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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Tagen Tidbits..

When Tagen calls for Olivia, she starts grunting and saying "Ooohhh!" She will point

one little finger in whatever direction Olivia is and keep calling her until she sees her again.

She has such a sense of humor. I was getting after Olivia one day for disobeying. I was shaking my finger at her (I know... Mother of the year award is futile.) I looked down at her side and there was Tagen, grunting, pointing her finger at me and smiling. When she caught my eye, she winked at me and started laughing. It was so funny, I couldn't even be upset with Olivia any longer.

She has started panting like a dog when she's tired or when she's trying to be funny.

It sounds like she's trying to blow her nose and it's really funny.

She has a favorite pose. She gets up on her hands and feet in an A shape. Then she'll put her head on the ground and look around the room through her legs. It's pretty comical. You'd think she'd get a blood rush, but it doesn't seem to affect her.

I love how when she gets tired she will start rubbing her nose. When she was a baby she used to rub her nose on our shoulders while we were burping her. Now that she's figured out how to get her hands to her face, she can effectively rub her own nose. It's really cute.

She is such a musical baby. She can hear a rhythm in anything and will dance to it. Whether it's music, the water running, the mixing bowl, hairdryer, vacuum, or even the blinker in the car... if it has any sort of beat, Tagen will start rocking back and forth to it.

We' have had a problem for about 3 months getting Tagen to sleep through the night again. She had a cold in August and hasn't really slept through the night since. She is usually up until about midnight and it's been frustrating. After talking to her doctor, getting her a blessing, and uttering many prayers we've put her on Melatonin. It has worked to GET her to sleep, but she isn't STAYING asleep through the night. The pharmacist suggested Benadryl and Melatonin together. We'll see how it goes.

Our little Tagen is a tease and a true joy.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Tagen's 9 month Checkup

We took Tagen in last week on the tenth for her nine month well child visit. She is doing fantastic! The nurse that measured her stats left, but quickly came back in to measure her length again. He was surprised at the jump she took in her length. The doctor was very pleased with her progression and said she's healthy. Here are her stats.

Weight: 21 lbs 7 oz (91%) Length: 29 7/8" (>95%) Head Circumference: 18" (90%)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

"Our door is open..."

I have a new "open door policy" again on my blog. I've decided to not remain private and to open my blog back up to the public. I went private because of "unwanted eyes" looking at my blog, but I've decided to not let one person dictate how I live my life. I have to live my life how I want to... not in fear, but in freedom. So, we're back to being a public blog... Open door policy. Come one, come all!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Olivia-isms

Olivia had been playing in her room when I noticed it was suddenly too quiet. I asked her from the couch where I was feeding Tagen, what she was doing... No answer. I heard some weird knocking noise coming from that direction. Brad headed towards the room to investigate. When he got around the corner, he started laughing. I walked over to see the above picture. Olivia had turned her toy box upside down and was "hiding" in it. I love that her hair gave her away. She had purposefully made the noises so we'd come see what she was up to. Love this girl!

When I told Olivia to fix her underwear because she had a turkey...

I said, "Olivia, is there a turkey in your bum?" She answered, "No, just my underwear."

After driving back into the Salt Lake valley from the south, Olivia's Aunt Carol

pointed out that there were two temples she could see right away.

Olivia proclaimed, "It's the Promised Land!"

While driving home from Cache Valley, we were playing I Spy with Olivia.

When it came to her turn she said, "I spy my wittle eye, TOO... A great big yawn in my mouth."

Which she promptly followed with the said yawn.

While playing with Brad, she got out her toy stethescope and listened to his heartbeat... This was her diagnosis.."Dada, I'm gonna be the Doctor. I can hear your heartbeat! Is it a good one? No dad. It's a not good one. it's a scary one!" She fixed it then. She gave him a brand new heart and "you're all better now dada. And here's a hat for you too."

When her and Brad were home together for the night she told him, "Daddy! We need have a party!

We can turn on the tv and watch baby Einsteins and have some popcorn! It will be so much fun!"

Olivia told me the other day, "Mom, I remember when I was older and I went to school... I loved it. It was so far away. It was just last night mom, remember?" Guess we either need to teach her past, present and future tenses or we have a time traveler on our hands.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Modesty and Modeling...

At our Achievement Days activity this past week, we talked about modesty. We taught the girls that they should be modest in their dress and in their behavior. Then we split them into groups and challenged them each to design modest articles of clothes out of newspaper. Here are their results. I was pleasantly surprised at how well they did.

Avery Hansen with a dress and hat.

Olivia Campbell with skirt and fancy sleeves.

I loved this picture of Clara, so I had to share both...

Clara Campbell and skirt.

Shelby Moyes with a handbag and scarf.

Shayla LeMay with shoes. Very creative.

Maddie Jenkins with skirt and purse.

Rachel Hall with belt and hat.

Sadie Hansen with long v shaped skirt.

Amanda Whitehead with shirt turned cape.

Abbie Anderson with cape/shawl.

So... if you're ever in need of some new clothing and want it to be modest, contact any of the Achievement Day girls in our ward. They'll be more than happy to help you out.