Poor Baby!

This week I've been up to my armpits in POOP! Poor Megan has had some sort of bug that's going around and has been pooping like crazy. Mind you, this is just two weeks after recovering from bronchitis, complete with breathing treatments. If having diarrhea weren't bad enough, it's caused severe diaper rash. The yeasty kind that creates open sores, etc. So, we've been washing her little bunsies in the bath every time she has a messy diaper (like 6 or 7 times a day) and have used all sorts of ointments and creams and things: hydrocortisone, Lansinoh, Desitin, buttermilk, jock itch cream, Aquaphor, and Maalox. We finally got a prescription from the doctor yesterday to use four times a day, but she still recommends using Maalox and a mixture of Aquaphor and the jock itch stuff in between. She also gave us a probiotic to sprinkle in her food to get the good bacteria back in Megan's tummy and soy formula to use for a few days (she's FINALLY taking a bottle - twice a day!!). Whew! Is anyone else tired??

Of course, because Megan is the happiest baby ever, you wouldn't even know anything's wrong with her. In spite of every nap being interrupted by a bowel movement and sores all over her little bunsies, she's as pleasant as can be. We're crossing our fingers she gets over all this soon.

Circus Circus!

I'd never been to the circus before and had really wanted to take the kids when the opportunity presented itself. Well, on Friday, Danny said he drove right by a little circus not far from our house. The Carson & Barnes Circus had pulled into town for a couple of days, so we went kind of on a whim Saturday afternoon. Though it was just a small one, we all had a good time and it was fun to see the kids really into it. The best part was printing off buy-one-get-one-free coupons from the website, so we only paid for two of us!

Emily's favorite act was the contortionist, mine was the hula hoop girl, Danny's was the flying trapeze artists, and Dallin's was the silly clown. We all liked the elephant act too.



Well, for whatever reason, my many attempts to upload our circus photos have been unsuccessful. I've been trying for a few days and I don't know what the problem is.

Spring Break with the Burnhams

All last week we had visitors: my brother, Brian; his wife, Heidi; and their little boy, Hunter. It was the best! Here's a recap of the fun we had.

The weather was just perfect and playing outside was one thing all the kids loved doing.

A bike ride to the park was an outing one morning.

We went to the library for story time another morning.

We went to the Dallas Aquarium on St. Patrick's Day. It's a really good one and we had fun.

A few of the animals we saw.
After dinner, we made shamrock sugar cookies for the kids to frost. Yummy.

On Thursday morning we made a big breakfast, the highlight being Heidi's home made buttermilk syrup. It's exceptional.

On Friday we went to the Heard Museum.

When the kids were in bed was when the good stuff really happened - way into the early hours of the morning. Heidi said she and Brian would do all the desserts. They made Hello Dollies, Chocolate Pudding Cake, and Caramel Popcorn. Delicious! We also watched two movies: "The Cove" (just won best documentary at the Oscars) and "Amelia". A quick shout-out to our Clear Play machine. I LOVE IT! The favorite part for everyone was the game tournament. We played a few rounds of 10 different games over three nights and kept track of everyone's points during each game. The winner of each game got 4 points, second place got 3, third place got 2, and last place got 1. We tallied up all those points and it was determined that Heidi was the winner, of course!

We loved every minute of their visit and we're so glad they came. Thanks, guys!

Spring, Shming!

Friday. Ahhhh, lovely.
Today, officially the second day of Spring. What in the heck??.

Snow, snow, go away. Come again another - NEVER!

8 Months and Counting

If you can believe it, our sweet baby girl is already 8 months old! We got these pictures taken today and, really, can there be a more charming baby?

My favorite part about the pictures is that she's helmet-free. I got to see her once again in a bow and with her hair combed. It had been ages (6 whole weeks to be exact). It was a shame to have to put the helmet back on once we were home.

She's really just a gem; a smiley, contented, playful baby. I love everything about her. Her incredibly squeezable thighs, the way she touches my face when she nurses, how she smiles every time we make eye contact, her irresistably kissable cheeks. I love her still-toothless grin and her sweet baby babblings; how patient she is - constantly waiting, waiting, waiting as I perform my intricate balancing act. How I love this little one!

"Frankly, my dear,......"

On Saturday Danny and I finished watching "Gone with the Wind" for the first time. It took us two sittings, but we did it and we really liked it. A very pleasant surprise after the last really long movie we tried. "Ghandi" seemed to last for eternity.

We got the idea to watch it months ago when we moved to Alabama and went through a string of Southern movies. Netflix, however, couldn't deliver when it came to this one. We waited for months. When it finally was available, we kept putting it off, not ready to take on a 4 and half hour movie.

We finally did it and thoroughly enjoyed it. We recommend it, though we're probably very much in the minority of being first-time viewers.

A Girl After My Own Heart

Emily was recently introduced to ABBA's hit song "Dancing Queen". It is currently her favorite song and she's requested it just about every day. (Other songs that have made her fave list in the past: "How 'bout them Cowgirls", "Hotel California", and "Yellow Submarine"). It goes without saying that when that song plays, everyone dances. You just can't help it.

I love that Emily loves this song! It's definitely one of my favorites too and takes me way back to my first semester at BYU when I roomed with my two cousins, Nancy and Natalie. We played ABBA a ton and "Dancing Queen" will always remind me of those great girlies. I look back on that semester as one of the sweetest, funnest times in my life.

A few semesters later, I roomed with 5 other terrific girls: Anna, Heidi, Megan, Gina, and Stephanie. Again, ABBA was played perpetually, usually at full blast. I think dance parties occured probably every night in good ol' apartment 17. Our friendships are still strong. In fact, this spring we're all getting together for our second roommate reunion. Can't wait, ladies!