Zach, Jen, Elizabeth and Summer

Friday, April 10, 2009

Happy Birthday to the Daddy!!

Thursday was Zach's birthday. We had a joint celebration with Jen's family on Conference Sunday...

(Yes, birthday girl Ashliegh is wearing one of her grandma's old square-dance dresses, because uncle Zach had the girls pretending to be pioneers for some fun photos.)

Then we went to lunch with Zach's family on Thursday afternoon and had a special dinner with just our little family that night with some of Zach's favorite foods.

I had to post some pics of Zach's presents because I am so proud of my creativity with the "Birthday Jar." (OK. I really stole the idea from a wedding shower, but I think it turned out dang cute.)

Since Zach turned 34, I put in 34 reasons/pills listing why I love him. But, that didn't even come close to filling the jar. So I then added pills to redeem for 34 back massages, 34 foot massages, 34 head massages, 34 shoulder massages, and 34 full-body massages.

And the Tootsie Rolls are because even all those pills didn't fill the jar...should have bought a smaller jar.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY! WE SURE LOVE YOU MORE THAN MOST!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Pink

Zach is blowing bubbles too, you just can't see them...

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Too Many Shots

Tally of how many time Elizabeth was stuck with needles before she was two months old: 10

(And that's not counting the shots she got in the hospital after being born, nor the times they've pricked her to get a few drops of blood.)

#'s 1 & 2: Blood drawn two days in a row when she was just 4/5 days old to test her bilirubin levels.

Hello little bili-suitcase. So strange.

#'s 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7: A shot in both legs, two days in a row, as well as getting her blood drawn once, because of the ear infection she got at just 6-weeks old.

#'s 8, 9, & 10: The first of her immunization shots; two shots in one leg and one in the other. She's learning early that the doctors is not a fun place despite the big smiling kids faces painted on the walls. (We'll have to take & post a picture of the walls next time we go; it's a little frightening.)

This picture makes her thighs look much bigger than they really are... just to clarify.

On top of all that, a rash came with the ear infection and continued with a vengeance for two weeks. Luckily, our doctor prescribed some cream at her two-month check up, two weeks after it started.

We took this picture two days before her 2 month check-up because the lip bubbles were cute, but then we realized how horrible the rash looked! Yes, it's even on her eyelids.

We know the rash itched because she was constantly rubbing her forehead on us every chance she got. Poor little mutant-looking baby! We'd always hoped her mutation would be something like flying or controlling the weather.