2 year olds

This is what you get when you let your 2 year old dress herself:

She had to wear "comfy" clothes today. Her comfy's always consist of her orange sweat capri's and her orange giraffe shirt. She thinks because they are both orange they match. Why not?! And of course her new cowboy boots. She screamed when I tried to run a comb through her hair today so it looked pretty awesome as well. Good thing we didn't have anywhere to go today.

Gotta love 2 year olds!

Demolition Derby

Most years on the 24th of July (this is my 3rd time going) Eric's family gets tickets to the Demolition Derby in Kamas. It's quiet the sight. It's actually really fun. We get together before it starts and have a BBQ then head on over to enjoy a little redneck fun. This year I only got to enjoy it for about 20 minutes before Bella was telling me she is all done. Ha ha. She hated the noise and was covering her ears and burring her little face in my chest. Last year she did really well and seemed to enjoy it. Not this year. Luckily they had some vendors and yummy food and a nice little play ground to keep us entertained the rest of the night while the others enjoyed the derby.

i only got a couple pics of the actual derby before we had to excuse ourselves.

cutest little derby girl watching an intense game of some drunks trying to play horseshoe.

lover her cute little self and her boots!

she was excited before all the loud crashing started. I think she even asked once if she could crash the cars.

"us"

enjoying some sweet derby food

this was her face during the fireworks when her head wasn't buried in my chest. she then said "i don't like fireworks".

I guess it's safe to say she isn't a fan of loud things.

"Ready to go to my Primary Children's"

Thursday morning we had to take Bella to her appointment at Primary Children's and she was so excited. I think she was so excited because she heard the words Primary and Children so she figured it had to be like church and there would be friends there. I didn't have the heart to tell her "no, baby we are actually taking you to the Dr. again". So lucky for us there were all sorts of fun toys for her to play with while we waited our turn.

Anyway, they diagnosed her with PFAPA Syndrome (periodic fevers with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis). Yeah it's a mouth full.

Here is the deffinition: PFAPA (periodic fevers with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis) syndrome is a periodic fever syndrome that typically manifests between ages 2 and 5 yr; it is characterized by febrile episodes lasting 3 to 6 days, pharyngitis, aphthous ulcers, and adenopathy. Etiology and pathophysiology are undefined.

PFAPA syndrome is a relatively common periodic fever in children. Although genetic causes have not been determined, this syndrome tends to be grouped with hereditary fever syndromes. It typically starts in early childhood (between ages 2 and 5 yr) and tends to be more common among males.

Febrile episodes last 3 to 6 days and recur about every 28 days. The syndrome causes fatigue, chills, and occasionally abdominal pain and headache, as well as fever, pharyngitis, aphthous ulcers, and lymphadenopathy. Patients are healthy between episodes, and growth is normal.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based on clinical findings, which include the following:

• 3 febrile episodes, lasting up to 5 days and occurring at regular intervals
• Pharyngitis plus adenopathy or aphthous ulcers
• Good health between episodes and normal growth

Acute-phase reactants (C-reactive protein, ESR) are elevated during a febrile episode but not between episodes. Neutropenia or other symptoms (diarrhea, rash, cough) are not present; their presence suggests a different disorder.

This is her to a T. The Dr. there said she should grow out of it. Just another couple of years. Yay! (sarcasm) We were given some medicine to give her at the first sign of an oncoming fever. This medicine should knock the fever out in a few hours instead of a few days. I hope it works that would be amazing! If it doesn't work we will try a different approach and it could indicate that she has something other than pfapa. But the good news is the Dr. said it's nothing to worry about and isn't really serious if it is indeed pfapa. She hasn't had a fever in 5 weeks (knock on wood). But we will get the medicine and have it ready for the next episode.

We're just happy to hear that it isn't a serious thing. And that all these crazy high fevers won't have a lasting effect on her. And let's just hope she grows out of it by age 5 like they say.

Girls Weekend....

Bella likes to sleep by herself so she slept on the chair and ottoman. Didn't look real comfy but she loved her little bed.

One of the best things about having a Mom and a Sister and two little girl cousins are Girls Weekends! We had an awesome weekend in SLC. Rachel and Aaliyah came on Thursday so we took the girls swimming. They love the water! Then on Friday morning we went and picked up my Mom in SLC. We stayed in a hotel all weekend. We ate yummy food and we shopped and we swam and we did a lot of relaxing. It was so nice. The girls love love love each other but they still do their far share of fighting. It's either hugging and giggling or pinching and pushing and screaming. Awesome!

Cute girls all cuddled up on my bed to watch their shows.

Thursday we went to the AF pool which is awesome! Our friends Lily and Tyson came with us. They all had so much fun and played really well together. Every one's favorite thing was going down the big slide. Tyson was so brave and would go by himself since his mom had to hold Lily. We will for sure be going back!


Thanks Mom, Rachel and Aailyah for an awesome weekend! We miss you guys already!

Catch Up

This last weekend Eric painted Bella's room to match her big girl bedding. It started off a little rough and I was second guessing the paint I picked and the whole project. But it turned out great and I really really like it. We are still waiting on her headboard and nightstand and I'm trying to find some curtains that I like. So when we get those the room will be completed. I'm so excited for those pieces to come so I can hang the pictures and accessories I have. And just have it all done! Bella loves her new big girl room and bed. Tonight is her second night in her bed. Last night she did great and so far so good tonight. She even napped in there today. I was worried about naps but she did great. She won't get out of her bed. She calls for me when she wakes up. It's like there is an invisible line that she can't cross or something. But I'm totally okay with it. I'd rather her not be getting out of her bed.

This is her first night in her big girl bed

And this is her bedding. Super cute! The nightstand will go on the side of the bed closest to the window. I'll post more pics of her room when I have it all completed.

Since we will be putting the baby in the room we were using as an office we had to move the office into our bedroom. It actually isn't that bad. We down sized a lot to make it all fit. I got this new chair since the chair we were using before was an old kitchen table chair. Not good looking. I wanted something nice and a little more classy since the "office" is now in our bedroom.

I took this the other day and thought she looked super cute. She is just getting so big!

Last week Eric also got all the baby stuff out of the attic for me. And Bella has loved going through it all with me. Once we get Bella's room all done I can finally focus on the baby's room. I already have everything but just need to get it put together. And wash everything!

(i can't stand when she does this face but my mom tells me I'll think it's precious one day)

And last but not least we did two weeks of swimming lessons. She loved it! Everyday she would wake up and ask to go.

We've had a lot going on the last couple of weeks and I'm sure we'll continue to find more and more projects before the baby comes.

So funny.....

Bella has been saying some super funny stuff lately that I don't want to forget.

-"they don't have anyfing I yike" (this was said as we were leaving a store, ha ha, awesome!)

-"uh, where's all my stuffs?" (Eric had moved everything out of her room while we were gone so he could paint)

-"where's my door?" (she noticed her door was missing along with everything else in her room)
-"oh pink, my favorite!" (this is what she said when we showed her the color for her room)
-"you big, I little" (she tells me this several times a day)
-"I be so excited" (when she thinks what we are doing or going to do is fun)
-"NO, you not say that" (if we say something she doesn't like, like tell her no or ask her to pick up her mess)

I know there is more this is just what I can remember right now. She is seriously so funny. She cracks me up and drives me absolutely crazy all at the same time! Man, I love her!