Happy Valentine's Day

Randy and I are pretty simple when it comes to Valentine's Day. We usually just exchange cards, no gifts, and go out to dinner or get take out and go to the beach. This year we didn't even exchange cards. We were talking on Friday night and realized neither one of us had bought a card yet, so we decided to forget about it and save ourselves the trip to the store! :) (We are so romantic, I know!) Simple as it was, it was still a great Valentine's Day. We got up and had a pancake breakfast. Randy even stood on one leg and help me do the dishes after. What a nice guy!! We then laid on the couch in our pajamas and watched a movie while Rhett took a nap. We didn't even shower until the afternoon! Generally that wouldn't be fine with either one of us but this time we just enjoyed lounging about. It was just what I needed. I have been so busy it was so nice to relax and not do anything at all! We did finally get up and get going and went to dinner with my family. My little sister Kylie and her husband Cody were in town from Utah and so we all went out to dinner at Andria's in Ventura. It is one of our absolute favorite whole in the wall restaurants. It is a fish place on the Ventura Harbor where you get the BEST Halibut fish and chips! So YUMMY! We then finished off the night with some dessert. What could be better!
Happy Valentine's Day Randy! Love you!!!

Rhett's 1st Teeth

Rhett has two teeth! It felt like it took forever so we were so happy to see those little white caps come through. Over all he wasn't too bad during the whole teething process. We had a week or so that was hard but overall he is pretty easy going. We did learn however that Tylenol does NOT work for him. It does not take away the pain but instead makes him SUPER HYPER! He would play, jabber and move, more like flail, constantly and then he would get really tired but he couldn't go to sleep, so the poor kid would just scream! We tried dye free Tylenol thinking maybe it was the red food coloring but it was the same result. Honestly I was happy! I didn't want to have to deal with the food color allergy! So, we tried infant Motrin and that did the trick. Thank goodness!

6 months

Rhett turned 6 months old on February 5th! I can not believe the time has gone by so fast but at the same time I don't know what we did with out him. He is getting so big and doing so many new things all the time. He has started to not like his bottle very much but enjoys his baby food and cereal. He LOVES adult food and will lunge and grab at anything you are eating or drinking. He really wants to grow up fast! He babbles to us all the time, which we love. He has started this really high pitch scream which we do NOT love! Oh well! At least he usually only does it when he is tired. We love to play peek-a-boo, sing "Popcorn Popping" and I love to tickle him. He is honestly the most ticklish little baby I have ever seen. He squirms and giggles, it is too cute!

Sitting Up

Rhett sat up on his own, with out falling over for the first time on January 29th. Big Boy!

I LOVE my Young Women!

I haven't seen my YW for a couple of weeks for various reasons. I missed them. I thought about them a lot this week. I taught today and we finished early so we got to catch up. They were hilarious! We had such a good time. They are great girls and are so much fun! Love them!! :)

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!

Things are very BUSY around here these days, well at least for me. It is quite a task to get everything for everyone! I have a new appreciation for moms of lots of kids. I feel like I am the mother of 6 right now, not just one. Well, I kind of am . . a mother of 4 anyway . . . a husband, two dogs and one actual child. Every moment is filled with getting something for someone, feeding the dogs, cleaning the house, laundry or one of Randy's chores that are now mine as well. Lucky for me I am a person that gets more done the more I have to do so for the first time in a while my ironing is getting done and things are getting organized! I love it!!! Thank you to all who have offered to help us. Right now we are doing well. I will keep you posted!

Update on the patient:
Randy is doing well on his path of recovery. We went to the doctor this week and most of the swelling is down! He got a normal size cast which is lighter and much easier to move around. Randy's pain is already less then the level of pain he has been living with for 2 years. We are so grateful! Tomorrow will be 2 weeks, only 10 more weeks of crutches.

Girls Night Out!

Since Randy was going into surgery and will be on crutches for 12 weeks I will be responsible for his care, Rhett's care and taking care of the house and dogs! Before all of this started I needed a Girls Night Out! So, the night before surgery some friends from the ward went out to Chili's. We had a great time, as always. We were really loud (what do you expect when there are 17 ladies together), we laughed a lot and I ate WAY too many chips and salsa (delicious)! Thanks to everyone who came and for all the offers of help in these next few months. I am very grateful for all of you and your friendship.