Christa

Christa is one of the girls I was a nanny for back in Virginia. She is in Utah for a little while and I was able to spend the afternoon with her today. It was so much fun!! We went to lunch and then she came over to my house and met Matt, Kalianna, Sobaka, and Kutse, all for the first time. We just hung out and talked all afternoon. It was so awesome to see her again and visit! She was ten last time I saw her and now she's fifteen, so we had quite a bit of catching up to do!

Lame

This morning Sobaka and Kutse had their annual check-up/teeth cleaning. The vet called a couple hours later to inform us that Sobaka had two broken teeth. His big molars in the back, one on each side. They had chipped from chewing on something hard (I'll get to that in a second) and the roots were starting to rot. So they had to be pulled before infection set in and things ended up much worse. My poor baby! An hour later we got another call. Kutse had a chipped tooth as well. One of her big molars in the back. It was starting to rot and had to be pulled. The molar on her other side had a tiny chip too and will probably have to be removed eventually, but it wasn't severe yet. So both of my furry babies are super sore, can only eat soft food for the next two weeks, and have to be on pain killers and antibiotics for a couple weeks as well. The culprit: hooves. Hooves that we bought them for Christmas. Hooves that they sell in every pet store across America, including Petsmart. The same Petsmart that owns the vet clinic where we bring our dogs. Someone explain to me why the H-E-Hockey stick-Hockey stick they sell treats for dogs that dogs are not supposed to have?!? Not only are they bad for dogs (health wise), but they can seriously harm them! Now my poor babies can never have bones, or any other hard treats ever again, because they don't have the teeth to chew on them! The total from todays "adventures": $842.46. There goes our tax return for this year...

Big Girl

Every day Kalianna is becoming more like a little girl and less of a baby! Yesterday morning before church, she pulled herself up to standing for the first time! And I was lucky enough to be sitting right next to her so I yelled to Matt to grab the camera. She has also learned that a camera means its time to smile. She's such a little show-off! :)

Cutie Pie

These are some cute pictures we've taken lately of Kalianna that I just had to share!

Yes mommy, that flash is a little bright

Her first black eye =( After a fight with the headboard, and unfortunately the headboard won (it looked a lot worse, this is day 3)

She taught herself how to clap and does it all the time now

She loves playing with her bath toys, whether she is in the tub or not!

Kalianna loves her new toothbrush!

AI Tonight!

Season 9 Is Coming Soon - Auditions

American Idol starts again tonight! Woo-hoo! I'm excited to see how Ellen will change the show. Its going to be a whole new dynamic. Plus it gives me an excuse to have a weekly girl's night!

Heber Cabin

We went with our friends, Brian and Anna, to their cabin in Heber over the weekend. We had lots of fun! Kalianna got to experience her first time tubing (down a teeny hill) and her first time on a four-wheeler (going a whole 2 miles per hour). Mostly she enjoyed watching us get thrown around on tubes though. One person would drive the four-wheeler and pull another person on the tube behind it. The video doesn't look like we're going all that fast, but when you're the one on the tube, trust me. Its fast!

Kalianna Crawling

The beautiful huntress spots her prey. She goes in for the kill and then...oh wait...she spots mommy with the camera. Never mind! I tried to get a video of Kalianna crawling, but then she saw me and got a little camera shy. It turned out cute though, so I thought I'd post it anyway.

Here it is! Take two. I was able to get a little bit of Kalianna crawling. Apparently she will crawl as long as it is towards mommy and the camera.