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Allan had 5 days off in a row that we were planning on using to finish up a bunch of things on our house. Instead we used that time up being sick, so we still have a lot of work to do. We did manage to get K5's bridal shower together though.
It turned out really cute! K6 did most of it. We played a "Guess the Dress" and a "Madlib" game that were really fun and cute, and she had some great decorations! I made cinnamon rolls as part of the refreshments.
My Grandma S made the BEST cinnamon rolls. They are the only ones I have ever liked. When she passed away my uncle gave a talk at her baptism comparing eternal life, and temple marriage to cinnamon rolls. That talk had a great affect on K5; she always remembered it. So, for her shower I made the cinnamon rolls as a tribute to our Grandparents and the great example they gave us.
Grandma's recipe directions weren't extremely clear, so they didn't taste quite like hers, but I did my best, and they were really good.
There were a lot of people at the shower and K5 was given so many nice gifts. It happened the day after Independence day, so we were grateful that so many people took time from their holiday weekend to celebrate her.
We didn't do much for Independence day. It was the first day we were kind of feeling normal again. Allan had to work, and I took Little A to the parade and then went home and crashed again. She loved the parade, especially when she figured out that she could pick up all the candy. After that I had to watch her close because she would try to pick up the trash too. Ha! She also really enjoyed waving and talking to all the people that were close by.
This cute dress was a gift from some of my family. It finally fits her, and she looks adorable in it!
We went to visit AG and her family. It was so much fun to see them again. We had planned on going swimming. A loves the water and it's hot so it would have been the perfect activity. However, it rained so we went shopping instead. The Children's Place was having a super good sale, and we got A a TON of clothes and a few pairs of shoes! The outfit pictured below is one of the ones AG and her Mom got for little A. I love how bright it is! It's super comfy on her too.
Grandad and Great Gram came for a visit. Grandad installed central air while he was here, and Allan helped as much as he could. We are SO immensely grateful that we have central air again! How I hate the heat! It was getting really hard to sleep at night.
While they were visiting K6 and her husband K and their little girl, P came for a visit. P and A played so good together. They took turns pushing each other on the little car. We went out to eat and had a really nice evening together.
Little A took a couple of steps without holding onto anything! She was walking along the couch to get to me and Daddy stuck his foot in the way. First she looked at him like "Why! Why would you do that!?" Then she stared at his foot with a concerned look on her face, looked at me, looked at his foot, and then calmly lifted her hand in the air, took two steps around Daddy's foot, put her hand back on the couch and walked to me. Lol! It was so funny! She was so adamant that she not touch his foot that she actually walked by herself. And you know what. She has perfect balance. She wasn't wobbly at all. One day she will walk. One day.
We did make some big improvements in that area this month though! I got her to push the stroller, the grocery cart and her little car, without help from me! This is HUGE! She is getting a little braver.
One day we were out in the yard. Allan was working on something and A kept going over to the stroller wanting to push it. I finally got it out, and we walked around a little: me holding one of A's hands and pushing the stroller with my other hand. That got old pretty fast. So, I put both of her hands on the basket and started moving her legs for her. She was so mad at me at first, but then she realized that she was pushing it by herself. We pushed the stroller in a circle in the grass for a long time. We went to the store later that night, and I had her push the cart. She was so proud of herself!
The car goes a little faster than she is comfortable with so she doesn't really like to push it by herself, but I make her do it for a while whenever we play with it. I tried putting some weight in it to make it slow down, but it didn't work.
We babysat for one of our friends so they could go on a date. It was a lot of fun. Their kids are very cute and A plays well with them. They have a 2yr old and an infant. A loves the infant; she thinks it's so fun to squeal at him. He is not so sure about her though.
It was a really hot day so we brought the slide inside and the girls played on it for a long time. Then we read books and played with A's toys. And of course had a lot of snacks :) A is going to be a really good sister one day. So far she hasn't ever been very jealous of me being with other children. She has mostly thought it was a lot of fun.
We spoke in church on the 13th. Oddly enough we spoke in our last ward on the 13th (of April) too. My birthday the first time, and K1's birthday the second time. K1, K4 and their boys, and my cousin T all came to church with us. Our talks went really well. After church we had a BBQ and brownies and ice cream for K1. It was so fun to have so much of our family in our home.
Nana got a little bit of time to play with the grandbabies.
Happy birthday K1! We sure love you!
K1, K4 and their boys were down for the whole week to help with K5's wedding. We tried to make the most of it. We went to the lake with K6 and her family that Monday. First we visited Nana in her store and had lunch. Then we headed to the lake. K6's husband's family has a cabin and private beach, and a boat! Yeah! It was so fun! I took A tubing for the first time! She loved it and kept trying to jump off to play in the water. A would be in the water and sand all day if I'd let her.
I actually got A to keep her hat on! Woohoo!
