Fun Stuff!!!

So over the weekend being the good Mormons Utahans that we are we celebrated the 24th of July!!! We had a great time talking about pioneers and lighting off fireworks! Our talk about the pioneers consisted of Trey wondering what a buffalo chip was since that is all he can remember about church that day! So me and Trey had a long conversation about buffalo poop and all was good! After church we had a little BBQ as a family and later that night we did some fireworks!

Jack was all about watching over our fireworks and making sure no one mess with them!

The man with the lighter!

Trey and Our Brucey! Jack and Trey insisted that we invite our favorite neighbors over for the fun!

Harper stayed awake for the show!

In case you are wondering Jack has had a cold and here are the boogers to prove it!

The finale it was grand!!

It's been hot here! We've been spending alot of time at the splash pad! Especially since Richard bought me and Harper a nice beach umbrella so we have some shade!

The boys love it and it's a good way to wear them out HAHA! We are so glad we discovered this we spend most of our summer days here! Glad that the boys have a place they can go and cool off in this hot weather!!!

Head Games!!!

Harper went to her 2 month well check on Tuesday and all was well...pretty much! She got her shots and hated every little second of it! I felt so bad for her because she was all smiley and when that needle went into her leg she looked at me with such horror like why are you letting this happen to me!!

She's getting so big!

A few weeks ago I noticed that Harper's head was a little lopsided! She has always favored her right side. She will only sleep on that side of her head and as a result it has created a pretty nice flat spot. I asked the Dr about it since I was a bit concerned that if not fixed now she would have to be put in a dreaded helmet! I can't even imagine my beautiful baby girl wearing one of those! You can see in this picture that she has a pretty good point going on in the back of her head!
The Dr acted like it was no big deal and gave us this doughnut pillow for her to lay on. She said to give her tons of belly time and not to let her lay on the back of her head. I trusted what she said because, well she's a Dr she's never steered me wrong before! So we went home she laid on the pillow to sleep and I took a cute little picture of her and her new pillow and posted on Facebook. Some of you may thing really Megan why did you need to do that. It probably wasn't necessary but I'm sure glad I did, because later that night a lady in my ward who it a physical therapist for babies with this exact problem called me. She was very concerned about the information that I had been given and told me that she could have Harper's head fixed in a matter of weeks not the lets wait and see what happens attitude that the Dr. had given me. She came over last night and looked Harper over. We discovered that she has a little bit of Tortacolis in her neck, which basically means some of her muscles are tight in her neck causing her to have her ear over on her shoulder. That is what was causing her to sleep on that right side all the time. She measured her head, taught me some stretches to do with her everyday and brought me these fancy socks filled with rice to help position her right to get her head back to the normal shape. She told me giving her more belly time then needed was absolutely not necessary because doing that would start to cause problems in the back of her neck as well as the side. Also she needs to lay/have pressure on the back of her head to get the bones back into place. And that fancy little doughnut pillow, it was only going to make her head more pointy in the back. So basically everything the Dr told me was the wrong thing to do. What a joke!! I'm so grateful for this person in our ward seeing this on FB and calling me, I can't imagine the road that Harper would be going down if she hadn't! Thanks to this wonderful person Harper's noggin will be perfect in no time! It was so nice of her to offer to help us with this (free of charge)!

Here is Harper laying in her nice rice socks that keep her in place all night!

Also because of this she got a new mobile since Trey broke the old one and she loves it can't you tell! The mobile is helping her alot to keep her head looking up and off the side! But not all things are fun, she hates how she has to be held now. We have to position her in a certain way that keeps her off the side of her head and puts more pressure on the back, which is trickier then you think, and she hates the stretches we have to do them 5 times a day and she does not like it one bit! But it will be good in the long run! I'm so glad that we got her the help that she truly needed instead of waiting til it was to late. I would have hated for her to be the girl everyone made fun of because of her noggin...I know that sounds petty but girls are mean! In a few weeks I will take a picture of her head and show you the difference!!!

Just Keep Swimming!!!

Today we decided that we would brave the waters of cherry hill! We went last year and had a good time, we decided this year we would just go for the night swimming which started at 4. It was the perfect time to go because everyone had left for the day and it was just the few people who came for the evening! We had bought the boys life jackets courtesy of the Ropers (thanks guys for hooking us up) so we wouldn't have to worry about anyone drowning! I was nervous how things would go having 3 kids and being out numbered now! Things went great, the boys loved the water and so did Harper! We floated the lazy river, hit up the water slides and played on the pirate ship! I had a interesting moment while we stopped to eat dinner. Richard went to go get food for us and I stayed with the boys and nursed Harper. Apparently I comitted a crime...the people next to us were to totally appalled that I would nurse my baby in public and weren't shy in letting me know it! I'm not one who likes to do it, I try not to if I don't have to and I always am completely cover by my hooter hider, but seriously what was I suppose to do make her starve? Whatever, I didn't care! Other then that little incident we had a great time, we tired the kids out and checked going to the pool off our summer list, plus now I know we can brave the waters with 3 kids with no problems! We are having a great summer!!!

