Happy 4th Birthday Keira!

Today is Keira's 4th birthday! She has been counting down the days since her last birthday. She is so excited. We have a fun day planned with her favorite things to do like going to the mall and the library and her favorite food, pizza, for dinner. We are so glad that she is a member of our family. She is a great big sister, a talented artist and extremely smart. She is learning to write her letters and numbers and is starting to read. She is always very curious and loves to learn about the world around her. She also loves to go to church and learn and sing about Jesus and the gospel. We can't wait to see what life holds for her and are so very thankful that she is our little girl. Happy Birthday Keira!

Scarface

Elaina got her stitches out and the scarring was so bad the the doctor gave her a mask to cover up. ;)

No, everything went great. She fussed a little but it was much easier getting them out then in! She picked the mask as a prize for doing good and we were laughing at it for quite a while. The doctor doesn't even think that she will scar. So that is good news! At least if she did it would have been under her chin and no one would have noticed. Most people didn't even notice her stitches even though it looked like she had bright blue whiskers.

Elaina's Booboo

Elaina fell and split her chin open on the side of the tub last night. So off to the ER we went. This is our first trip with one of the girls. I would hope it would be our last but knowing Elaina, probably not! She ended up with four stitches. The cut was down to the bone. Fun stuff! She was pretty good through most of the ordeal she just didn't like being tied down to get the stitches in and screamed bloody murder through the whole thing. The doctor said he had never heard a child scream so loud and nurses kept coming in the room wondering if we needed any help. Elaina doesn't throw many tantrums but when she does she always makes them count. We went and got some $1 McDonald's sundaes after and that made everything better.

Cheap Entertainment

Making a fort is a favorite pass time for the girls. I can put the comforter up and they will play and play in there forever. I love it! This is as exciting as it gets for us most days. They are trying really hard to entertain themselves while mom and dad work. Rick locks himself in his room and works from morning until night (you never know when the boss is going to bust in to make sure you really are working. hehe!). I am on the other computer working my rear off as often as the girls will let me. It is quite the interesting set up and I am still trying to decide if it is really what I want but I guess it isn't all my choice. Rick is still interviewing for jobs to keep his unemployment until he either gets a job or we get the funding for our business. So many thing are up in the air right now. It drives me crazy!