First White Dress

The blessing Chip gave Khloe was very sweet and touching.

My sweet daughter, these are some of the things your father said in your blessing.

Khloe:

-  your Heavenly Father is grateful that you have chosen to follow Him and come to Earth

- because of your faithfulness, you have chosen to come to this family at this time

- you are blessed to be strong, consistent in the gospel, and a light in this world

- blessed to be of a sweet and timid candor, to soften those whose heart is hardened by the things of this world

- blessed to be of pivotal influence

- blessed with health needed to be happy and continue on to have your own children

- raise your own children and to marry a worthy man in the temple

- blessed with a unique ability to discern the light from the dark and choose the right

The men in the circle were your father, Papa, Abuelo, Tio Oscar, Darin, Todd, Uncle Jeff, JD, Michael, Shad, Uncle Steve, Josh Harris, Jordan.

I am so grateful for the gift of being your mother. Your sweet spirit has brought us so much joy. Your sister adores you; I can't wait until you are older and for the both of you to develop a strong and sincere friendship unlike any other than what only sisters can have. I am so grateful for the gospel, for this church. I know it is true. I hope that you will heed the blessing that your father bestowed upon your head that you may receive the wonderful blessings that have been promised to you if you are obedient. We love you so, so much. May this beautiful dress be the first of three very special dresses that you will wear when you are ready to make covenants and promises with the Lord. I love you with all of my heart, my sweet blossom of wisdom.
Melanie, a deep, huge thank you for the beautiful dress. Sharing your wonderful talent with us made the day much more special. You have an amazing gift.

Mandy, thank you so, so much for the adorable headbands. They are perfect! You are the sweetest and have such a talent!

Both of you girls are so sweet and made Khloe look radiant! Thank you, thank you!

 P.s.- you can see more of Melanie's vintage lovelies here {Sadie Then Ty} and more of Mandy's beautiful creations here {Lacy Mae Designs}.

Khloe's Blessing Day

Memorial Day weekend

My family came into town on Friday at 6 am. We mostly rested that day and had dinner, of course, at the Brick Oven. Then, Fabi, Oscar, Alexa, Chip and I went to see The Avengers once the kids were in bed. On Saturday we went up to Salt Lake for a waffle for breakfast, did some shopping at City Creek, my parents took grandma to see Temple Square {this was her first time in Utah}, had dinner at Cafe Rio in Draper, and watched movies at home. Sunday was Khloe's blessing. My parents, Alexa, Fabi, Oscar, Luca and my grandma came to town from my side and Mom, Dad, Brandon, Hillarie, and their kids from Chip's side. 

Khloe's blessing was Sunday morning and after sacrament we had a brunch with everyone invited. It is always so much fun to have everyone together. That night we made dinner and had Mom and Dad and my family over for dinner. Chip made Buffalo Chicken Tacos and then we had a red velvet cake for dessert to celebrate Abuelita's 87th birthday. Having her here made everything so much more special.

Monday morning my family returned home and we went to Mom and Dad's hotel for some swimming. Kami loves being in the water! We then headed up to SL for brunch at Grandma Joan's and to take M&D to the airport. It was a great weekend. I miss you all so much. Abuelita didn't wait for us to finish singing to her and just blew out the candles! It was kind of hilarious.

Khloe's 2 month Checkup

Stats from last visit (3 weeks/ 04/16/2012):

Weight: 8.53 lbs, 47% (percentile)
Length: 21.75 in., 93%
Head: 14.56 in, 85%

2 Month Check up stats:

Weight: 10.89 lbs, 40.44%
Length: 23.2 in., 82%
Head: 15.3 in., 71%

Khloe is very observant. She smiles a lot, coos, and makes plenty eye contact :) She loves to be held, sung to, rocked, bath time, and snuggling with Kami while reading a book before bed. Speaking of bedtime, Miss Khloe started sleeping  from 9-2 and 3-7 at 17 weeks but with all the commotion and disturbance to our daily routines from the health drama we have had, she has regressed a bit. SIGH. So,  here we go- back to BabyWise basics. Today I will be feeding her at 2.5 hour intervals with a nap of 1-1.5 hour naps in between (after each feeding following "wake time", so if she eats at 10, she will nap from 11/11:30-12:30). We will see how that goes! Hopefully this tired mama can get at least a consecutive 5 hours of shut-eye...formerly known as beauty sleep. These days the last thing I can accomplish is beauty. Oh, the joy of motherhood :)

When it rains, it pours...

