We had a BBQ and we got to watch the Purdue football game. Which Tait enjoyed on a nice big TV, I don’t know the size is but its bigger then ours so he was happy. Terry and Mom came down from Wisconsin so they could see everyone and see the grandbabies. Lehna was only a little afraid of Terry at first but warmed right up to him after about an hour. Maya was good the entire day. She played on the floor and didn’t cry except to eat, which is pretty typical. The food was wonderful. Sarah and Adam came as well so that was nice to see them again. They seemed to enjoy playing with the kids on the floor. I couldn’t believe how interactive they were with the children they just warmed right up to them and starting tickling them and it was nice.

We also played some board games we only played like two games but it was fun. We played this new game call Vision Play or something like that and it was a very interesting game, it was challenging. The object of the game is you have like 12 different dice that have pictures on them and basically you roll all 12 dice and you flip them over and when you uncover them you see how many compound words you can come up with based on the pictures like for example: if there’s a picture of a Bear and a picture of a person’s back you could put it together and say Bareback and that would be one word. It was challenging and I must admit Sarah has QUITE the imagination. It was a good time.

Terry mentioned taking Lehna to the park and Lehna was running faster then I have seen her move to get her shoes on so she could go play at the park. Jackie and Marcus live like 2 blocks away from a school that we took them too. So Lehna went up and down the slide like a BILLION times and we walked back in the dark. It was a good day overall very fun. I enjoyed spending time with my family playing games and of course eating… it would be a family gathering if there wasn’t food. 

On Sunday we had church in the morning which Lehna again insisted on wearing her pretty dress too and since pictures were completed I didn’t have a problem doing that for her. Then in the afternoon Tait and I and the children of course went to Temple Prep classes. We are taking them in order to be sealed in the temple which has always been a goal of mine and so Tait and I are working towards that, but it’s QUITE a process. Basically there are four things that you must be living in order for you to even be eligible to go into the temple and right now… Tait and I are only hitting about half of them… Soooooooo it’s a long process. I’m getting support from Becky who’s a friend of mine from church and work and she’s giving me some words of encouragement so that’s helpful. It will just take time and a commitment from us both, but I know that it’s a wonderful place to be and go we just will have to work on that we just have to keep things in perspective, but enough about church.

So things are well fairly well overall I know Christmas is right around the corner which is scary and exciting all at the same time believe it or not. I love the excitement but the same time all the moving around and shifting is kind of chaotic at the same time. I know that we have had a few people inquire about gifts for the girls and I must say these children need not another toy we have a room packed full of toys but they are lacking in the movie collection realm. Just putting it out there b/c Lehna has started to really get into movies and watch them, thank goodness so now we are watching the same videos over and over. So I’m just putting it out there for you if you wanted to know what to get them, that's what I would suggest.

Okay alright I have rambled on enough. I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Thanks for reading about us.

A teaser

Looking Cute

Smiling like she's a Sweet and Innocent

Maya giving me a Cute Face

Okay I got pictures taken family pictures and I wanted to display them. There are lots more but I don't want to use all of them here since I will use them as Christmas Cards and such... sooooo I hope you enjoy them!





I will post more later!

Julie’s Wedding

This weekend we had Julie’s Wedding, Julie is Jackie’s Sister. Lehna was asked to be the flower girl in her wedding. I was a little nervous when they first asked her to be in the wedding b/c I didn’t know how she would act. Well I should have given my daughter more credit because she did an AWSOME job!

I have pictures this update so get EXCITED!

They took Lehna on Friday b/c the rehearsal was going to be during the day. When I picked up Lehna she was in SUCH a good mood. Jackie said that Lehna was an ANGEL all day. At first I thought maybe I had the wrong child… but she answered to the name Lehna and called me mommy… so I guess it was the right kid. They said she was so good as they did their different errands and during practice. So I was excited. By the time I got Lehna home though she came back to the two-year-old I know and love. She threw a huge fit over juice and cookies… So I’m glad she saved all of her “two year old moments” for me rather then was a pain in the butt for other people all day.

On Saturday we gave both girls a bath and put Lehna in a white dress and put up her hair. I put her hair up in pigtail b/c I thought that would be the cutest and by the time her hair dried her hair was in perfect ringlets. So she looked REALLY cute. Here are some pictures of them getting ready. She was so excited about her new shoes. They are they type of shoes that make clicking noises when you walk on hard surfaces and she couldn’t get enough of them. She was dancing all over the place in her “pretty shoes” as she called them.

