Charlotte's got a Tori doll.

Tori just loved Charlotte. She loved all the attention! And Charlotte enjoyed taking and putting the binky back in Tori's mouth.

I LOVE this picture! Charlotte thought it was the best thing in the world for Tori to be on her tummy and to look up. So, Charlotte had to do the same thing and to say hi to Tori! It was cute.

Ahhhhhh. Loves to Tori.

No, no, Charlotte didn't wet her pants! ha ha. Just apple juice spilled on her pants. She's been wearing her glasses! On Sat. night we bought some glasses straps that cinch up the back. She wore them on sunday for 5 1/2 hours and today for about 6! It's awesome.

Charlotte thinks Tori is sooooooooooooo cute!

Another doll for Charlotte to play with : )

By the way, Charlotte's in another outfit after the apple spill....hope I don't confuse y'all.

More Tori pics.

She's got such big eyes!

Look ma, just one hand!

Jack and Tori sitting in a tree....

So, Tori is almost exactly 3 months OLDER than Jack! Jack isn't even 3 months old yet and look how he's so much bigger than she is!!

What's up with this face, Jack? Tori looks adorable!

Tori is just full of giggles and smiles. She was so much fun.

Visiting Teaching...er Cafe Rio fun...

Well, this is me and my visiting teaching companion, Connie Congdon. We go out with our visiting teachee Shah'ada and her 3 beautiful children to Cafe Rio. We have a blast everytime we go and enjoy each other's company! I stole this photo from Shah'ada's blog and hope she doesn't mind that I took it. I look up to Shah'ada and admire what she does for her family. She really is amazing and I'm very thankful I get to go eat out with her...er I mean go visiting teaching! P.S. notice Charlotte in the background eating Jacob's food? She actually was trying to feed him at the end of the visit! And I purposely was posing like that!!!

Feeding Clinic Update

Well, if you can't believe it...it's October again! And our bi-annual visit for the Dysphagia (feeding) clinic happened yesterday. We didn't have any high hopes of having Charlotte's G-tube removed since we inquired with the Dietitian in late August about what her fluid intake needed to be for that to happen. Especially since it's changed since Charlotte's gained weight! (good for you sweetheart! She's now about 25 lbs). Ideally, 37 oz for the day in fluids would be the best. But with some compromise, the dietitian said about 75% of the 37 oz. would be okay. So, about 25 oz or so/day is what we're aiming at. So well, the visit was good. Dr. O'Gorman was still pleased at the variety and quantity that Charlotte is consuming with foods and is extremely pleased with the weight gain! So 2 of 3 criterias are being met. Just the fluid intake is now what we are trying to work on. We can't risk Charlotte's life, etc. and take it out now. But she'll get there. We just have to be in her face more with the fluids. She can seriously consume the milk. It's just why drink it when Curious George is on? he he.

Charlotte, what happened?

Whatcha lookin' at? I look beautiful!

The Evidence...

I only did what you did Mom!

Well, a little earlier before this happened I was putting on my makeup. I heard Jack crying in the bassinette so I went and checked on him. Charlotte was upstairs trying to get to him as well...maybe that's how she found the mascara. I finished putting on my mascara in the bedroom...only took a second and then put the mirror and the mascara on the bed. Anyway, like 20 min. later I needed to finish my hair. I was meeting my visiting teaching companion and visiting teachee for lunch. We go to Cafe Rio for our visits! Fun!! Anyway, while I was doing my hair I heard Charlotte crying. I was worried she got stuck around the crib cause that's where I had put Jack down (to have fun with his friends on the mobile). She wasn't there and then I looked in my bedroom. Charlotte is on the floor crying (probably from poking herself in the eye!!). The instant thought came to my mind was, this is a laughing moment. Because Joseph B. Wirthlin just talked about that at conference. I was really chuckling. So then had to capture the moment too...even though it ended up at the staircase! he he

My kids are awesome!

I just love being a mom. It's the best in the world....except these pictures of me. It was on conference weekend and well....if I ain't getting out of the house I ain't doing my hair and makeup! ha ha. Well, we did get out of the house on Sat. to do some food shopping. Was a little embarassed to see some fellow ward members. Oh well. At least they know I don't look like this every day. he he.

I've been Tagged! I don't know if I'm doing it right...

Okay, so I was tagged by Jender Bender. I've never done one of these and hope it turns out right!!! Apparently there are rules...I'm never a rule breaker but hmmm, we'll see if I tag others. ha ha. So here it goes:

Here are the rules
1. Link to the person who tagged you and list these rules on your post.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post, by leaving their names, as well as links to their blogs.
4. Comment to the people you've tagged and let them know they've been tagged

1. Whenever I cook, I have to have the kitchen cleaned first. I get so frustrated if it's not clean so I clean it up. If I was better it would be spic-n-span the whole day through!!!

2. More cleaning...if I have anyone over to visit (planned) whether friends or therapists I HAVE to clean the house. I am so embarassed if it's dirty and don't want to deal with that guilt.

3. I only had one ticket in my driving career so far...a parking ticket! It was outside the seminary building. I got it because I was parked more than 1 foot away from the curb. It was $5. I was so embarassed and it was hard to tell my mom. I'm sure she laughed and thought it was funny.

4. I have a hard time killing insects. I feel so guilty when I do. The other day, I just grabbed Jack to feed him on the couch and I saw Charlotte crawling/walking to me. And I looked at the floor cause something moved and I saw a spider bigger than the size of a quarter! It was hideous. I freaked. I grabbed Charlotte put her on the couch and then grabbed a wet wipe and put it on top of the spider. I knew it would eventually escape so I looked around and found a shoe. I seriously was shaking. I stomped it several times...it was dead. I told the spider I was sorry and that it was between him and my kids. And I said my kids come first. I'm getting shivers just thinking about it. Weird, I'm like 30 billion times bigger than it and I was scared of it. Scared of killing it too. It's a living thing and I don't want to hurt anything!

5. My mom taught me to say the alphabet backwards....I can say it pretty fast! But not as fast as my mom. zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba. There...can't type as fast as I say it though!

6. Been on two archaeological digs. Both in Escalante, Utah. Studied artifacts from a dig with Wade in San Cristobal de las casas, Chiapas, Mexico. We analyzed human burials....including 13 human remains...I've got the pictures and wigged out feelings to go along with it! We were in Mexico for 2 months.

7. Scared to death to fly on planes. And NO, I will NEVER fly in a little plane. I don't want a death sentence.

So, if you want to do this and I tag you....then go ahead. No pressure if you don't want to! I'm not good at playing games, am I? hehe.

Mel, Rebecca, Julie (Pest), Elle (via Lian), Amy, Emily, Madison, and London. Okay so the rule is 7 but I put 8....anyone else can do it too. See, I'm a rule breaker NOW!

Jack is officially a chunky monkey!

Jack had his 2 month well visit today! He is still happy and healthy!

Weight: 14lbs 2oz, 90th percentile

Length: 25 1/4 inches, 97th percentile

He got his shots today too so he's a bit miserable. Poor little guy!