Wow, OK so updating the website has defiantly gotten away from me for a good couple of months, but the good thing is my sister and brother have done a good job of kind of updating people on our lives.
Well in case you haven't heard, we have had our little baby girl. She was born on November 2, 2006. We named her Reighlyn, in memory of my mother who passed away on December 26, 2003. She was born with a head full of dark, curly hair. After being induced and having my water broke at 8 in the morning, I didn't progress at all throughout the day, so at 6pm we decided to have a c-section. Reighlyn came into the world at 6:39pm weighing 9 lbs 6 Oz's, and being 21 1/2 inches long. No wonder I didn't progress all day, she wouldn't have fit. I heard my doctor make a comment that my uterus was very close to ripping open because she was so big and I was carrying so much extra water.
Well now that I gave you the quick version of that wonderful day, let me catch you up on the last 3 1/2 months. Shortly after Reighlyn was born, Mike started working at Qwest call center. He hated working there, but it was a job with benefits so he stuck it out until February, when he started working at Hyclone, or ThermoFisher(they recently changed there name). So he is now working were Ariana works. He works in the liquids department, so he helps make the liquid orders that come in. To be honest I really don't know exactly what he does. His shift is from 2-10:30pm, which works out great for us. Mike is here during the day to help me with Reighlyn and Addison if I need it. Then he goes to work about an hour before Addison leaves. Then Reighlyn and I do house work, homework, etc until its time to take dad dinner at 7. Then we go have dinner with him at work for an hour. Then we come home and chill until its bath time and bedtime at 10. Then I usually have her asleep in bed by the time Mike gets home from work, so Mike and I have a little of time to hang out, then its bedtime. So really it is the perfect shift for our lives right now. One part of Mike's job is cleaning out the items they use during an order, so kind of like dishes, only a lot more serious. He has to clean everything with strong chemicals to make them sterile, so he used a 2% acid, sodium hydroxide. Well this stuff is strong enough that the first day on the job it ate through his gloves and gave him a chemical burn on his wrist. Then about a week later, he had 2 pairs of gloves on and a couple of pairs of protective sleeves, and it still burned him pretty bad this time. With this acid, it totally just burned his skin off, so it looks pretty bad. We have been cleaning it and wrapping it, but it still hurting pretty bad, so I think he might go the the doctor today to make sure there is no infection and what he needs to do with it.
Well I am still being a stay at home mom and loving it. My days are all pretty much the same. I get up and work out in our basement before Addison comes in the mornings at 8. Then Addison and I usually watch Baby Einstein and eat breakfast while Mike works out. Then Reighlyn usually gets up and we get her dressed and feed for the 1st time and then Reighlyn will usually watch baby Einstein with Addison once. Then we color, or do a craft for a while at the table. Then we usually read for a while. At noon, its nap time for Addison, Reighlyn will sometimes go down at the same time, but not always. Then she sleeps for about an hour and half. While she sleeps I usually clean up the house. Then its time for lunch when she wakes up. By that time Mike is getting ready to go to work for the day. After Mike leaves for work, Addison just plays with her toys or reads her books while we wait for Mom to come and get her at 3:30. Reighlyn is starting to laugh, so she is often watching Addison and smiling at her. Addison loves attention from Reighlyn, so she is often dancing or singing for her when she isn't wanting to just hold her and love her. I think Ana and Jonathan are going to have to watch Addison close with Kileigh though because she is going to be a lot smaller than Reighlyn, but Addison will think she can handle her the same way. Either way though Addison will be a great big sister. Kileigh might just try a lot of foods really early...Addison loves to share whatever she is eating. I think she has tried feeding Reighlyn pretty much everything from marshmallows to apples.
Mike and I are still both doing school online. I am only taking 2 classes this semester though because I knew I would be busy. Mike is taking 4 classes, so we both stay busy with that. I think so far though the semester is going great for both of us, so that's always good. As far as church goes, Mike is still doing the same calling in the Elders Quorum. I am now in the primary. I teach the10 and 11 yr old. I wasn't sure if I would like going from nursery were I taught 2 and 3 yr old to 10 and 11 yr old, but honestly I LOVE it. We have so much fun, I do a lot of fun hand outs and have treats sometimes. I have 2 girls and 3 boys in the class and they all love baby Reighlyn. Mike takes her the 1st hours while I teach the class and then the second hour I take her during singing time. The kids usually take turns holding her, only under the condition that they have to pay attention and sing the whole time.
Well Reighlyn is growing way to fast for mom's liking. I can't believe that in another week and half she will be 4 months old. She came out being able to hold her head up and was rolling over at a month old. She has enough hair that her hair is usually up in a whale spout or in piggy tales. At first I did it just because it was so cute, but now that her hair is getting longer and curlier, I have to put it up or it is everywhere! She has almost mastered sitting up by herself, until then I just prop her up in the corner of the couch, use her beanbag, or use the boppy to help her sit up. She also loves to stand up. She stand on her own, she just need help balancing. She is smiling and laughing all the time now. Also her favorite thing to do is spit bubbles and to talk to anyone that will listen. She can actually coo pretty loud. That's how I know when she wakes up in the morning, I hear her cooing at her mobile in her crib.
Well I think that catches you all up on our lives for the most part. As far as our family is concerned it has been a busy past couple of months. We found out our New Years that Mike's sister, Alisha, is excepting a baby in July and they will be finding out the sex of the baby next week. Mike's brother's wife, Angie, had their second baby girl on January 18, 2007 by c-section. The funny thing is they named her Kylee, which is what Ana and Jonathan are naming their baby girl, just different spelling. Speaking of Ana and Jonathan, they are playing the waiting game right now. They are suppose to be induced today to have their second baby girl today, but I guess there was a lot of women in Logan that wanted to have their baby's last night, so it is pretty busy at the hospital today. I think it is probably due to the sudden change in weather, going form 50's yesterday to 6 inches of snow this morning. Anyway, they have to call the hospital back at noon to see if they can come in today, if not, they it will be tomorrow or the next day. So we are all just waiting. Once they get the go ahead I will be in charge of Addison, and it looks like she will be spending the nigh there tonight if they get in today. OK well that's enough blog today, as soon as we hear something from Ana and Jonathan, I will update and let you all KNOW!