Grocery Store Shopping

Lucy can hold herself up well enough now that she has graduated from sitting in the carseat while grocery shopping to sitting in the cart all by herself! Seeing her all big girl like in the cart is absolutely darling, especially in a Costco cart because they are so enormously big. I snapped some pictures on my phone and sent them to Jord, she is just too cute!

 If you look REALLY close you can see the tiniest of toothers poking through her bottom gums!

 She is super independent and waited in line on the other side of the register.

 Really, mom? Another picture?

7 Months

Lucy loves to eat, but hates anything that isn't mashed or pureed. We are trying to work on that. She spits food all over me when she's done eating. I keep telling her that she can just say no or turn her head if she doesn't want anymore. She likes the spitting though. We are working on that too. ;)

Lucy is quick to smile and wants to be held or sat next to while she plays. She drools all over her clothes, still is obsessed with her binky, and is the sweetest girl around.

Right as Lucy hit her 7 month mark we had a rough week. She started refusing to nurse but would scream because she was hungry. She was diagnosed with double ear infections and I was anxious to start her on the antibiotic to get her healthy again. She then came down with what we thought was the flu. She wouldn't nurse so I pumped and fed her a bottle. She would throw it up shortly after. Our pediatrician told us to just syringe feed her a little at a time to make sure she could keep some liquids down. Sometimes she would keep it down, other times she wouldn't. Our little babe was barely having enough wet diapers to keep her out of the hospital. After day 6 of refusing to nurse and throwing up all day, I called the doctor and requested we try a different antibiotic.

As soon as we switched medications Lucy stopped throwing up and that day we noticed a teeny little tooth poking through her gums. She was back to nursing that night.

So with the combination of ear infections, an allergic reaction, and teething I didn't get around to taking some 7 month pictures of the sweet babe. Instead I will photo dump all of the sweet ones we got during this month. Even when she was feeling sick as could be, she was a little light in our home. We are so lucky to have her!

She thinks I'm hilarious.

Her first taste of a lemon. She actually really liked it!

Nana bought this awesome carriage thingy, we decided we should take Lu bear for a walk in it.

How can you fall asleep like that!?

Seriously!?

After hour trip to the doctor

Yesterday when I was pulling Lucy up after changing her diaper I heard her little arm pop. I thought nothing of it because her little body seems to always make popping noises when I move her. It freaked me out when she was younger but I soon learned it was nothing  to worry about.

She cried afterward I pulled her up, but I honestly didn't think much of it. She was tired, so I laid her down for her afternoon nap. That evening I got together with some friends that were in town for dinner. Lucy was a little fussy, but overall seemed to be just fine. Little did I know that her elbow was out of socket the entire time!

Finally, that night when I had changed Lucy into her jammies and was nursing her before I laid her down for the night I noticed something really wasn't right. Lucy always seems to have her hands up on her face while she nurses, she loves to rub her little eyes and doesn't stay still at all. I noticed that her sweet arm was just hanging limp to the side. When I tried to move it she bit down on me super hard and whimpered. It was obviously hurting her! After a quick call to the after hours clinic, we were on our way to figure out what was going on.

The visit really wasn't bad at all. They quickly popped her elbow back in place, told me I wasn't a terrible mom, and taught me how to pop her elbow back into place if it happens again.

 Waiting for the doctor.

After her elbow was back in place! She went back to her happy self so fast!

They told us it was a good thing we came in when we did. If you wait longer than 12 hours or so the area swells and the joint won't pop back into place as easy. The doctors end up having to perform surgery to get everything back in place. Phew, so grateful we went in!

Library

How ridiculous is it that I haven't got a library card until TODAY?

Lucy and I took a much needed trip to the Provo library, proved our residence, and got ourselves a pretty little library card. This girl is going to get some much needed reading time in now. Wahoo!

Utah Reunion

May was absolutely full of reasons to celebrate and get together with the McKee family; so when Jordan's mom expressed her birthday wish of having all of her kids and grandkids together, everyone happily obliged. Plus, everyday we had something to celebrate (no joke!) with Heather's, Ashleigh's, Avery's, and Moms birthday as well as mothers day. Not to mention that is was Michele's 50th and Heathers 30th. Needless to say, we had an exceptional time having everyone stay here in Utah. Since Ashleigh's family is literally down the street (7 houses? I forget.) we were back and forth and everywhere getting lots of play time and laughs. How did I marry into the BEST family? 

We started the celebrations off by visiting the Payson temple open house. I told all the littles to look at the sparkly chandeliers and that there would be one in almost every room. I accidentally told them they were diamonds-- whoops. Those would be pretty 'spensive chandeliers... ANYWAY, the boys were absolutely darling as they kept coming up to me to tell me all the shiny sparkles they were seeing in the rooms. 

I didn't get any pictures at the temple... so I stole from Heather. Thank you for being so much of a better photographer/documenter than I!

A picture of the triplets is absolutely needed everywhere we go. Look how dang cute they all are!

Lucy and Linc fell asleep within seconds of one another. How sweet is that!

After our temple trip we made a stop at the BYU creamery where my Mr. joined us for lunch. Then we walked around BYU campus and I think a few of us felt a bit nostalgic remembering all the sweet, fun, hard, worthwhile experiences BYU provided for us. It is seriously such a beautiful campus and every time I step foot there I feel real proud that I am considered an alumni.

My favorite part of this picture is Kai and Heather. There is so much love right there!

Ashleigh was the only one who brought her stroller, bad move Mad. She played a little tetris and managed to fit all the babies in one stroller. I was seriously impressed.

Lucy fell asleep in Mema's arms while walking around on campus. She won't ever fall asleep in my arms anymore but this isn't the first time she done it for Mema. That woman has the magic touch!

That night we surprised Heather with a birthday party, ate Cafe Rio, and laughed our guts out all night long.

The next day we got family pictures. They all turned out darling. I wish I could post them all on here! We walked along the river path by our house and there were some gorgeous places for photos. We live in such a beautiful place!

 That is one heck of an awesome family!

 Our New York Wiggintons. It was SUCH a treat to have them in town.

 Chase and Meghan drove down from Idaho to join us!

 This is the sweetest picture to me. All the grandkids with Mema and Pepa.

We had a birthday lunch in the park for Jord's mom afterward. A special Cinco de mayo cake was made just for her. Heather taught me some camera tricks and we played around taking pictures, eating on the grass, talking, and of course, the men raced. 

 My lovies not looking terribly happy at the moment.

That night we went out just adults (with the exception of Lucy) and got a delicious meal. We went around expressing one by one why we love our Mom and it was something special. We are so lucky to have her!

Monday we surprised Ashleigh with a birthday party and played out in the backyard. Summer (technically spring) nights are wonderful.

The next day we squished in a much needed shopping stop at Hobby Lobby to make Quinny some headbands. We spent the day enjoying each others company and trying not to think too much about it all ending that night as Heather hopped on a plane with her babes.

What a wonderful long weekend it was. It was so special to have the babies all together again!

 Heather and I were giggling at the leg length difference between these two. Lucy is a little midget and Quinn got her beautiful long legs from her mommy.

Can we do it all over again soon!?