Molly and I have arguments about whether it’s mommy milk or mommy juice. Every time I call it mommy juice she subtly chimes in with a correction. HA!!
Today, while I was eating my cereal, Erika had woken up and tended to Molly obviously, comes down the stairs and very business-like says, “MOM! Sadie needs her milk!” And repeats herself til I acknowledge her through my giggles HA! She’s so funny! 11-17-19
3RD DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
After getting in bed, Kelly brought in this adorable little stuffed penguin with a sweet letter telling me what she loves about me! I about died- I’m thinking that the kids are each going to do a day! How fun!! This was a real treat! 11-17-19
WHISPERING
Molly, Sadie and I (after much prepping, bribing and threatening made our way to the high school for Kelly’s CCR. I was not thrilled about having to bring the littles with me, but it was the only appointment we could get. It was kind of an off day for Molly and I too, so I really laid it on thick before we left telling her that it would be short and that she would need to be TOTALLY QUIET the whole time! No talking, no whining, no crying! She was taking me seriously which was nice, and asked, “what if I need to go to the bathroom?” I reassured her that we would go before we left, but of course forgot. So it was extra cute when two seconds after sitting down in the counseling office, she hops off the chair she had made herself at home in, Chex Mix in hand, and walked over to me and VERY quietly whispered, “mom, I need to go to the bathroom.” She seemed a little nervous to say it- my fault- but we were glad she did when she did and the bathrooms were super close, so no biggie. For the rest of our time there she hardly spoke and when she did, she used only her quiet whisper. γ She was very cool and calm the entire time too which was super cute. She did ask to play games on my phone, panicked a little when the sound was a little loud, but overall did SO GOOD THE ENTIRE TIME!!! I was so proud of her!! She was pretty proud of herself too. When we walked out the front doors she whispered, “Can I talk now??” π₯°. So cute!! She got a sticker on her chart for that!! 11-18-19
KELLY’S CCR
Kelly’s CCR seemed to go pretty well. Other than I wish her counselor was a teensy but more useful. But we did fine. Kelly is not sure what she wants to do in the future. She’s got plenty of time, but it’s nice to get thinking about it. I’m so proud of what she’s done these last couple years with her schooling- she’s really brought things up and excelled!! It’s really impressive! I can’t wait to see what this girl does with herself. Whatever it is- she’s got this!! 11-18-19
Watching the jazz game
These sisters
This was cute watching these two set out clock back (not a moment too soon, I know, teamwork!
I just love all the sibling love!
FHE
Tonight Kelly was the lesson. She taught us about a super marathon like 500 miles in five days, in Australia where a guy ran for five days straight in this strange shuffle, not stopping at night to sleep like he was supposed to, and won! By like 13 hours!! Pretty crazy! It was a great analogy for life! Kind of a real life tortoise and the hare! We noticed that our family night assignment chart was mixed up so we were surprised to see that Luke was the treat again. He apparently needs more time to decide on a treat so he just picked popcorn when I suggested it. Funny boy. After the prayer and song, while everyone was out playing basketball, we pulled them all in one at a time to do a job interview γ. Yep, you read that right! After probably close to two years, we changed it up!!! Some kids were happy about the idea, others cried. Then there was more crying when we had to tell three of the boys that the could not have the taking out the trash job. It was pretty rough! But we survived! We’re goi g to do a week trial period and see how everyone likes their new jobs. Charity got unload dishwasher, Kelly got living room, Brad got family room, Luke got bathroom, Noah got floater!, Erika got “organizer”, Jack got taking out the trash, and Molly! Yep, you read that right, Molly got washing windows γ. Sadie’s job stayed the same- eat drink poop and look cute γ. So we’ll see how it all goes! Cross your fingers! 11-18-19
4TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight Brad left a bag of cookies and cream muddy buddies with his note. So thoughtful. It’s nice to hear from him- he’s always been good at showing his love but with few words, so this meant a lot! I’m getting excited for this fun birthday idea! Nate is always so clever! 11-18-19
LUNCH WITH DAD
My dad and I have been meaning to go out for a while. We finally made time. My mom watched Molly and Sadie came with me. Which can I just say- she really is one of the best babies! She totally slept the entire time! Woke up for a second on the way home, but went right back to sleep! It was nice. I’m sure she would have been fine if she woke up, but I didn’t want to have to juggle her and eat, and we really got to talk which was so nice. It was a nice visit!! Cool little miracle- the parking spot just across the street (not quite as good as my usual spot) opened up on my second lap around for spots- pretty nice! Heavenly Father totally loves me!! 11-19-19
PIZZA WITH GRANDPA HATCH
When I venmoed my dad for the lunch (since I totally forgot my card), he said I should keep the money and take the kids out for pizza- so I said, “we should all go out together!” He agreed and we were actually available that night so we met up at pizza pie cafe for dinner! Steve was too tired from a long day of work so he didn’t join us. But it was a lot of fun!! I love hanging out with my dad. Good times. 11-19-19
5TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Tonight Luke gave me a can of chocolate covered salted caramels! Mmmmmmm. His letter was carefully written on a thank you card and put in a nice envelope! Cool that he put for the effort! I’m loving these sweet letters! 11-19-19
SIX WARTS
I finally made appointments for Luke, Erika, Molly, and I to get our warts frozen off!! It was needed, but very nervous-racking for all of us!! Funny part: while we were in the waiting room, Sadie got cranky and was definitely hungry. Cute big sis Molly starts in on her baby talk that she does to calm Sadie and very loudly saying, “you want your milk? You want your milk? Do you want your milk, Sadie? Do you want your milk?” Like seriously pretty loudly, and while I’m trying to get situated to awkwardly feed Sadie in the waiting room with a blanket over her of course. It was so crazy! Sort of embarrassing but also still kinda funny. Made me laugh and roll my eyes. Thankfully she wasn’t too offended when I told her to stop. When we finally got in the doctors office the first thing they wanted to talk about was Luke’s size! Apparently he’s small. I’m saying that sarcastically. He’s always been small. Always fallowed the growth curve, I’m not too worried. They seemed to be though and insisted on an x-ray to check his hand bones. I guess time will tell how that turned out. I hope they don’t think I consented to paying for it! So onto the reason we were there. The doc made me go first. I had wanted to go first so I could console everyone while not in pain myself. Plus I didn’t want Molly to see how bad it was first watching the other two. But that’s how it went. I was first. Hurt so bad!! I was able to keep my cool for the most part. Luke was next. He sinched up his hoodie around his face so he couldn’t see and so we couldn’t see him cry. He did really well!! Totally touched it out! Then Erika. She had one on her foot and one on her hand. He worked on both at the same time!! Poor girl!! She struggled. So painful!! Then Molly. Her two on her foot were too much for her to bear. She cried pretty hard. Screamed really. We all felt really bad for her. We cuddled while Luke got his hand x-rayed. I was definitely sweating by the time we were outta there!! Quite the event! Would have been nice if this hadn’t been the only Wednesday Nate had to work the day shift π. But we did it!! And then we got smoothies and ice cream cone for Molly on our way home. Tough stuff!! We let them come home for a breather and I ran off to the dentist to get my permanent crown. Thankfully Nate was home by then. Phew! What a day!! Luke decided to stay home and watch Disney+ with Molly and Sadie and I γ. 11-20-19
THE ART OF SKIING AND OTHER GIGGLES
Jack is one of my favorite people to watch funny movies with. He laughs so hard γ. So I had to show him Goofy’s Art of Skiing Clip. He loved it and laughed his head off of course- totally made my day γ. Then we showed him the Gus Gus clip from Cinderella when his picking up the corn γ and the bubbles scene on Dumbo too. He loved them both!! It was so much fun γ. Love that kid. Side note: the reason he doesn’t like the live action Dumbo is because he gets so sad when Dumbo’s mom is taken away. He asked me if I would be sad if I was taken away from my kids :(. I don’t even have the words to express how horrible that would be. 11-20-19
6TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
For the sixth day, Noah have me a bag of yummy aUtah mint truffles! So delicious! His letter is so sweet! I love how he closed it with “the one who loves you most” γ. Sweetheart! 11-20-19
INGROWN TOENAIL
So after probably five years I finally made an appointment to have my toes looked at. I’ve had the ingrown toenail on my big toe for at least that long but probably three or four years ago it got a fungal infection. I’ve tried testing and taking care of these things on my own but nothing was making it all better. So I went to the Tanner clinic to see Dr. Flitton. He was very nice, very efficient. Told me I need an oral antifungal for my second toe. Almost wrote the prescription but then I asked him if I can take it while I’m nursing. Nope. So I’ll be anxiously awaiting the day I can take that. But my big toe he offered to cut the side of it off. Which was what I was hoping to do. Didn’t realize he would then and there just take care of it, but he did! He wasn’t super gentle with it. The numbing needle seemed way too long. I really thought he might break my toe. I took a picture of it with the kabob skewer hammed down the side of my nail bed, sticking out. Along with the tubing clamped around the bottom to cutoff circulation it looked pretty gnarly. This is my right toe by the way. I had my left toe done about eight years ago with the one man show doctor, so just for documentation purposes. My appointment was at 8:00 so I dropped Luke and Brad off on my way there, then I was done at 8:25! Came home and I was still able to take the Elementary kids! Super fast right! It was numb so we went to the salt lake Costco when I got home. Walked around. Bought some stuff. Got gift ideas. Then some of my toe started to get feeling back, plus my hips were starting to hurt from compensating for the numb toe. So we went and got Kelly for lunch and came home. I mostly took it easy the rest of the day. Lots of Disney+ with my Molly. 11-21-19
DATE NIGHT
We got to go out again! We went to the HuHot (or HuHut if Nate is right) for dinner. Yummy food. Fun conversation about what we want to do with our future. I’m going to start “something fun Wednesdays” where we just get together and do something fun together γ. Parks, farms, lunch... should be great γ. Then we came home and talked with Luke for about an hour! Love that kid!! Then we started Willow γ. 11-21-19
7TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Erika wrote the sweetest note- I loved the part about me being able to comfort her. I always wonder. She’s such a sweet girl. She gave me some really cool salt and pepper shakers!! So awesome!! 11-21-19
LUNCH WITH RUTH AND AUNT JEN
Since we couldn’t do a whole lot else with my hurt toe, Nate wanted to head up to his moms and go to lunch. It was a fun little visit with Molly and Sadie in tow. We brought my laptop so we could talk bear book, course Ruth just kind of put it all back on me. But then we went to Olive Garden for some yummy lunch. So yummy. It was a nice time. Would have been less chaotic without Molly crawling back and forth under the table and Sadie’s crying, but we had fun γ. Hurried home to catch the Elementary kids coming home! 11-22-19
BRADLEY’S MUSCLES
Brad has been working out in the mornings for the past couple weeks. Nate’s got him on the Athlean website doing the body weight stuff. I’ve been really proud of him getting up early and pushing himself. He’s so awesome! Well with the working out he’s spent a lot of time looking at his muscles and noticed his chest. The middle of his chest sticks out a little. After some googling it felt like something he should see the doctor about so I made him an appointment Friday and Nate took him. Thankfully the doc didn’t seem too worried about it (Nate Marco Polo-ed me through the whole visit γ), said he should be fine, so huge relief! Hopefully it stays that way. We’ll see. 11-22-19
8TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
My true love Jack gave me a cool bug zapper! And the sweetest little note ever!!! It’s not everyday you get a handwritten note with jack’s thoughts carefully written down. I feel pretty special! So sweet!! 11-22-19
9TH DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY
Molly gave me some peanut butter muddy buddies and a sweet little handwritten note. Her note said I love mom I love Sadie too I love making cookies with you. So stinking cute!! 11-23-19
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