Well, we've been staying busy. I know you're glad to hear it. Basically we like to do nothing for long spurts of time, and then do a lot of exciting things, and then nothing. We'll hit the highlights of the last few weeks for you, and let you imagine all the amazing things that happened in between.
We took Spencer in for his first doctor's appointment, and the girls loved it because neither of them had to get shots. Spencer didn't like getting his foot poked and milked for blood, but I aided and abetted the nurse anyway. Spencer gained a pound and an inch and a half since birth as of that appointment, so I expect now he's somewhere around a hundred pounds and five feet tall or something like that. He's sleeping a little better now and will give me one four or five hour stretch at night, for which I am grateful. And ironically, Daylight Savings has been my hero this week, tricking me into going to bed at the new earlier time while keeping the girls asleep later, so we all get more sleep. Score.
We've had our fair share of chaos lately. Chief of which was Kimberly jumping out of a high chair and splitting open her chin. As this took place at Grandma's, I stayed with the baby and Madeline so I could feed Spencer and Grandma and Daddy got the unpleasant duty of holding Kimberly down while she was tortured with five stitches. It breaks my heart just thinking about it, so I'm glad I wasn't there, but the mom in me feels guilty that I missed the first major injury any of my kids has sustained. My mere presence should have made everything all better. But we're all alive and Kimberly is bouncing back as children are wont to do. Madeline got to go to the doctor after five days of driving us nuts with her bathroom behavior, the specifics of which I won't get into for your sake and mine. Apparently she was just constipated and we are fairly sure that this, too, shall pass (ha! See what I did there? Bathroom humor. I'm awesome.) And I may have had a nervous breakdown this week from lack of sleep, but my mother graciously stepped in and took my children for 24 hours, and after a day of sleeping and a haircut, that crisis too was averted. Good times.
Other than that, we're just trying to keep up with life. We've commenced filling out our March Madness brackets, and we're all dressed in BYU paraphernalia in honor of our team tonight. Hooray for play in games that allow us to be part of the tournament despite our poor showing lately. Spencer and Madeline are all done with their brackets, but Kimberly is proving indecisive, so we're still working on that. And of course Jessie and I are still pouring over our options. Myself more than Jessie probably. Hope you all have caught the spirit. or we maybe can't be friends anymore. Happy March!
