Nathan & Fiona, Kaisa & Everett – Family Blog

Kaisa took dance at the Orem Fitness Center again this summer. She even got to have her neighbor and friend, Eliza, in class with her! And to make it even better, Eliza’s grandpa offered to take the girls to class. I didn’t even have to leave the house! It was perfect!

Here are a few pictures from her recital. I have video too, which I’ll post on the video blog once we get it uploaded to the hard drive.

Kaisa's class, waiting to go on stage.

Striking a pose for the camera!

"Whole Wide World"

"Lollipop"

Her teacher was so cute! She sat in front and did the moves in a chair to help them remember.

Great job, Kaisa!

We took Kaisa out to her favorite dinner to celebrate…sushi and teppanyaki. She loves “the man in the funny hat that makes fire.” It was a fun night!

Occasionally, Harrison looks like this:

But most of the time, he looks like this:

Maybe it’s because of this:

It’s a little better when he’s in this:

And much better when he’s in this:

Yes, we’ve been dealing with major crying the last couple of months. At his 2 month appointment, the doctor suggested I try cutting milk out of my diet. I lost 2 pounds in one week and my milk supply went way down, which made it even worse. I started supplementing with formula, and that seemed to help a little. He sleeps great with only 1 or 2 night feedings, but the poor little guy is just not happy unless someone is holding him or smiling at him. This is making me think it’s more his personality than colic. I am taking him to a chiropractor for an adjustment today, so we’ll see how that goes. Apparently colic can be caused by nerve interference. Although, he shouldn’t have much nerve interference since he had such a gentle birth. If the chiropractic adjustment doesn’t change anything, I’m going to assume it’s his personality and hope he grows out of it soon. In the meantime, I wear him until my back hurts and then listen to him cry for the rest of the day. So much fun! :)

Despite the crying, we still love this little guy A LOT and when he’s happy, he’s just adorable!

My parents were in town for July 4th weekend since we were blessing Harrison. We had lots of fun! We had a BBQ in Provo Canyon, lit some fireworks, and went to the big parade in Provo. We really enjoyed having Grandma Wendy and Grandpa Chris here with us to celebrate!

The kids loved jumping off the picnic tables into Grandpa's arms!

Running with Grandma!

Adoring their newest grandchild.

First watermelon!

At the parade. My mom had just poured water down Melodie's shirt. Hilarious!

Kaisa watching the parade. And sucking on finger.

Glad I brought my own shade! It was hot!

Cute boy watching the parade!

Watching fireworks!

We’re so lucky to live in this beautiful country and have the freedoms we enjoy. This is one of my favorite holidays, and it was great to spend it with the ones I love most!

Wow! I am so behind on my blog! I’ll attempt to get caught up in the next few days.

On July 3rd, we blessed Harrison. My parents came up from Arizona, and my mom brought an adorable outfit for Harrison to wear.

Here are the things I wrote down after the blessing:

• Harrison was blessed with faith.
• He will be able to recognize the Holy Ghost.
• He’ll be a good son, brother, and son of God.
• He will be a righteous son of God.
• He will be obedient.

Here are some pictures we took afterwards:

This was the best shot of our little family. No joke. It's the only one where someone wasn't crying, looking away from the camera, or running away.

Everyone.

On Saturday we started potty training Everett, and so far he’s doing really well. He’s had one accident each day, but if we put a pull-up on him he doesn’t even try to remember to use the potty, so I’m just going to stay at home all week and keep him naked from the waist down until he gets used to remembering.

Funny little story from this morning: We’ve been trying to teach him how to point his penis in the potty. Today he asked me to put on Arthur (T.V. show) and sat down on his potty. He then said, “Mom, I’m going to leave my penis out so my penis can watch Arthur, OK? It’s a bad penis to watch.” Hilarious! He’s such a funny kid.