Birthday Bash

We were so spoiled for Eric's birthday weekend because Matt and Greta and Anson came out to visit us! We had such a fun time! We went to the Rose Festival, spent a morning exploring the OMSI (so fun! I thought I was a relatively clever person until I tried their brain teaser puzzles and couldn't solve any of them! Guess that's why my brother is the engineer not me!), ate yummy Salt and Straw, went out to Cheesecake Factory for Eric and Greta's birthday dinner (without the babies) and got to go to the Temple. Also, after putting the babies to bed each night, we played lots of games and it was pretty hilarious to see how sleepy Eric and sleepy Greta interacted. Lets just say it brought out a silly competitive side or Eric that I don't get to see very much. Matt was the reigning champion winning most games despite everyone else's best efforts to halt his winning streak. We seriously had so much fun, I wish that we lived closer together so that we could share moments like these more regularly! Also, at this point Levi and Anson pretty much just ignored each other. It will be fun in August when they are a little bit older to see how they interact. I can't wait!

Eric and Greta's birthday cake. Eric found out recently that I had never eaten a Little Debbie treat before and vowed that I had to try them as they brought back such fond memories of his childhood. So I decided to decorate his birthday cake with Little Debbie snacks! It was disgustingly bad for us but also delicious :)

All of us at the Temple. We took turns babysitting so that each of us could do some initiatories. It was my first time back in the Temple since Levi was born and it was so nice to get to feel the peace there.

Love my sweet baby after bathtime!

Our little BYU Cougar!!

Also a huge Sharks fan thanks to Grandma and Grandpa

Levi got a little rug burn by his mouth from chewing on the straps of our baby carrier and rubbing his mouth all over them while we walked around the OMSI. :( Poor thing. Thankfully it healed up quickly. 

We had ridiculously hot weather the weekend before Matt and Greta came so Levi got to go swimming for the first time. He wasn't quite sure what to think of it but he didn't seem to object :)

He was mostly interested in dipping his feet in the water but then taking them back out again :)

In other news, recently Eric had another moment of not quite being able to wake up at night to help out. I asked Eric to go get the baby. After asking twice, he said ok and got up and left the room. However, I could hear over the baby monitor that Levi was just getting more fussy and that Eric did not appear to have gone into the nursery. So I got up and went and got Levi and as I walked past the living room, I could see Eric just standing in the kitchen. So I took Levi back to our room to feed him. When Eric came back to our room, I asked him what he was doing.

Eric: I was trying to get the room ready for our child. But it was hard because... we didn't have anything that costed... I mean, that gave us points already."

Hahaha oh those sleepy nighttime moments with my husband. Priceless. 

Family Pictures

Just thought I would share some of the family pictures that we took while my parents were here visiting! Enjoy :)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good:

• My parents came into town for Memorial Day! I was counting down the days to get to see them again for weeks before they got here. I was seriously so excited and it was so great to spend time with them! We played lots of games, competed for Levi's smiles, ate yummy food and got to go to Saturday market and Bridal Veil Falls (which was absolutely gorgeous). 

• Levi chuckled for the first time! And it was for his grandpa! It was seriously so adorable. I wish we had got it on video. He has done it a couple of more times since then, once for Eric and once for me, but never as much as he did for my dad who he thinks is hilarious, especially when Dad pretends to eat his toes :)

• My parents volunteered to watch Levi so Eric and I went on our first date since Levi was born! We got to go out to eat and went and saw The Jungle Book. It was sooo nice to have time alone with Eric and not be listening for/worrying about little man. 

• We got to take some family pictures while my parents were here. I will share those later but I will say they turned out sooo cute! 

• Summer is starting and our apartment pool is now open! I can't wait to go swimming and introduce Levi to water beyond the bathtub! Haha. 

• My physical therapist is awesome. She makes an uncomfortable task much more bearable.

The Bad:

• C-Diff strikes again! And oh man it is back with a vengeance. I had gotten another test for it because my GI symptoms had lingered after that last bout of gastroenteritis. It came back positive for the Diff but then my symptoms started improving and I actually got back to nearly normal. (Thank you probiotics and Citrucel- I hate you but I need you). Then this last Friday, my parents came into town, and on Saturday I came down with a fever, chills and muscle aches again. By Sunday my GI symptoms were back in full force and I didn't feel up to doing much more than trying to become one with my couch. :( Thankfully the fevers only lasted through Monday and by Tuesday I was on Vancomycin again and feeling a bit better and well enough to do some gentle hiking with my parents. I was sad about the timing of my relapse because I would have loved to do so much more with my parents but it was also nice to have them around to help me with Levi while I felt so awful. 

• I still am off dairy and holy cow have I been craving pizza!

• Eric's job search continues. It's like the quest that never ends. I trust that God has a plan for our family I'm just struggling to learn what it is. 

The Ugly:

• What happens if this second round of vancomycin doesn't kick the C-Diff for good. Two words suffice: fecal transplant. I'm just going to leave it there.

So yeah, that's what's been going on the last couple of weeks. I'm excited to see what the rest of the summer has in store for our little family!

Bridal Veil Falls- so green and beautiful! I love Oregon :)

Levi was mesmerized by the light on the water.

So beautiful and peaceful! As it was a weekday morning when we went it was not crowded at all which was so nice! I'm really glad we got the opportunity to just sit there for a while and enjoy it.

Eric and Levi looking a little tired but still so dapper for church.

Those eyes though! He is such a handsome boy!