Teegan updates...

Teegan has been growing by leaps and bounds. He is very curious and has had a lot of firsts lately so I want to write them down before I forget. Two Thursdays ago (Sept. 17th) we were in Utah at Dustin's parents house and he laughed for the first time. He has been smiling for a while and he is a very happy baby but laughed for the first time when Larry, Shari and I were laughing. Yesterday, he got in trouble for the first time... after much staring and plotting he figured out how to get his thumb in his mouth. We are in for trouble because now he keeps pushing his binky out to put his thumb in. The funny part is that he hasn't figured out that he has to wrap his other fingers into a fist so he pokes himself in the eye while sucking on his thumb. He can do it with the left hand easily but he keeps staring at the right hand but it just doesn't want to work. I think he is going to be left handed. Also, I was holding him yesterday while talking to Hayden and every time I looked at hayden and not Teegan, he would laugh to get to me to look at him. It was so cute, he did it about 10 times. Other things to know about Teegan... he loves the shower, loves the car, he is now out of newborn diapers, he has a mullet, he is too long for most of his 3 month clothes, he slept 7 hours the other night and sleeps through nights pretty good, and he is growing fast and learning every day. He is 7 weeks and 2 days and we have had so much fun having him in our family so far.

Today

Today, Hayden is sick... he threw up and has a sore throat and headache. He was on the couch groaning when I woke up this morning. We went to the doctor and he said it is probably viral. I reall yhope Teegan and I don't get sick because we are flying to Utah on Thursday so he can meet his other grandparents for the first time. Dustin is in Vegas right now for work so I have the kids. Hayden's b-ball team has lost all of its games so far but 2 out of the 3 were by 2 points or less. Mason is doing good in swimming... and improving. I got my wedding ring sized so I can wear it again... : ) I killed a scorpion last night when I got up to go to the bathroom... surprised it didn't sting me and Dawson killed one in the pantry yesterday. Teegan was 9 lbs 7 oz at the doctor and the dr said that he may have a little reflux so I should feed him more often but less... I feel like I am feeding him all the time... Maddy and Myah are dancing away and we are trying to decide if we should let Maddy do a solo. She needs to show us a little more responsibility with school work. Twins are just hanging out doing homework most of the time and Dawson is going to be starting football anytime. We will keep you all posted on more to come...

News we have been waiting for...

On Sunday, Dustin told me to come in our room... I put him off for a second because I had to put a cup under the skillet so the bacon grease didn't get on the counter. When I came in the room he handed me a letter. I noticed his eyes were a little red. I saw the letter was from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and he had one that was open. I knew why he was crying. I opened it and it said that my cancellation from Eric was affective the date of the letter and we needed to get living ordinance recommends so that we can go to the temple and be sealed. It was hand signed by the first presidency of the church. I kinda skimmed through it and pretended to read but I already knew what it said because Dustin was full on crying by this point. I teared up but I guess I wasn't that emotional because it wasn't too much of a surprise. I have been ready for this since December of last year when we started everything (no, I am not bitter, well, not that bitter). We wanted to get sealed in San Diego on vacation but figured out that wasn't going to happen. I just saw the Snowflake temple on Melody's blog... sounds fun... who knows. We will have Teegan sealed to us on that same day. With Teegan being born and other things going on around me, I reflected on my testimony the other day. We have this family in our ward where the mom was baptized years ago from the catholic church and the whole family comes but the dad has never "bit the bullet" and "taken the plunge" of baptism. He is actually my photographer... anyways. On fast Sunday they announced that he was going to be confirmed and there was a gasp (Dustin told me). He hadn't told anyone including his kids or wife. Only the bishop and the friend baptising him knew that he was getting baptised but he told his wife to show up for an interview and she had the best surprise of her life. He said that he wanted to baptize their oldest daughter and that is what made him finally do it. Missy said that it reminded her of my own family. I just thought that it is so simple to be a kid because you don't know what you don't know. When you are an adult you are aware when you don't know something. When you are made aware or giving experiences that prove the church is true... how amazing... then as easy as that you can let something so small make you forget. As adults, we think we know more but really we realize that we know less and faith comes into play. Our stake president always says that he doesn't know everything about the church and nobody ever will because it is our Father that is leading it, not us. You just have to have faith in the things that you know you don't know and take pride in what you do know though experiences and hold onto that...

Scorpions

Ok, so we have a scorpion problem. We have seen them for months and got sprayed for them but I finally got stung the week that we brought Teegan home and Mason got stung the other night when we were at the Poison/Def Leppard concert. It stinks... your foot burns and then tingles like it is asleep for 2 days. I live my life now looking for scorpions before I walk around.

Mason's swim meet

Mason had his first swim meet of the year yesterday. He beat all of his old times and one time he beat by 5 seconds from last year. It is probably because of the 3 and a half hour practices everyday. The coach is obsessed with making the team better which is good but a little much. Mason is also in all honors classes and in student counsel. Dustin and I are very proud of him and all the responsibility that he is taking on to prepare for college.

Update on Teegan's weight

We went to the dr again on Monday and Teegan's weight was up to 8 lbs 4 oz so he gained 12 oz in 7 days which is good. I was glad to hear that but he has to eat every 2 hours on the dot. Teegan has his newborn pictures on Friday of this week. He is so cute to me...