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8 Weeks!!!

I can't believe that Harper is already 8 weeks old! She is growing up so fast and still is such a good baby! We celebrated her 8 week mark by taking an unexpected trip to the Dr. I noticed when she woke up Friday morning that her lips were all white and I knew it could only be one thing...poor baby girl had thrush! I knew this because Trey had it! So we called up the Dr. so that we could get her some medicine to get it better! So that is were we headed for the morning! Now she is on her medicine and should have it all cleared up soon!

I tried taking her picture on Sunday but she just wasn't having it!

Here is Harper and the boys at 8 weeks!

Stretch out those legs baby girl! She is getting so long and weighs 11 pounds! It's funny because I think that Trey weighed 11 pounds at only a few weeks old! She is still a great little eater even with her thrush and I'm happy to say that she sleeps through the night and has for the last couple of weeks! Now if Jack would just sleep all night I would be in heaven ;) This last week she has found a new love for the ceiling fans in our house! I mean she loves them, she will just sit and stare at them and smile and talk to them it's really kind of funny! The other night she had a hard time going to sleep so she was just laying in bed with us, staring at the fan! Finally around 11 I thought that maybe if we shut the fan off she would go to sleep and sure enough as soon as that fan turned off she was out like a light in a matter of minutes! We are having so much with her and the boys just love her! They love to sing to her and she loves to hear it! She is so good at putting up with them hanging all over her, because they just love her so much! She is smiling all the time now and it's super cute! She isn't a fan of belly time. In fact if you put her on her belly she rolls off of it as fast as she can, she's just not into it! Well that is all that is going on in the land of Harper...until next time!

Gettin' Cozy at the Cone!!!

Tonight we went to the drive in we finally saw cars 2! I say finally because its down right amazing that we haven't seen it yet! Seriously its been out for 2 weeks, what kind of movie parents are we! We wondered if the boys would make it since the movie starts late, and they did! But Jack didn't make it to the end! Now we are driving home and hopefully we will get to sleep in! We had a fun, its a great summer time tradition!!

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Super Sized 4th of July!!!

Happy 4th of July!!! We had a wonderful weekend full of fun festivities! We did a ton of things and our kids are surely sleep deprived as are we!
On Friday night we hit up our usual spot to watch the Logan Fireworks! We dropped Richard off at work for a few minutes while me and all the kids went to stake out a spot! We really lucked out and got a good one! I was worried about how I was going to get all the kids and all our stuff to the place by myself but I did it and grew a few extra arms along the way!! That is what happens when you are a mom I guess!


I had to keep the boys entertained for about an hour before Richard came and met us! So here we are taking pictures of our cute selves!!!

Jack wasted no time keeping Richards chair warm and finding a snack!

Trey thought he was freezing in the 80 degree shade weather!

When it finally started to get dark we broke out the glow sticks!!! Do you like Jack's halo? The boys wasted no time breaking them all over the place!!

Daddy finally made it!!!

My allergy infested face with the hubby! Have I mentioned my allergies are the worst they have been since I was a teenager!

Harper slept through all of it!

We got an amazing view...for free! We could even hear the Diamond Rio concert in the stadium!

Saturday we hit up the Cruisin'! Jack was still tired from the night before and fell asleep on the 10 minute drive from our house!!!

We've been to this many times so Trey knows how to dress the part! Muscle shirts and camo anyone!!!

Even though this was Harper's first time she knew letting her belly out is a must!

We got to see our good friend Mark riding in the kit car!

And Gracie Bug and Jack danced like no one was watching!!!

On Sunday we had our now traditional "Kaboom of Doom BBQ" with our friends!

Look at this super cute baby! I feel so lucky that she is mine!

Here I am trying to be the Hostess with the Mostess!

Richard is the grill master!

The kids table...and yes Mark is sitting there also! He liked to refer to it as the singles table! He's such a good sport!

Harper and my bff Kelly getting ready for fireworks!

The boys loved doing sparklers and no one got burned this year!!!

The kids staking out their spot for the show!

Richard and Luke getting this party started!

Which got interrupted by this!!! Our neighbors decided to out shine our fireworks with their big aeriel fireworks! Thanks so much neighbors!
It didn't matter Richard still lit up the street with fire!!! We had a great time with all of our fun things going on! I just love this time of the year! We love partying it up with our friends and this year didn't disappoint!!! Happy 4th of July everyone hope you all had fun!!!