Amazing Together

YEAH!!! Teagan took two steps on his own tonight. He was holding on to Dereks foot and then paused, let go, and took 2-3 steps to the couch!! We screamed and clapped. London was to busy watching the people sing on Kenndy Honnors show to care what happened. Teagan was so excited that we were clapping he started clapping and laughing. SUCH A FUN DAY!!

I took London to get her cast on Thursday December 16th. She did really good this when they put it on. She sucked on a sucker and was content. Her cast was a dark purple to keep it from getting super dirty. She slept fine with it and seemed to adjust fine. On Friday December 17th, I went to my moms house to hang out for a while. On my way home I heard London cry in the backseat so I did a quick look and noticed her cast was half off.....WHAT!!! Yes she had managed to take her cast off. So we headed to the instacare to get another one put on. This time they put a little dent in the wrist part so it will be harder to get off. This time the cast is black, again to keep dirt off. We will see how long our little houdini keeps this cast on. Here is a picture of her purple one.

I am obviously to busy to post everyday now, but i still wanted to show some cute pictures of the kids. I hope that next year will be slower so that I can post daily again.

Okay....this is an embarrassing moment for me but to hillarious not to write. Me and London were in her room watching Buzz and Woody when i let out a toot. That is when London came over to me and said "Poop" and proceeded to check my pants for poop. On my gosh!! I was on the floor laughing so hard.

When I got home from work London was crying and upset. Derek told me that our nanny said she fell out of bed during her nap and hit the heater (which was not on at the time). Our nanny put her right back to sleep because London only cried a little bit at the time. But when i had to feed London and she would not let go of me as soon as I got home, i started to worry. I took her to the instacare and they told me that she had a buckle fracture in her right wrist. London did so good at the doctor and during the x-ray. She only cried and whined when they moved it or pushed on it. I am always amazed at how good London is when we go to the doctors office. We will be going to get a cast on 12/16/10. She only has to wear it for 3 weeks and should heal fine. We love you London. You are our tough little girl!

Okay I am so sorry I am not keeping up on my posts. It has been super busy lately. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are super thankful for all of our family and friends. I am extremly thankful for my heathly babies and love them more than words can say. I am also thankful for an amazing husband who puts up with a lot and still loves me. Right now I am thankful for our jobs, I am so glad that we both have jobs that we love. My life has had a lot of ups and downs but overall it is amazing. I am so thankful that my Heavenly Father has always stuck by me and helped me through everything that I have encountered.

Here are some pictures to catch you up with the family:

So Teagan loves to eat puffies in his car seat. Derek will fill the holder and he will try his hardest to eat them all as fast as he can. Love this kid

He ends up wearing half of them. It is cute to see him try to get to the bottom. His arms are short so he has to arch and reach in order to get the last of the puffies. SO Cute!!

Tonight we decided to go out to dinner. We are trying to eat at new places to as a couple so we chose MiMi's Cafe. It was really yummy. I loved their soup. Here is Derek and Teagan waiting in to be seated:

We went to Costco tonight as a family to get some things. While we were there we took full advantage of the samples. (The absolute best thing about Costco!!) Well London had some Biscotti and only wanted to eat the Chocolate off...

God's cake...
Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why did God have to do this to me?' Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.

Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, 'Absolutely Mom, I love your cake.'

'Here, have some cooking oil,' her Mother offers.

'Yuck' says her daughter.

'How about a couple raw eggs?' 'Gross, Mom!'

'Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?'

'Mom, those are all yucky!'

To which the mother replies: 'Yes , all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! '

God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!

Today I took London and Teagan to the NICU at McKay Dee for their screenings. London had a speak screening and Teagan had a development screening. Teagan is doing great. He is right on track with a child his adjusted age (10-11 months). London on the other hand is not doing so great with her speach. I think it is because she is stubborn like her mother. I think she understands things just fine but they are concerned so we are going back in 3 months for her to be re-evaluated. After the evaluations we went to lunch to Wendys with Grandma (she went with to the hospital to help me with the 2 kids). Then we played and played until 3:30 when Grandpa got home. I cut his hair and then me and the kids went home. It was about 4:00 and neither had had a nap. Teagan fell asleep before we were even on the freeway and London fell aslepp around Clearfield. I love watching the kids sleep because they are so precious. Here are some pics of the tired babies: