Sami's World

Well, I finally did it.   I fed Afton baby rice cereal.   She had her first bite Thursday February 8 @ 9 am.   Her initial response is similar to all my children’s response the very first time…..

Afton got this great look of disgust and seem to say to me ‘mom, why are you feeding me cardboard?   I want what’s on your plate, that looks better’.   Of course everyone had to try and they too gave the same look, except for Niah of course, she loved it and wanted to eat all of it (we had the same thing when Niah had cereal for the first time, Milo loved it and wanted more).

Anyway, by today, day three, she is a champ.   I’ve never had any child take to baby cereal as Afton has.   She was a pro by the second feeding.   Today she ate about a half cup of cereal twice and wanted more when she was done.   She loves the stuff.   It hasn’t helped with her night sleeping yet, I hope that comes soon.   I’d love to have no nightly wake ups!!

It’s fun to watch them grow.   I love these little milestones they make.   :0)

So, breaking from tradition, and doing what no self-respecting male would do, me and a friend (Joey) planned a “guy only baby shower” for our elders quorum president.

It quickly became known as the “man shower” and it was tons of fun. First off, it was a surprise, and that added it’s own element of excitement, but since this was a “Man Shower”, we did things in a manly way.

Joey smoked 4 tri-tips (15 pounds worth), a side of beef ribs and a side of pork ribs. Joey is Cajun and master of the grill and the food was awesome. Best tri-tip ever. You could cut it with a fork. Sides where potato salad and Lima beans cooked with bacon. It was great. The best part? All that food and only 10 people to eat it. Have you ever eaten 1.5 pounds of tri-tip by yourself? Plus ribs? Wow!

Of course what’s a man shower without games? We played “who can change a baby diaper the fastest. I didn’t win. It took me 26 seconds to whip the old one off and strap the new one on. The winner came in at 17 seconds.

For the other game, someone melted 14 candy bars into 14 diapers. You had to look into the diaper, smell it and guess what candy bar it was. The winner of that game got 12 of 14 correct. Do you have any idea what a “100 Grand” looks like melted into a diaper?

Prises for both games where new BBQ tool sets.

Anyway, good times. Lots of laughs. I highly recommend the occasional man shower. If nothing else, it’s a good excuse to eat lots of great BBQ.

We planned a very fun Valentines party.   It started with dinner (tator tot casserole, a new family favorite).   After dinner we exchanged valentines.   Then we let the kids eat as much of their candy as they wanted.   Then we made puppets (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Thompson).   As we were doing that there was a knock on the door.   Upon opening the door there were cookies in a bag complete with frosting and sprinkles.   So the kids each decorated on cookie and ate that too.   Then we ended with a HUGE wrestling match on the floor (to help get the wiggles out and difuse some of the sugar).   We managed to get all the kids in bed and sleeping by 9 pm.   It was a fun party and we enjoyed laughing and playing and showing love, one to another.

We’ve had a very interesting week indeed.   Sunday afternoon our van died.   We aren’t sure why.   I was the one driving the car and so Scott can only make assumptions based on my interpretation of what the sound was that the car made.   The only thing we know is that our van is dead in our driveway and has been since Sunday night.

On that note, I have spent the week at home.   It’s been a very productive week.   Full of cleaning and organizing and school.   I had a friend come over on Monday with her two boys and we made Valentine cookies with the kids.   On Tuesday I was just home all day doing at home things.   Wednesday, I watch three boys in the morning (I’m home anyway, why not!!),   walked to the park in the late afternoon and then we had our valentine party in the evening.

Today (Thursday) was spent in Oakland.   Milo had his CT scan today.   It went well.   We did not get to see his neurosurgeon like we had orginally thought we were.   He was called out of the country on a family emergency.   So we just went home after the CT.   Milo did great this time.   He was scheduled to have anesthesia.   He freaked out like he always does when we go to the hospital.   He didn’t want to wear the hospital gown (who does) and he didn’t want to be in the waiting room.   However, after all the waiting we went into the CT room and he calmed down.   He laid on the bed without crying or moving and just let the doctors do what they needed to.   He was a real trooper this time.   We are considering letting him go anesthesia free next time.   It would make the whole procedure go so much better.   We have a panel review on March 8 and that is probably when we will know the results of the CT scan.   If we find out anything before that, we will let you all know.

We love you all.   Have a wonderful evening.