6 months

My little boy is 6 months old! ( Well he was 6 months old on the 2nd. I am a little behind on my blogging)   He is such a fun little boy.  He is full of smiles, laughs and energy.  He isn't still unless he is sleeping.  He loves to play rough with his daddy.  He can sit all by himself.  I took him to the doctor for his well-child visit and to get his immunizations.   At 6 months he weighed 22lbs and is 29 3/4 inches tall.  BIG BOY, I know!   Nate's sister was kind enough to take his 6  month photos. She did an amazing job, as always.  Check them out on Facebook at Natalie Heiner Photography.    

A few days after his 6 month birthday, he took his first plane ride. We are in Idaho visiting family for a couple of weeks.  He did suprising well on the airplane and enjoyed visiting with all the other people on the plane.    We have lots of fun things planned while we are visiting Idaho.

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Yesterday afternoon Deklan came down with a runny nose, then last night he was so stuffed up that he had a hard time sleeping. By this morning he was coughing. So, I called around and got an appointment with a pediatrician for 10:00 this morning.  I made sure to clarify with them that they excepted our new insurance and headed to town (it is a 30 minute drive to anything here).  I get to the Dr. office, check in, give the recepitionist my insurance card, fill out all the necessary paperwork and took a seat in the waiting room.  25 minutes later, the receptionist calls me up to the desk and informs me that they don't accept our insurance. AGGGGGHHHHHH!  (reminder- I asked them when I made the appointment if they accepted our insurance and they said yes). So I call Nate at work, and have him give me the number to another pediatricians office. They have an appointment, but not until 1:30 this afternoon.   Ok, so I decided to cruise around town, run a few errands and explore the area a little bit instead of driving home for an hour just to have to turn around and come back.    I did accidentally find a wonderful shopping center with a Target, Ross, Michaels, Kohls, Maurices, and Marshalls in it, so I did some window shopping to help pass the time.

So, then to the doctor appointment.  I walk in to the clinic to be met by an very unfriendly "Ursula."  I check in and hand her my insurance card. Deklan starts to cough. She says to me in her very deep manly voice, "Mam, this is the well child waiting room, you need to move over there" and looks at a tiny room over in the corner. So I cowerdly pick up all my stuff and move to the sick child waiting room.  Anyways,  besides Ursula, the staff was very nice and super helpful.  The doctor diagnosed Deklan with pnemonia and a double ear infection.  UGH!  The poor kid is so sick.  So, the doctor sent me home with a nebulizer, a list of medications and a treatment schedule.  I get out to the car, take a deep breath and call Nate to give him the news. I am crying to him about how bad I feel that Deklan is so sick and how I feel like such a horrible mom for letting him get so sick and BAMB!  I got rear-ended!!!!!  I immediatly burst into a sobbing mess, turn around to check on Deklan, who is sleeping and pull of the side of the road.   The elderly man and his wife get out of there car to see me in tears, and immediatly start to apologize. I had to explain to them that I was already crying and I wasn't crying about the car week.  Luckily, there was not much damage to either car, just a scratch in the paint and we went our seperate ways.

I might be being a little dramatic but I think I had a TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY.  Not near as bad as this poor little guy though.  I sure hope he gets feeling better soon.  Love you little man!

A day in my world.

I love love love staying at home with my little man.  We have so much fun together and some days we don't accomplish much, but every day we do make sure Deklan gets a bath, which he loves. 

We make sure Deklan eats, which he loves to do as well.

We play until we are both exhausted!

and we sleep!

 So last night I was in doing dishes and Nate had Deklan in the bedroom playing.  I could hear them laughing and playing and then all of the sudden, it became very quite, and this is what I found. I guess he was ready for bed.

Praise to the Man

Yesterday I had the oppurtunity to substitute primary. I taught the 8 year-olds.  After class when we went into Sharing Time, we were having an activity that involved singing some songs.  I had gotten a little preoccupied with Deklan but could overhear all the kids saying, "oh we don't need help with the words, we know this one."   Then the piano started playing and I heard the most amazing thing.  The kids were singing "Praise to the Man" at the top of their lungs, they new every word and you could hear their testimony of Joseph Smith in their voice.   I could not hold back the tears, the spirit was so strong.  We do own praise to the man who sacrificed so much to restore this gospel back to the earth. I am thankful for him and thankful for his family who went through so much with him.  I can't imagine the turmoil that was felt by that family, but yet stood by him while he did what he knew was right, and did what the Lord asked him to do.  I hope that if I was presented with a similar task that I would respond with as much faith as he did.

Warm Welcome!

We have received the warmest welcome here on the ranch.  Within moments of showing up in our Uhaul truck we had all sorts of neighbors here to help us unload it.  Two our the ladies who live by us, showed up with cold lemonade for us.   A few of the people who live in our area are from Idaho, so they ask us often how we are adjusting and try to make sure that we don't get too homesick.  Just today, Alice, a lady in our ward ( who is also a semi-distant relative of Nate's) showed up at my house with this bouquet of flowers to brighten my day, and just wanted to visit for awhile.   I can't help but feel that Heavenly Father has placed us and the other people here just where he wanted us to be. 

I didn't pack any of my vases, so now this beautiful flowers have to be displayed in just one of our glasses.  Tacky!!!!!

Swimming Hole

Deklan and I made it to the SWIMMING HOLE today.  We both love it there.  When we got there, there were only 2 other kids there and by the time we left 2 hours later, there had to be close to 40 kids there.  I guess this is were the action is.  Deklan loved just lounging in his floaty and watching all the kids jumping and splashing.

Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen!

There are slides and diving towers, rope swings, and tons of sand to play in.   






This beats any swimming hole I have ever seen and it is only about a mile from our house.    

Our New Home

We made it to Florida a couple of weeks ago, but I just got around to taking a picture of our house.  It is a cute little 2 bedroom house just 2 (walking) minutes away from Nate's office.  There is a great enclosed porch on the front and back of the house, that we will be able to enjoy when the weather gets a little cooler.   There are about 6 other houses around us, and we have met most of the people who live in them.