tip toes - teeth - tears

Eva's curiosity has seemingly quadrupled in the past week. It may have something to do with her new skill. Her excursions around the house are a lot more adventurous for her and for us.

If the runny nose, gallons of slobber, swollen gums, and of course a volatile temperament weren't clues enough, we have seen the evidence of a teeny tiny tooth coming in on the top right side. Here are just some of the things she's been chewing on this past week.




The poor girl is still in pain after all the chomping she's done.

We'll get our happy little girl back soon and when she emerges she'll be toothier than ever!

Exciting Weekend

It was an exciting weekend. Mom and Dad came to visit. We hadn't seen them since the beginning of December so it was fun to spend time with them. Dad got Mom a sweet new digital SLR camera for Christmas and it was a photo shoot weekend. Eva was all smiles for it.

Saturday Dad and Derek were going to go the shooting range, but that was interrupted by an unexpected Dr.'s Appt. Early Saturday morning Derek woke up suddenly saying that he had been hit in the eye and that it wasn't working right. He was in so much pain it made him sick. Well after a couple of hours of worrying and letting the pain subside we finally calmed down and got a little more sleep. The next day Derek went to the Optometrist which took longer than expected and made them miss their time slot at the shooting range. He found out that he's been sleeping with his eyes partially open and that the one had become so dehydrated that it made the nerves freak out. With some drops we hope to be back on track.

Mom and I went down to Provo to a stained glass studio so Mom could get some supplies. After that we met the guys at Cafe Rio and enjoyed some good burritos. We spent the weekend watching movies and relaxing.

I'd been dealing with a pretty severe cough since Friday and finally was feeling pretty miserable on Sunday. We went to one of those Urgent Care places and the medical drama began again. Apparently I was only getting a little under 70% of the oxygen my body should be getting so the nurse yelled for the Dr. and some oxygen. They got it on me right before I was about to pass out. Then once that was back up to a good number I was put on some sort of breathing machine to open up my lungs and then they did x-rays. I've got pneumonia. It wasn't so terrible that I needed to be hospitalized so that's good. I'll be on the mend over the next few days.

What an ordeal, but it was really nice to have Mom and Dad here.

Hot Breadsies!

We had a great weekend with my parents and Chad in town. We celebrated Dad's birthday on Friday and had some delicious cake made by Chad while we played Rock Band. On Saturday we wanted to go to Park City, but learned shortly before leaving that the Sundance Film Festival had started, so we decided we'd steer clear and opted for downtown Salt Lake instead. One highlight of the weekend for Tara and me was that on Sunday we made homemade bread using wheat and a wheat grinder that we got from Mom and Dad for Christmas. The bread turned out pretty great and we're excited to do it again. I never thought I'd get so much out of grinding wheat and making bread but there was something really cool about it, and it was fun to have all of us involved. Turns out Robby made bread the same day at around the same time up in Northern Idaho. The Bleazard Boys are bakers! In addition to bread making there was lots of Rock Band, board games, dominoes and movies over the weekend.

Raw goodness.
Grinding it out.
Even Chad got involved and lent his muscles. Notice the matching attire Chad and I had. It wasn't planned, we both walked out of our rooms after church and noticed we looked exactly the same.
Freshly ground wheat.
The finished product!
We love Sequence. We always go guys against girls, and lately the guys have really been lighting it up. Boo ya. Right here Ty is like, "I don't know why we're so dominating." And Tara is like, "We just got schooled again." (Actually we're pretty evenly matched, but we like to trash talk.)Eva really enjoyed having Rock Band in the house too. All those cords and fun things to touch. I couldn't keep her away from this area all week while we had the Wii.
Here's our house with our ever-present 12+ inches of snow. The house faces north so it doesn't melt very quickly and continues to accumulate.