Updates

I know I am terrible at keeping up to date with this blog. I promise I have big plans every day, and then I'm just so tired at the end of the day that I forget. So here are a few of the things I've been meaning to add.

First, ALYSSON IS FINALLY POTTY TRAINED! Three cheers to saving $40 a month on her diapers. I have never met a more stubborn child. She has known how to use a potty for over a year now, but she has chosen not to use it until about a little over week ago. We have not had one accident in 6 days!!! Now I just need to get her to get up and go by herself and not come get me every time to go with her.

So, I was reading in my Parenting magazine, and there were quotes from readers about what their kids had taught them. One woman said her kids had taught her that things aren't as obvious as we may think they are. This is so apparent to me right now because Alysson is so full of questions it tries my patience. She asks me who, what, where, when, why and how of everything. But every once in a while she'll ask something so thoughtful, it makes me pause. The other day, we were driving home from Provo as the sun was setting. As the sun finally set all the way and it became full-blown night she asked, "What color is the dark?" I had no answer and turned the question over to Scott who made up something that seemed to satisfy her, but I had to marvel at how her little mind works.

And finally, speaking of how her mind works, Alysson is now a story teller. I'm so excited because I'm just sure she is going to be some famous and brilliant novelist. Here is her latest story:

"Yoshi was a bad dog and had to go outside. It was windy and he blew away. Carson turned into a super-baby and flew to save Yoshi."

New Helmet and New Food

After a month of visits, fittings, and conversations with the insurance, Carson finally has his helmet. For those of you who don't know about this, it's for his flat head. This happens to more babies these days because babies are supposed to sleep on their backs because of SIDS. Alysson got a flat head, but her head fixed itself once she started rolling around. Carson, on the other hand, has been sleeping on his stomach since he was 2-months-old because he slept better that way (I'm not really a bad mom, just a tired one). But he's 6-months-old now, and it's not any better, so the doctor recommended a helmet. He doesn't even seem bothered by it, except when I first put it on after a bath or something, and I think that is just because I don't do a very good job yet. Just looking at it makes me cringe. He sweats so bad it drips down his neck, but the doctor said his body will adjust in about a week, and he won't sweat so much. He has to wear it for 23 hours a day until it's fixed, which is an average of 3 months.

In other Carson news, I started him on solid food again. As some of you may know, he didn't seem to adjust that well to the addition of rice cereal and a few fruits so we went back to just bottles. He would scream inconsolably for hours. I can handle a crying baby as long as I can get the baby to stop by doing something. But nothing worked for him. I guess his tummy was just so upset. I even took him to the doctor to see if he had an ear infection. It literally only took 24 hours with just bottles before he was back to my peaceful, patient little boy. So today was his first day back, and he seems to be fine for now.


Carson eating with his new helmet and Alysson with her cute Pippy braids