Lunch with Friends at Dana's

Friday my mom, Aliana, and I met up with ValaRee, AubRee, Grace, M'Lee, Brittany, and Kaelyn at Dana's for lunch. It was fun to get to see two of my close close friends from high school and their two little girls! Our moms had fun catching up as well. We're hoping to get together even more over the summer! Aliana is the oldest of the three. Grace was born in February and Kaelyn was born in March. This picture is the grandma's with their precious granddaughters. Don't they look too young to be grandmas? The moms with the babies!!
Brittany and Kaelyn
AubRee and Grace
Me and Aliana
I'm looking forward to our next get together. Hopefully the babies will eventually be able to interact with each other more and not just sleep the whole time!

Ear Infections = NO Fun!!

Aliana was fussy on Thursday and we decided it was probably just colic and teething mixed together so I got her some medicine and she was feeling better. Friday however Ethan was not happy and mad about everything and that night we were up multiple times with him screaming. One time was at 4am which included a trip to Walmart to grab some Motrin so we could switch fever reducers every three hours to keep his fever down. Saturday morning my dad checked his ears and said one was pink and the other was "flaming" red. We got the antibiotics as soon as we could to try to make him happy but he was still sad. He would just cuddle up with me anywhere we were. For a while we were sitting in the butt sucking chair (a really comfortable chair here at my parents that is known as the butt sucking chair because one you get in it's hard to get out) and he had these little monster things that make music. You have to push the foot to turn it on so he would push it, lean into me, wait for the song to be over, and push it again and lean into me. This continued on and on and I was enjoying but I was feeling so sad for him because I couldn't do anything but keep giving him medicine to feel better. Aliana started getting a fever Saturday too and so my dad checked her ears and they were clear. Once again we just ruled it as teething, but Sunday her temp was still high and she kept me up crying a lot. Tylenol was keeping her fever down, but when this morning came and her temp was still past 102 my dad said to take her in. We went and saw Dr. Bross and she checked her ears and of course she had a puss ball behind her ear drum. My dad said you can check ears one minute and they're clear and thirty minutes later they can have an infection. I wish I would've just asked my dad to check her ears again last night, but Ethan never got ear infections until after he was a year so I didn't think she would have one. Who knew both MY babies would get ear infections the same weekend?? They are both on good antibiotics and Ethan is almost back to himself so I am a little relieved! The good news is they aren't contagious so if any of you were around me or my kids this weekend don't worry!!

Elder Rob's Home

Robbie got home from his mission in San Diego on Monday. He wants to go by Rob now that he's older but it's going to take me a while to get used to because he's always been my little brother Robbie. It was very emotional for me because for the longest time when Rob and I were younger we were the closest. Now that Ben has gotten older they have become really close too. I missed him so much while he was on his mission. He's got a beautiful spirit and we all enjoy his fun attitude. This is the first time he's met his nephew and niece and he already has so much love for them.
Rob and Aliana

The siblings. Notice how I'm the short (and fat) one out of the bunch!! Goodness Gracious!!

Brothers...they love each other so much!

My parents and Rob

Grandma and Poppy Waites with Rob

The aunts and uncles that came to the airport.

All the cousins at the airport awaiting his arrival.

Game Night

I know I've talked about game night at Grandma and Poppy Waites' but now I have some pictures to prove it. We have been going out to their house every Friday or Saturday evening for the past five weeks to play games, eat food, and enjoy each other's company. This last Saturday we BBQ'd since it was so hot outside. Ethan had fun playing in the sand box Poppy made so we gave him a good bath in the sink which he wasn't too sure about when we were putting him in it but then as soon as he noticed he could play with different things around the sink and the cup he loved it and didn't want to get out. When we took him out he cried because he wanted back in. Later that night we gave him a ding dong and he made another mess so back in the sink he went! He's such a trooper too! He always stays up late with us. I try to get him to go to sleep but he just wants to play and is a goof all night long. And of course Ali just sleeps right through everything!

Ellensburg Trip

Two weekends ago we went up to Ellensburg to hang out with Ben's girlfriend Ivory and also her sister and brother-in-law, Amber and Dane Riner. As always we had fun hanging out with them and our kids loved to play with each other. This picture was taken at dinner at the Pasta Co.

Sunday..a day to relax..and pose for the camera!

I enjoy Sundays. Not only is it a day to worship and learn valuable lessons at church, but it is a day of rest. And for Aliana it's a day to clear her system out. The past two Sundays she's had big messes and we've had to change her at church. She cleans up pretty well though. :) I also like to get our family looking all nice and dressed up. My parents have always told me you should look your best on Sunday so I want to instill that in my children as well. Since we are in the Lord's house we should look our best.Roger and Aliana taking a nap together after church.

We got Ethan this outfit when we got his Easter outfit. I just love the hat on him.

This is Ethan's "cheese" pose. Isn't it funny how he tilts his head to his shoulder?

My kid loves to throw things!

Ethan loves to throw things lately, even if it isn't meant to be thrown. He always laughs afterwards too like it's funny when most of the time it's not because it hit me in the head! I still love him though...Roger got these images of him throwing the baseball to my brother the other day. He's going to be a really good athlete and break dancer someday!