Lehna's dress by the way was made entirely made by Jackie. She made the dress instead of ordering one b/c it was cheaper. Jackie did a great job. Seh is going to make Lehna different color bows so I can put them on Lehna to wear to church. The dress was beautiful Jackie you did an excellent job. She made in in a very SHORT amount of time.

Lehna ready to go down the aisle

Zach getting ready for his performance

Once we were ready to go… I went to sit down and waiting for Lehna to come down the aisle. The other tow year old didn’t want to go down the aisle by him so Lehna went down with Jackie and Zach and that was good. Lehna held her flowers and walked down the aisle. She didn’t really smile but at least she didn’t throw a fit or run the other way. So I was pleased.

SHOWTIME!

After the wedding, which Julie looked amazing, her dress was really beautiful. They went and had some cheese and punch b/c we couldn’t get into the reception all until another 45 minutes. So we kind of waited around to do pictures. Lehna did the pictures and she did a good job she was only in two of them so it was pretty easy once they got started. I am putting all the pictures I stole from the photographer.

Jackie and Julie (I apologize for the facial expressions I was trying to do this FAST)

Lehna, Julie, & Dan

Too precious not to share

Lehna waiting for pictures

The DeAromond, Rhine, Knotts Family

After the pictures we went to the reception. Lehna was pretty excited b/c we kept telling her she was going to be able to dance once we got to the reception. And she was starving so we gave her some of the chocolates on the table (the favors) to help tide her over until it was time for the party to start. Marcus came over to our table and invited us to sit with him and Jackie’s father so that was nice. We were at table one so we didn’t have to wait to eat which I was glad b/c Lehna had had WAY too much chocolate. When we were eating the starting playing the music and Lehna couldn’t hold still she was all over the dance floor. I think the sugar in the chocolate was starting to kick in b/c she was all of a sudden very HYPER!

Lehna and Marcus making the "second entrance" since I didn't get my camera to work the first time

We got Lehna to calm down by having her color and with the promise of cake (yeah I know more sugar) and she sat as I watched over her colorings and asked LOTS of questions. The distraction seemed to work, but not for long soon she was out on the dance floor once again. I took her up for a song then Jackie and Julie took her out on the floor.

Jackie and Lehna Dancing

Julie and Lehna Dancing

Soon after cake was served it was time to go. Maya had had it. She was falling asleep with the loud music and REALLY wanted a bottle like right now. So I quickly whipped up a bottled and plugged it in the mouth and we were off to home.

Maya and Tait

The wedding was really wonderful. It was a bit on the hot side but that was okay b/c we weren’t out in the heat for very long. I did feel sorry for the boys though b/c they had tuxes on and they looked really hot. But after the wedding and pictures were over they were stripped down to just the shirt and pants and then seemed much more comfortable.

So congratulations Julie and Dan we wish you both great happiness and thank you for including Lehna.

Lehna acting goofy

How do you keep a Two Year awake?

Well this is a question I didn’t think that I would EVER have to ask but if from experience I do know how to keep a two year old awake.

As I wrote in my last update that Lehna was supposed to have an EEG test and she had to is sleep deprived. For those that don’t remember please read my last update to get UPDATED!

So on Wednesday night we put Lehna to bed a bit earlier and we let Lehna her sleep until Midnight. That was a mistake… just so you know. When it was time to wake her up she was NOT ready to get up and she cried and said how tired she was it was very heart breaking. So I tried to get her to do ANYTHING I suggested playing outside, going for a walk, ANYTHING, playing games… and then I suggested to go SHOPPING… she was like “yeah I want to go shopping” and so we were OFF to the store. I kept her awake in the car by singing and rolling down the window… then when we got there I made the baby walk. I didn’t want her to fall asleep in the cart and I figured that the walking would do us both good. So Lehna and I started our LONG walk around Wal-Mart.

I started off in the pharmacy department and that’s where they were stocking the shelves and I just kind of smiled as I went up and down the aisles. They didn’t really ask me anything but I have a feeling they were talking about me when I walked out of ear shot. Well we went to the pet department and there were fishes for Lehna to look at and she liked that.

