Date Night with Da Da

Justin took Miley and I out on an Early Valentine's date tonight. We just had so much fun together crusin' around town! We went shopping, and Just bought us an awesome Kodak 3-in-1 picture scanner/copier/printer. I am so excited! I can finally get my digital scrapbooking projects going, and fill the empty picture frames in my house! He also spoiled us with dinner at Ruby Tuesday's -best kept secret restaurant in Loagn. Always clean, no wait, yummy food,- one of my favorites. Aren't we lucky girls! It was so nice to have a break from cooking and cleaning up dinner. Afterwards we headed home, and finished the night off with an awesome anatomy studying session. This is NOT code for a little "Hanky Panky;" I really quizzed Justin strait from this HUGE anatomy book to help prepare him for his test Monday. A little bit of fun, and then it's back to the books!

One Through Five

5 Month Old Miley

My tiny, sweet, precious baby girl turned 5 months old yesterday. Miley is REALLY advanced for her age. She can do one-arm push ups, tap dance, and sing opera at the same time. Not really, but we sure think she is something special. She has started to REALLY grab and hold on to objects, communicate her likes and dislikes, roll over, and every once and a while I'll hear her say "DA." The truth is, the older she gets, the more fun she gets. Just and I are having a blast playing with her, reading to her, and making her laugh. This past month we have been focused on helping Miley strengthen her neck. After seeing the Physical Therapist we were encouraged to do exercises with Miley that would 'stretch' her tight neck muscles. But even after preforming these exercises daily her Torticollis was not improving. So The physical Therapist had to Tape Miley's little back and shoulders to help relax the muscles and keep them in the correct position so they can eventually get stronger. She has to wear the tape four days in a row, then I take it off her for a few days and then the Therapist puts it back on another four days. We repeat this process 3 times. I don't think Miley minds the tape too much. I just think she misses getting her chance to splash around in the tub, because I have to sponge bath her while she is wearing the tape so it doesn't get wet. It will be worth it in the end because once the problem is taken care of it should not come back.

Miley Moments

Lately Miley has discovered she has FEET. She is not quite as memorized by her little toes as she was with her HANDS, but they are a close second. Ever chance she gets she is grabbing, and holding on to any part of her foot she can. I can tell she is thinking to herself, "hmm, how can I get this into my mouth?" And I am sure, soon enough she will. By that time She will have mastered the "pull my socks all the way off" technique too. This is how Justin found Miley laying after her nap last weekend. She had completely UNswaddled herself and managed to turn sideways in her crib. When he went in her room she was just smiling, talking, and, of course, playing with her feet. She is scooting around a lot these days. She arches her back, twists to one side or the other, and then does a little kick/thrust to move around on the ground. I will lay her on her back to play underneath her floor mat and when I come back into the room a few minutes later she has moved to a totally different place.

RS Pres Reunion

We served in the Relief Society Presidency together last year. Kris came up to Logan for the day, so Lina got everyone together for a little bit so we could all catch up.These are some extraordinary women. If only I could write a book on the things they taught me, the example they were, and the incredible devotion they serve with. Each one of them truly helped make me a better person. Love you girls!!