Hooray for Prevacid!

As of Tuesday, Cael is officially two months old (can you believe it?!?). I consequently took him in for his two month appointment yesterday. He wasn't such a fan of his immunizations, but we did learn that he likes tart flavors when he gulped down the Rotavirus vaccine (or perhaps that just meant he was starving half to death). The best part of the visit, however, was the Prevacid prescription that we walked out with. Cael has grown increasingly fussy in the last several weeks and finally this week I started looking into what could be causing his fussiness. After doing some research, I realized that he was demonstrating a lot of the symptoms of acid reflux. I mentioned it to the doctor yesterday and after asking a few questions she thought it would be worth trying medication to treat acid reflux. Glory, glory hallelujah! I feel like I have a whole new child. I think Cael wanted to be happy and easy going before, but he just felt too crummy to smile and contentedly hang out. Since I gave him the Prevacid this morning, however, he has been smiling and laughing and just chill! I love it. Coincidentally, I've been in a great mood all day because I no longer feel like the worst mother in the history of the earth. God bless the makers of Prevacid!

Draper Temple

On Sunday, my family had the opportunity to visit the open house for the new Draper Temple. It was beautiful and so much fun to tour the new temple with my family--even Cael came along.  It will be great to have a new temple in the valley and I hope you all get a chance to visit the open house in the upcoming months.

Best Friends

The other night I got to hang out with one of my best friends in the whole wide world. Ruth has been in England for a little over a year where her husband, Marcos, was doing a masters program in International Politics at the University of Manchester. I've missed her terribly and was so excited to see her again. I don't think Shaun and I have ever met a couple with whom we got along so well. You know, sometimes the wives get along and the husbands don't or vice versa or maybe the wives get along with the wives and the husbands get along with the husbands, but one husband bugs the other wife or something like that. Ruth and Marcos, you're the greatest and we're so glad that you're back in the States!

Cael's First Christmas

We had such a fun Christmas this year and really enjoyed spending time with our fun family! Brandon and Janae came to visit with their kids for a few days and we had a blast! We miss them lots and can't believe how big they're getting. Chelsea's Baby Ayden also enjoyed opening his presents and is the funniest little kiddo I've ever met. Here are some pics of our Christmas morning - I only wish I had a picture of Ayden playing with his new toy vacuum!