Kaylie's cool glasses!

Yesterday we got the call from Excel Eye Center that Kaylie's glasses were finally ready. When we picked them up she didn't seem to think things were too different she was just reveling in the novelty of the new glasses. We got in the car and drove to Burger King and as she was getting out of the car I guess she realized for the first time the texture of the pavement and parking lot. She didn't dare walk on it without holding mom or dad's hand. As she tried to step up onto the sidewalk the curb seemed daunting to her. She kept gingerly putting out her leg until finally she stepped up. We laughed and held her hand but it wasn't until we got into the restaurant that she started to really get scared of the floor and would not walk on the tile without us holding her hand. I guess she has never been able to distinguish between the tiles either and she desperately wanted us to take off the glasses. We told her that the floor has always been like that but she just couldn't see it before and that these glasses are going to help her eyes get better. She looked at Jeff's unshaven face and noticed for the first time the individual hairs on his chin. We had fun exploring her new world with her yesterday and are glad that she has decided she likes her glasses.

Nap time

Don't you wish your arms looked like this!

I went to check on Ashley this morning while she was taking her nap. I don't know how she sleeps like this. It scares me! I keep changing her position and she ends up like this and I have to make sure she's still breathing! She won't sleep on her back so I tried putting her on her side and she always rolls over onto her tummy even when I prop something behind her back.

Just wondering?

What ever happened to Glamour shots? Do you remember how they used to poof peoples hair up and put on TONS of makeup and have them pose like they thought they were a model?

Newsflash!

I took Kaylie to the Pediatric Opthamologist today to get her eyes checked. She sits kind of close to the TV and holds her books close and is very clumsy. Just a precaution right? She is so blind! She is getting her first glasses! Maybe some of you will understand what it means to be 550 points farsighted and to have an extremely bad astigmatism in both eyes. AKA coke bottle glasses. However, we opted for the more expensive not so coke bottle look! She picked out her little frames and we have to wait a week for them to order her prescription in. Yes that's right they don't keep prescriptions that strong on hand. Mine and Jeff's response to all this? We can't stop laughing! Is that rude or what, we just think it's so funny! We'll just have to see what our cute little four eyes will have to say about the world she lives in when she can see! Pictures will be following this post as soon as those slick blue metallic glasses get to come home with us!

Ouch!

Innocent little thing!

Today Kaylie bit Ashley! She left two sets of teeth marks on her leg, she isn't a biter normally and was shocked when mommy bit her back. After she cried and was sent to timeout in her room I went in to talk to her about what she did. She said she was sorry and then asked me if my mommy used to lock me in my room for being naughty, because that's what mommies do. So if Kaylie tells you that her mommy locks her in her room, she's right! And she deserved it tonight.

Look at that sweet little face! And the chubby cuteness!

The way sisters should be!

Phrases of the Day

"For Heaven sakes mom you made me cry! It's not fair!"
"Don't be rude to me anymore, okay mom!"
And the one that makes me laugh the hardest as we were reading scriptures tonight she wanted to tell me a story about Nephi and then one about "Sammy the Lammy" aka...Samuel the Lamanite! What a cutie.

Back from K-Ville!

Well I'm back to the great and dry state of Utah. Always nice to come home, especially when you can actually dry off after getting out of a shower. Three words can describe New Orleans in the middle of the summer- hot, muggy, and dirty. It was a good trip over all. The conference I went to was a training conference for the R.A.D. (rape aggression defense) and r.a.d. KIDS (resisting aggression defensively) organizations. These organizations are both personal empowerment programs designed to help the most vulnerable parts of our society to be able to stop the cycle of violence in their lives. The conference was a great refresher course for me after three years of time to forget parts of the program. I was lucky to be able to go with Mr. Dean another Deputy from the Sheriff's Office. Training did keep us busy for the majority of the time but we were able to sneak out a couple of times to check out the city. Most of the city smelled of vomit and urine, possibly due to the large amount of people who come out to the French Quarter to just drink and party. We did get to go and check out the National WWII Museum which was located not far from the hotel we stayed in. One night while we were out we saw some of the filming of a new mini series that took place on one of the streets in the French Quarter. The mini-series K-Ville is supposed too be about New Orleans Cops in post Katrina New Orleans. That was kind of cool. The Cajun food was a big plus on the trip but by far the best thing was the hot beignet's (French Doughnuts) from the Cafe Du Monde. I still must say it is very good to be HOME!

Mississippi river near it's mouth.

Downtown hot spot!

The shooting of the mini-series K-Ville

Beignet's, Oh so good!