Merry Christmas!!

Christmas could not have been more perfect this year! Well, maybe if Jordyn hadn't have gone in the basement Christmas Eve and seen her presents, but other than that it was perfect. Lots of parties, Zach passed his finals so he was enjoyable :) , the kids just kept telling us thank you and that it was the best Christmas ever. 

Jord Quotes

We were on the freeway and Caid was telling Jordyn that the freeway meant we could drive as fast as we wanted. I showed them a speed limit sign and explained what it meant. Jordyn got very concerned and told me, "Follow the rules, mom! I don't want you to get 'rrested. I still love you!"

Trey was making noises and the girls were playing with him. Jordyn got so excited and said, "Trey just said 'hóla!' Our baby speaks Spanish!"

On my birthday, Jordyn asked how old I was. I told her 31 and she got so excited for me. "That means you're big enough to reach the candy bowl from the top shelf now!"

I always tell the girls what their options are, whether it's food, what to wear, what to clean first. :) At lunch time Jordyn came up to me before I had the chance to ask her what she wanted. She said, "Mom these are my only options. I want either a cupcake or goldfish crackers. You can pick what I get, but those are my options."

Four Months

I love when their personalities start to come out. Trey is still very much a mama's boy and wants to be held a good portion of the day. But he does like to lay in his little jungle gym and play with the girls. Jordyn will put blankets over the top and climb inside with him and play fort. He also gets super fussy around bedtime but as soon as I lay him on our bed he gets a huge smile and knows its bedtime. We also get lots of smiles first thing in the morning. We got his first real laugh on November 27. It doesn't happen very often, but it's the cutest little giggle when he does laugh. He's still getting up twice a night to eat, but we aren't up long so it's not too bad. He takes a short morning nap, a long afternoon nap, and a short nap at night, but pretty much only if he's being held since he falls asleep while nursing. Hopefully once he starts rolling and crawling, he'll be a little more independent and will be happier to play without being held 24/7, as much as I love the cuddles!

Weight: 13.4 lbs (25th percentile)

Height: 24.7 inches (25th percentile)

Dentist Anxiety

Bad teeth run in our family. Going to the dentist is bad enough, but to know there is a pretty good chance that there will be some serious issues makes it worse. I've had two root canals in lass than a year. Caidence had two crowns at 3 years old. At that time they used oral sedation and it seemed to work fine. This last month I took the girls in for a check up and they both needed quite a bit of work. We set up an appt for them to use oral sedation and Jordyn went first. She did fine, got a cap and fillings done, but they needed her to come back for round two. Then they tried Caidence. Even with the oral, she screamed and cried and wouldn't let them do anything. They said they'd have to do it under general anesthesia. They told me they'd call me when they knew there was an opening and then I never heard back. About a week later Primary Children's called me to go over pre-registration for both girls. Apparently the dentist office had scheduled both girls and never told me. I moved some things around so we could just get it done and found out we had to check in by 5:45 in the morning and I couldn't bring Trey. So I got up at 4:00 am to feed him, got the kids loaded up, and was out the door by 5:00. We dropped Trey off with Jane (and he cried the entire time because he's a mama's boy) and made it to the hospital. It was still dark and the girls wanted to know why the dentist works in the middle of the night. Caid's surgery was first, at 7:30. She was extremely nervous so they tried to give her versed for anxiety which she freaked out about taking and spit half of it out, even with me and the nurse and the dr holding her to get it in. Then they took her into surgery where they did the gas to get her to sleep and then the I.V. She ended up with 4 crowns and a few fillings. Then they came out to start Jordyn on her meds and she took the versed with no problem and then got so goofy. She was pulling faces at the nurses, snorting at people, faking sleep and snoring, and then she'd start laughing. She was hilarious. They gave her a doll to color and she kept missing the doll with her marker and forgetting what she was doing. As soon as she went in, Caid got done so I sat with her in recovery and she was so mad they wouldn't take out her I.V. I finally got her drinking water so they could take it out. They put on some cartoons and then brought Jordyn in, who was also mad. She had to get another cap and some fillings. I ended up with both of them miserable, wanting to leave, Caid throwing up, but 6 hours later we finally left in the wagon with two new dolls, new blankets, new sippy cups, and some puke buckets that came in handy on the way home.