Purple Cast

This afternoon the helpful doctors and nurses at Primary Children's Orthopedic center took more x-rays, removed the splint, and put on this lovely cast. Miranda was a very good girl, except for the part where she scream-cried the entire time they were putting on her cast. I think it was because they were holding her down and holding her arm in a way that made it hurt. The technical term for the break is a supracondylar humerus fracture. It's the part of the arm/elbow toward the upper arm. She'll have this cast on for 3 weeks before they x-ray her again. We want everyone to know that she picked purple (probably the least dirt-showing color of all) all on her own (which we are very happy about!). Now she'll just have 3 weeks of sponge baths and staying out of sandboxes. *Note the Dora sticker for good behavior.

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Samuel 6 months old!

Today Samuel is 6 months old and as good natured as ever. We sure love our little boy. He is a wonderful blessing in our lives. Here he is in his daddy's baby vest and his church clothes on his 6 month birthday!

Sammy the Bouncer

This is Sam practicing to become a bouncer.

Lunch with Pa at Temple Square

Pa took us to lunch downtown. It was a lovely day with Pa on Temple Square. We love you Pa!

REAL Soccer Game

Samuel is the ultimate fan, or Fernando is....or Xiao Yu is. This was Samuel's first soccer game which was excellent except that Beckham did not show. They asked Fernando to play in his place, but he didn't want to make Salt Lake REAL lose. We looked like the United Nations with all the races in our group.

Sammy can crawl!

Sammy has been trying to crawl for some time now, but we decided that he officially crawled today, the day of his 6 month birthday! Here he is in crawl and attack mode.

Playtime

Just a few pictures of Miranda and Sam playing together. They love each other.

Summer 2007

Follow this link (click on Summer 2007) to see what we did this summer! You'll want to right click on the link above, select "open in new window," then select "view slideshow." There are captions at the bottom of some of the pictures too, by the way.

Attack of the Sam

Broken Up

Miranda fell down on the walkway to my mom's house today...she falls down twenty or more times every day...but this one was different. She kept nursing the left arm, so we took her to the doctor and VOILA...here she is. We'll find out more about the break and get the final cast tomorrow. And yes, her sling is "Peanuts." She pretended to be superman and said her arm had Kryptonite in it. Poor little thing. She was so brave. It is so sad to see her get her toys and do other things with her one little hand!

My Old Stomping Grounds

Friday Sam and I and Miranda went up to Logan (Pa had a funeral to attend so we tagged along) and hung out with the new and beautiful mommy McKenzie and her papoose Craig: see http://www.rmcisraelsen.blogspot.com/. McKenzie was my roommate and I must say it is beyond nice to have a friend who knows me so well. It is a freeing experience to spend time with her. I love it.
While we were there on the quad at USU, Sam took a nap while Miranda and I became TRUE AGGIES! (photographer McKenzie Israelsen)

Tooth Tired

Samuel got his first tooth! It is the bottom front left one. It is lonely but sharp! We are so proud of all the hard work Sam has done, toiling alone, smiling sweetly while stoicly enduring the anguish of growing his first tooth. To honor this acheivment, we are introducing him to the disgusting world of babyfoods. Yesterday he encountered "peaches"; alas, the flavor proved too much for him. He retreated to the comfort of rice cereal. As you can see, the labor of eating can really take its toll on a person.

Chocolate Miranda

I was making cookies with my new mixer my mom got me. Focused as I was on the precision of brown sugar packing, I responded too late to my inner-mom Miranda-is-too-quiet alarm, and turned around to find that she had found and opened the Nestle Quick powder. You can see here the way Miranda has used this new medium and her face and hands to create beautiful tile art.

Sam's Sweetnesses

Sam's little body is getting strong, and his will is always just a bit stronger than his body. He is a good example to me in that way.
These are Sam's current sweetnesses:
-fell asleep in his bouncer
-catapulted his bowl of rice cereal towards himself, covering his tray, his clothes, his seat, and his hands; hence, success! He sucked his fingers happily.
-got to suck on a straw of lemonade at the fair. Now that is TRUE JOY.
-Pa (Grandpa Belnap) let him suck on a piece of watermelon.
How can life be any happier?

Miranda and the Bishop

This Sunday Fernando was sustained as the Scoutmaster in our ward, and our little family gathered in the Bishop's office after church for his setting apart. Miranda and I had just spent an exciting 10 minutes in the bathroom where she was attempting to take care of business, complete with tearful screaming echoing down the hall interrupting people's comments about Paul's letter to the Corinthians. So we arrived a little late and a little breathless at the setting apart.

Miranda was reverent during the blessing (except for one unwhispered comment to me, "Mom, he's a good blesser!"), and after the blessing the Bishop turned to Miranda, who was sitting small in a big chair and holding a sucker, and he said, "Hello Miranda. Is your sucker good?"

"No," she said. Pause. Staring at him she continued, seriously. "I had a poo poo problem. Some came out but some was still in. Mommy helped me get it out."

We laughted nervously. I threw in my compulsory joke during uncomfortable moments: "She feels the need to confess to you."

As we left, the bishop said, "Bye, Miranda. Good luck with that."