cold turkey.

my sweet little angel girl is now the proud owner of eight teeth. I feel like I am being tortured. I decided to go cold turkey on nursing and she and I were both miserable. but seriousely... look at these things:

{on a side note: how adorable is her schrunchy face???}

I know I am sad because she is growing so fast and I just want her to stay little. I am going to miss our bonding and the little bits of TV and reading I get in while I'm nursing. But I am no chew toy. she wouldn't stop biting me and I have just had enough. I was literally in tears. Am I the meanest mom ever for going cold turkey?

ok... now I digress. this little clip really made me feel better...been singin' this song all day. :) it really is worth 2 minutes...

Here is the link if the video doen't work propertly:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/199430/modern-family-lilys-biting-more-than-her-food

why he doesn't listen...

How do you teach the difference between hearing and listening?

Last May Easton had his first surgery. He failed a hearing screening at school and we knew there was a chance he had a rare ear growth called a cholesteotoma… but the surgery was mostly exploratory. Much to our disappointment, a cholesteotoma was found. His surgery was 2 weeks after Saige was born. He was mostly recovered in time for graduation trip to Oregon and our move back to Utah. Whew!

It was a lot to handle at once I confess. Having a baby in a new town, a simple surgery that turned grew into a big problem, a move, a graduation, so many doctors appointments...the unknown. But everything went fine and as I recall I only had one major breakdown along the way. I am so thankful for our families. While all of this was going on we were all over the map in between wards, and friends. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family.

Six months later we have successfully completed what will hopefully be his last surgery at the U of U. Scary place. So many sick people. It just didn’t seem right to see him in that place. The Doctor that performed his surgery removed a brain tumor from my sister Shelly over 20 years ago. He remembered her and I felt a small tender mercy placing my son in his hands. He was a good Doctor. Definitely the one you want to take off your child’s ear and then put it back on.

He has a really cool scar. I feel a pang of sadness in my heart when I look at it though. I am sad that his perfect body had to be scarred so deeply so early in his life. I am sad that he had had this on top of so many other challenges and changes this past year. But I am also really proud of him because although I know he gets frustrated that he can’t hear, he tries really hard to listen. He is such a good boy. He is growing so incredibly fast and maturing everyday. I see glimpses of the man he will become and I am so happy he is my son… people are going to think we are great parents, but trust me, he just came this way.