We walked up every aisle at Super Wal-Mart when we went to the toy department I lingered in each aisle a lot longer b/c she REALLY liked playing with the different toys and I thought… heck it’s keeping her awake. I let her pick out some play dough and she found this stuffed big bird that she goes “I found my big bird” and she proceeded to carry that around. The more I looked at that big bird the more I noticed the big bird didn’t look like it was for sale… the biggest clue was the missing price tag, but it’s Wal-Mart so who knows… but she just loved carrying it around. So after about 2 hours I told that it was time to go b/c we had make it all the way around. I got her Dora movie and play dough… I also managed to get a toilet paper holder for our bathroom… it’s amazing the things you just don’t notice when you’re at Wal-Mart.

When we walked to the front of the store I explained to the cashier why we were out so late so she didn’t think that I was an awful parent. But you know in the 3 hours were there at Wal-Mart not ONE PERSON, sales associate, asked us if we needed any help finding anything… strange hua… that’s customer service for you. Well we went in the arcade for about an hour after walking around so that’s why it took 3 hours. She loved playing on the bob the builder ride she kept asking to go on that a couple of times. We played every game there a couple of times. If Tait would have come I’m sure he would have gotten her a toy in the crane game b/c she kind of stared at that for awhile and I know that I wouldn’t have been successful so I didn’t try.

So we got home and I turned on the TV Louder then normal. The Dora movie was a dancing movie so I made Lehna get up and dance every time it came on so she wouldn’t get tired sitting. We played with play dough and just had a good time playing.

About 4 a.m I woke Tait up and told him to get a shower and stuff b/c we had to feed Lehna. So we were going to go to Bob Evans or Steak N Shake so we could get her fed. We left our house about 5:30 and this was probably the HARDEST part about the whole thing was the car trip. Lehna kept trying to fall asleep I rolled down the windows and she just tried to doze off. It was VERY difficult. We got to Bob Evans and they didn’t open until 6 a.m so we kind of wondered around the parking lot still keeping Lehna moving… the poor baby she was so tired. Well after breakfast we went to the clinic.

We were early but that was okay b/c the tech was early also and invited us back early and that was WONDERFUL. So we got back and the lady asked when Lehna slept last and I told her we got her up and midnight and we have been up since then. She gave us sympathy and told us this should go really fast then. The setting up probably took the longest b/c they had to put these probes on her head with this gue and Lehna wasn’t so excited about that… but I sat next to her and just told her to close her eyes. She fell asleep as soon as they turned off the lights.

The tech didn’t say one word to me during the test UNTIL I broke out my book to read then the lady was ALLLLL TALKY. She explained what the different waves meant and that was pretty neat. And she said that from the test (she isn’t a doctor) but she said it looked normal to her. They did a strobe test where they flashed a strobe test for a couple of seconds.

We got home about 8:30 a.m and Lehna was put in the bed and she didn’t move… she was so tired. Tait went onto work and I slept. Lehna woke up at 10:30 and asked if she could get up and I told her that that was fine but I was going to stay here and lay down. Lehna and I both feel back to sleep… we both woke up at 2:30 p.m.

After a couple of days we did hear back from the doctor after I had to CALL THEM FOR THE RESULTS and the tech was right she is normal. The plan now is to wait and see. This isn’t very fun… I mean I hate the thought that we have to witness another seizure I mean I didn’t see the big one and I don’t want too… just hearing about it was scary enough. So that’s Lehna’s health update. It’s good she’s normal but still frustrating that there’s no other news.

As for update for everyone…

Maya is up on all four trying to crawl… she hasn’t managed to figure it out but I figure in the next week or so she’ll be mobile. She’s already rocking and kind of jumping on all fours when you put her on her tummy on the floor. She is also eating solid food and not liking it too much. I mean it doesn’t look too good to me and Maya makes the FUNNIEST faces when she eats it. She’s getting way too big way too fast. I just want her to be a baby… not be mobile but just let me cuddle her and not grow up. (sigh) I guess that’s not going to happen but still…

Tait and I well we are still pretty boring… nothing really happening right now… I mean besides the normal stuff. Work, Home, Sleep, Repeat. Pretty exciting.

I hope to have pictures next update… have a Good Friday!