With a house full of boys your bound to have some gross comments. Tonight Jack tooted and it was a bad one. I said ," Oh Jack that smells horrid." "No mom it is not horrid, it's poop!" Got to love little kids innocence!!
It feels like forever since I last posted something, but man life has been crazy. The last wednesday in September Aaron and I were driving home from the mall, as we pulled into our parking lot, I said to Aaron, "I am surprised we don't have a calling yet." Aaron looked at me and said, "Never say that, cause it will happen." Well he was right. Not even five minutes after we got inside there was a knock on our door.
It was our Branch President and his first counselor. They asked if they could talk to us and extend a calling. I thought they were about to call Aaron because they talked to him first, but President Sivert said, "Aaron will you support Rachelle as the new Relief Society President?" This was all to familiar, three years earlier I had been called to be the R.S. President in our first married ward. I was shocked to say the least. We had been in the branch a little over a month, and I thought the Relief society President was amazing! It turned out she was moving to Idaho. President Sivert said that I would be sustained two Sunday's after General conference. Aaron replied, "Well President that should give us enough time to find another place to live."
Two weeks after I was called our Branch presidency was changed. Since our Branch has a lot of turnover rate our Branch President does not live in our Branch boundaries. This was also a shock, because now I had to give our new branch President all of the ins and outs, of the branch, and I was new too. Even though we are in a branch and not a ward, I think I am the busiest I have ever been. Aaron works till seven at night, so I do some visiting during the day, which means I have to find people to watch Jack and West, which is not an easy task. And then when Aaron comes home, I generally leave. I am so busy, but in my two months in the Presidency, I have seen many miracles. I am constantly reminded that our Heavenly Father knows us individually and wants what is best for us. I am so grateful for the patience and love He has for me, as I try to help His children. And I am so grateful for Aaron and his support, I am not home most nights and he is always willing to take care of the boys and the house.
On another note, West had his 15 month appointment yesterday. He weighs 20.4 pounds, and is in the 5th percentile for weight. Our doctor has ordered 6 different labs for him, she thinks he might be anemic, and wants to check thoroughly to make sure that everything is ok. We are also going to put him in a head start program, since he has no desire to walk, and is not really talking. We are not too concerned, but are hoping they are able to find something out about his weight.
I have not posted pictures for a long time, so here are some things that we have been up to recently:
Helping me "make" dinner. While helping me yesterday, he dropped my crock-pot and the bowl shattered everywhere.
Dad and Jack
He said he wanted to be a princess like in the movies, Oh dear!
Jack took this picture
Eating the chocolate of the spatula, and feeding West.
West took his pants and diaper off during nap time.So recently I have had three different people say that they saw this picture of "Jack and Yoda" on different websites. Here is one example, it is a Lego website.
http://legos.tumblr.com/post/1537374581/the-force-is-strong-with-this-one
I know it is a funny picture, but it is kinda creepy to see it on all of these websites, and know that I did not put it there. I guess I should find a photo contest to enter it into.
A couple of weeks ago we had our pictures taken by a friend in the branch, Emmalie Prigmore. She did a great job. We went up past Sundance, can I just say CAR SICK!!! Emmalie rode in the back with the boys on the way up, and I switched her on the way back. We both got car sick, and were out of commission for the rest of the day. Thank you so much Emmalie!!!!!! Here are some of our favorite pictures:
West put a huge handful of mud in his mouth before this picture.
My favorite family picture.
You guys know that I love to clean, yes love. Aaron says I use any excuse I can get to vacuum. I love it because I love seeing the finished project, and with two boys, it is a project!!! Well I have come upon a mess, that I can not defeat!!
We have linoleum in our kitchen, and it is a BEAST!!! I have had it in previous apartments, but have always been able to keep it clean. I use a swifer mop at least once a week, and about twice a month, I am on my hands and knees scrubbing it with hot water and soap. Two days after I scrub the floor, on my hands and knees, it is disgusting again! How can I tell? My boys knees, feet, and clothes. There feet and clothes are black, and I mean black. West's knees are also black. I am so tired of scrubbing the floor on my hands and knees!! I need help!! Does anyone have any advice, on how I can keep the floor clean? Please help!!!!!
Time really has flown by this year. I still remember thinking that West would never come, and now he is one. I took him in for his one year appointment and he weighs 19.4 pounds, which puts him in the 7th percentile for weight. He is in the 50th percentile for height and the 30th percentile for head circumference. His iron was also low, so we are giving him an iron supplement. It is crazy to me that he is so tiny cause he is a pig!!! He eats constantly, he is probably trying to make up for getting a slow start. Today he pulled himself up on furniture for the first time, it is fun to see him growing and coming into his own. Here are some pictures from his birthday cake, it was a lot of fun to watch him pig out!
So did Kaden
Yesterday in the car, I turned to Jack and said, "Your my cute little dude." Jack responded, "No I am a BIG cow, and you are a pig." If that statement had not come from a 2 year old, I might have been offended. He then started to moo, and asked me to oink, like a pig.
On a nicer note:
