kids

I was reading my cousins blog about a very trying emergency room visit. It reminded me of a similar experience we had at an appointment. Caleb was supposed to have a hearing test. They checked his ears and one ear was too full of wax to see in. So they had to send him over to ear nose and throat. So Caleb wouldn't go so I had to carry him and Samantha in. So the Dr. took Samantha, while I held Caleb. The Doctor spent a long time showing Caleb all of the equipment and finally Caleb let him look in his ear. He wouldn't sit still. So after about at least a half an hour, they decided they had to papoose him. If you don't know what a papoose is, it is a board with straps around that were used for people to carry there babies. It keeps their body, arms and legs all together. Even with that they had two Dr.s that had to hold Caleb down, while the main Dr. was up by his head. Caleb kept screaming Can you please get me out? over and over. Very nice manners. Luckily it didn't hurt me as much because he wasn't talking to me. Then he changed to if you don't let me out I'm going to scream. Why, you ask, did I subject my son to this? because they then told me he had something stuck in his ear. It turns out he had a popcorn kernel stuck in his ear. The last time We remember having popcorn was when we were in Utah, in July, watching Wall-E. Apparently Caleb thought it would be fun to stick a kernel in his ear. Amazingly his ear feels much better now.

aaa short kids with small heads...

...are nothing but trouble. Most of you will remember that Samantha is almost 7 months old. She is just starting to crawl and can sit herself up. She is considerably shorter than Caleb and Charlotte and doesn't have nearly as big of a head. She has started to try and climb up things. I have found her a number of times at the bottom of the stairs with her hands on the second step and she tries to use chair legs to stand up. Today she went to bed and screamed and screamed and screamed, then Charlotte comes out and says Samantha is standing up in the crib. Alas it was true. Here is our precocious baby.

Labor Day Weekend

Well we have made a tradition in the family, two years in a row makes a tradition right? We had a Texan Grindstaffs family reunion, (the tradition is that we have people over to OUR house over Labor Day). We had 28 people in our house at one time. We had Chelle, Shawn, Jonathon, Timothy, BreeAwnnah, Alanna, Amymarie, Ashley, Heidi, Tavian, Scott, Maggie, Patrick, Ella, Amy, Aaron, Tess, Ivy, Mom, Dad, Isaac, Aaron, Anita and the five of us. Samantha has met everyone in the immediate family now. Meeting Amys Aaron and Scotts family for the first time this weekend.

Sadly we were missing Matthew and Kara and their kids. The boys were seriously outnumbered. We were also missed Sandra, she had to work, so she couldn't come. We had good old Texas BBQ, with a Kansas City flair, (thanks to Scott). We did have the addition of Scotts family since they moved to Texas. They also live less than two hours from us.

Today we were able to get seven ceiling fans in, Shawn and Chelle helped us with 4 and then Sam did 3. Our house is more comfortable now. It would have been better to have them in before everyone came but we needed Shawns Expertise. We were able to get in very good conversations and even a few games.

However with all of the commotion, we did not take any pictures, not a one. Maggie did though and soon you can see on their blog the fun we had. Thank you everyone for coming. We had a lot of fun and hope everyone else did too.

A few of my (superficial) favorite things

Someone else did this in their blog but I don't remember who.

1. Prilosec-yes one of my favorite things in this world is a drug. This drug allows me to eat and drink without extreme pain (I have horrible acid reflux). Truly this is a wonder drug.

2. Garnier Nutrisse (spelling) Katie introduced me to this. We were at walmart and she got some of their gell. They have sleek and shiny leave in conditioner. It is awesome, especially in the humidity. My hair doesn't frizz, which is saying something, my hair always frizzes.

3. Large closets, 3 of our rooms have walk in closets and the master bath has a linen closet and there is a linen closet upstairs, The game room also has a huge storage closet. It is awesome.

Obviously on my non-superficial list is the Gospel, my family, friends and all of
our blessings.

also 3 things I never thought I would like or have happen to me

1. I never thought I would marry a Dr., or someone who was going to be one. I didn't want to marry someone who would be gone all the time. A fireside by Elder Nelson helped that.

2. I never liked brown very much, I liked black. Now I love brown

3. I never thought I would like gold colored jewelry, even my wedding ring is platinum, not gold. I like it now.

this is for everyone who wanted to learn some random facts about me

Half Birthdays, Samantha, Samuel, Charlotte

That's right we have three birthdays in February Charlottes on the 10th and Sam and Samanthas on the 14th. We don't really celebrate half b-days, but it is a big deal that Samantha is 6 months old today which means that Sam is 29 years and 6 months today. Samantha is our little shorty, she is 39th percentile for height and 66th for weight. I don't think the other two dipped below 90th.

SAM WITH HIS MOM



SAM WITH SAMANTHA Who knew that Sam would spend his 29th birthday in a hospital. I don't think I'll ever be able to give him a nicer birthday present.



Samanta learned a new trick today. She actually learned it at the Doctors office. She can scoot backwards. She is scooting in the steps of Daddy and big Sister. I guess it has something to do with being born in February.

HERE IS SAM



CHARLOTTE



SAMANTHA



CHARLOTTE 6 MONTHS



SAMANTHA 6 MONTHS

Fiesta Texas

We had the opportunity to go to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was really fun. I expected to be dying of heat and us being miserable. It really wasn't too hot. Samantha had a ball just going around in the stroller and the kids loved the rides. Sam took Caleb on a big roller coaster right at the beginning. Caleb was really brave and went on it and screamed the whole ride. He only wanted kiddy rides after that.

THE CARS-at first Caleb wanted to go all by himself, then he got a little nervous and wanted me to go with him. Charlotte was fine she jumped in the car by herself and drove away. I ended up driving mine and Calebs car.



We just enjoyed getting in out of the heat. This was a musical show they did. We enjoyed the music and Samantha enjoyed a nap.



OUR TRUCKER KIDS



DRIVING AND BUMPING OTHER CARS, THIS MUST BE HEAVEN

another tag

Tagged - 2 Things
TAG - YOU'RE IT! I've been tagged by several people now, so...

Two names you go by:
1. MOMMYYYYYYYY
2. Charlotte's Mom, Caleb's Mom, Samanthas Mom. I'm not sure that people know I have a name

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Skirt
2. Shirt

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. My house in order after the move
2. I think number 1 counts for two answers

Two things you did last night:
1. Cleaned my old house
2. Weighed my self on the WII Fit, not the best idea I've had.

Two things you ate today:
1. Cereal
2. twix

Two people you last talked to:
1. Sam
2. Samantha

Two things you are doing tomorrow
1. Going to Fiesta Texas (six flags)
2. Collapse after going to Fiesta Texas

Two longest car rides:
1. Utah to Maryland
2. Maryland to Texas

Two favorite beverages:
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Water