K5 and I. A storm came in and blew us all back to the cabin. Allan had to work that day, so he brought A and I dinner, and then we headed home. A also loves the porch swing. She likes to sit and swing in it, and push it. But, she hates when it comes back and pushes her. ;) She had a good swing with K1 and cousin B.
Little A came down with another ear infection so we took the next couple of days off so she could feel well for the wedding. K5 asked me to be her escort when she received her endowments, so that Tuesday I went through the Temple with her. What a wonderful experience that was! It makes me so happy that I can finally share such a sacred beautiful thing with one of my sisters. The Temple is so wonderful, and I am so happy that she chose to receive those blessings!
Allan took K1, K4 and their boys on a tour of the mine that he works at. He loves showing his work to his family. The boys loved the big trucks.
The girls and their boys and P went on a hike on Thurs, but A was still not doing the best so we stayed home. We did stop by to visit for a while before they left and had some yummy rice crispy treats. Well, I did. A refused to taste them. Funny girl.
Friday K5 and her fiancee C2 had their reception. It was beautiful, and so fun! They had a live band, and Allan and I danced the night away!
In our rush to get to the reception on time we left our diaper bag at home. Sheesh. Thank goodness we had packed extra diapers, wipes, bottles, and sippy cups in our suitcase! Unfortunately I had put my drivers license and temple recommend in the diaper bag thinking, "we definitely won't forget that." Bleh. Bad day. Thankfully the Temple president was able to just call my Bishop and I was able to get into the Temple just fine. Phew! (But really of all things, the diaper bag?! Why?!)
There was a mix up with my Dad and Gram's hotel, so we ended up switching hotels with them. That mix-up got me out of a long night of clean-up, for which I was partly grateful and partly felt bad.
Funny story about A. She had a hard time going to sleep that night because of all of the excitement. The next morning she was still exhausted and still having a hard time getting to sleep. I showered and got ready and then Allan showered, all while A rooted and wiggled trying to get to sleep. When Allan was ready he came out of the bathroom. A sat up and gave him a big smile and then fell over asleep and snoring! HA! I laughed SO hard! It was so funny!
The next day K5 and C2 were married (sealed in the Temple). It was a beautiful ceremony and I got to be her escort again. :) She looked absolutely gorgeous and so, SO happy! He was obviously very happy and contented too.
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We stayed for their luncheon and then rushed out to go to Allan's brother SB's endowment. He is getting ready to leave on a mission to Chile.
We had about an hour drive to the next Temple, and we were really pushing the time. When we got there Allan jumped out of the car and ran in. I got little A out and grabbed her the cooler with the milk in it. I was going to also grab the plastic bag we were using as a diaper bag, but saw Allan's Temple bag and grabbed that instead because I knew he'd need that. I met him half way to the Temple, gave him his bag, and he ran back in. I got all settled in the waiting room to feed little A when she pooped. Ug. So, we went back to the car and got the diapers and wipes and headed back to the Temple. I felt really weird going into the Temple carrying a cooler and a walmart plastic shopping bag. Little A drank some milk, and then we headed back to the car to drive to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Allan, Grandma and Grandpa, and SB came back later that night. It was a very busy day, but I am so glad that we could be there for both of our families.
SG, who had been serving a mission in the Philippians, came home from her mission the next day. It was so fun to see her again! We have all missed her! She left right after little A was born. A loves her!
The following week Allan was able to take a day off of work to celebrate Pioneer day with us! We went to a parade and little A got a bunch more candy. They throw a TON of candy at the parades where we live.
She had fun at first picking up the candy and then putting it in the diaper bag.
When there was a good pile she sat down in the middle of it and played with the candy. She would pick up as much as she could hold in her hands and hug it and then wave it around excitedly. Ha!
Everyone really liked to throw candy to little A. We started getting so much candy that we told the kids next to us (who were being very polite and only picking up candy that was right in front of them) to go ahead and take any candy that was thrown to us.
At some point she put a caramel in her mouth, wrapper and all. I had given her a tootsie roll earlier so we thought she was sucking on that. When it seemed like she should be done with the candy and wasn't we checked and she had that caramel stuck to the roof of her mouth. Thank goodness she didn't choke on the wrapper! She was very mad at me when I took it out of her mouth.
We broke down and bought a small paint sprayer so we could finish up the baseboards and doors and get them in. We still aren't done with the doors, but we did finally get the baseboards done! Allan did a great job!
While he worked A and I played on her slide. She finally got brave enough to climb the steps on the slide by herself! A week or two before this we had been playing with the slide and kiddie pool. It was time to get out so I stripped her down to nothing so she could air dry for a minute and then dumped the pool out. While I was dumping the water she decided she was ready to climb! I looked over and she was climbing up the steps! She had no problems at all. I got her dressed and had her do it a few more times. She likes the slide a little better now!
A thought the paint was a lot of fun and kept wanting to step in it.
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