For the past month and a half, I swear at least one of us has to be sick. Khloe, Chip, and I have been sick alternately and on and off. We all had trouble sleeping and breathing at night about a month ago, and that led Chip to go to InstaCare on a Sunday morning which turned into a visit to the hospital to get a CT scan to make sure he didn't have appendicitis. Well, $1,000 later we were told he didn't have appendicitis, and that they didn't know what was causing him pain. {EYE ROLL HERE}. Then a week later something bit him on the hand and gave him a rash and nasty looking bump. Then,  a week after that I had my infamous appointment to get an IUD. Well, I had been having very strong impressions not to go through with it. The day of comes along and of course I say to myself "Don't be ridiculous. This is supposed to be amazing birth control." So off to the doctor I go and as I am sitting in the chair waiting for the doctor to come in, I have the same feeling again. "Don't do this". I ignore it. The doctor comes in, shoves that thing inside as I feel like I am literally going to pass out from the pain and possibly die. The doctor takes off his gloves and says "There you go, kiddo. Hope that wasn't TOO painful. Have a great day" and walks out the door. Meanwhile I am trying to keep a clear mind and get a grip. This is supposed to be painful, so I had heard. Anyway, that was on a Wednesday. Saturday morning rolls around {my birthday} and we are off to Salt Lake to do some shopping before we have to be back to Provo for our first date since Khloe's arrival. We get to the mall, do some shopping, and then Khloe starts coughing and getting fussy. We head back to the car and get the girls in their seats just in time for Khloe to completely regurgitate her last feeding. Fabulous. Dinner plans are automatically canceled as we will be tending to a sick infant. That night, I wake up to take care of Khloe and start having jabbing pains right above my right hip bone. It is so painful that I start bawling and Chip wakes up. He gives me pain meds that held me over till morning. I go to church with Kami and Chip stays at home with Khloe. We come home and I think I might as well  go to InstaCare to make sure nothing is wrong with me...at least nothing serious. My intuition was beginning to warn me something had gone wrong at the doctor's office. I tell the doctor there that I have a gut feeling it is the IUD. He checks for the strings and lo and behold, he can't find them. I told him that I also couldn't find them the day the IUD was put in. My OBGYN never thought to ask me to check to make sure I could feel them or at least to make sure I knew what I was supposed to be checking for to make sure the stupid thing was in place. he simply put the thing in and walked out. I stupidly thought it must be "normal" not to feel the strings since he didn't mention anything about it and according to the research I had done online, some women never feel the strings, even when the IUD is in place. SO- he sends me to the hospital to get x-rays and a CT scan. Sure enough, they found the culprit. The darn IUD was right behind my navel, implanted in my abdominal wall. I am told to go home and get ready to come back to have surgery to get it removed. APPARENTLY, the doctor had punctured my uterus when he put it in, implanting it directly in my abdomen. What a charm he is, right?! Long story short, I show up at the hospital at 7 pm (6 hours after the diagnose), have surgery, and go home at 1 a.m. Monday morning I start having chest pains and head to the E.R. They didn't find anything wrong.

Everything starts getting back to peachy-keen reality and then Chip gets a really weird, nasty rash on his face. Turns out it is a staph infection and it looks like he has infected pimples all over his face. $100 later, he is finally healing and almost back to normal. SIGH.

We are celebrating my birthday and our 5th anniversary this weekend. {I HOPE}. Here is to hoping we can stay healthy for at least a month.