My Amazing Husband

Poor Josh, I feel so bad for him. He has had a cough/cold/stomach flu/fever since Sunday. I was down in SOAB for Sunday-Tuesday, so he had to take care of himself. The worst part is his schooling is so demanding he hasn't had the chance to stay home and get better. Everyday he either has a project he has to complete or he'll lose marks, or a test he has to be there for.
He coughs and tosses and turns all night. Drags himself out of bed at 6:20. Comes home at 5, and flops right in to bed. He's so sick, but refuses to go see a doctor. I have no idea how he manages to go to school everyday as sick as he is. He even went home teaching the other day. He is absolutely the most amazing husband. I love the fact that he takes school so seriously, and is so amazing at what hes doing. Hope he gets better soon.


Here's some cute pictures of Malin attacking a strawberry.

Achievements

Malin is official no longer a baby! She is a little girl now, or at least she thinks so. About a month ago I went in to get her up from her nap, and found this.

Sometimes its annoying, I'll be trying to put her down, and she just keeps popping back up. Other times its cute. I'll go in to get her up, and shes just standing there smiling at me. Shes kinda learned that she doesn't have to cry for everything now. So I'll have stuck her down for a nap, and then I'll hear this little high pitch squeal, then another squeal 10 seconds later. This goes on till I go in her room, and there she is standing up smiling at me. I'll put her down, and if she just does it again I'll get her up. Most times she'll go to sleep, shes such a little crazy.

Malin is crawling ALL OVER, and has been for the last 3 weeks! Its really funny though, she hasn't figured out how to go from one room to the next.
Here she is wanting so bad to play with the broom and mop.


Hmmm, how do I crawl across this?


All right! Here I come.


And...Backing up!


It literally use to take her 20 min of going back and forth before She'd actually get across. She is doing a lot better now, and only takes 5 min haha.

This is her new approach. Hands and feet.


Not only has she learned to stand up in her crib, but everywhere else. The other day she was holding on to the couch with one hand, then all of a sudden she was standing by herself! Only for about 5 seconds, but crazy hey. If we help her balance she can stand for up to 20 seconds before she sits down.

Shes falling down in this picture, but she can really stand for a while by herself, we just couldn't capture it on camera.


One of her favorite things to do is to turn the playstation and T.V. off. What a little brat. Look how short her little legs are!!



I'm happy to announce Malin FINALLY has a tooth!! Its been along time coming. Malin is a HORRIBLE teether. She has been teething 4 times before that dang tooth decided to finally come out. This last time was particularly bad. She was super grouchy for a month! She got an ear infection and had a super high fever for 2 days. It was so sad, she just snuggled all day long. Then finally A TOOTH! Shes been as happy as ever, crawling all over the place and playing by herself all day long. Really hope every tooth isn't like that.

Of coarse she is still eating like a crazy lady! Since she had her chest and ear infection she has decided she doesn't like to nurse. For the last month its been a battle to get her to nurse. I can kinda force her to nurse in the morning, but that's about it. I decided last night she is close enough to 9 months, and am going to start her on milk. I gave her 3 ounces of homo milk, she loved it!!! I gave her another 3 ounces this morning. I know a lot of you probably think I'm a horrible Mom, and that I'm going to cause all sorts of problems for Malin. Lets look at the facts though. She wont nurse, so wont take formula, and she is in between the 5th and 10th percentile, and she was born at the 75%. Pretty sure she is better off on cows milk, then no milk at all. My Mom put me on cows milk at 5 months and I'm still alive.

She is shaking her head like she is saying no. I even swear she has said the word no twice.

She is getting so big. She really seems more like a little girl then a baby now. We bought her a toy that she can push around and walk with. We bought it a week ago and she has now figured out how to stand up without it rolling away and her falling on her face. She'll push it really slow and walk with it. Pretty sure within the next couple weeks she'll be running around the house with it. I just love this little girl!!! Whats not to love!

Quick Trip

Last weekend Janna and I decided to make a quick trip down to Southern AB. Raymond was splitting the wards, and my Dad got called to be a Bishop. Cant say I was really surprised when I found this out. My Dad is going to be a great Bishop.
It was a really fun trip. The kids were pretty good on the long drive. We stopped in Calgary for an hour on the way down. Balian had a bit of a stomach problem and threw up ALOT! Janna ended up changing his whole outfit, as well as her own.
Sunday we went to the town church meeting where they announced the new boundaries and Bishops. All the kids were there, it was super fun to be all together. We just hung out Monday morning. Grandma Dixie came and picked us up and took us to Barnwell, where we hung out with everyone for a couple hours.
We left Tuesday morning. The roads were a little scary. I counted 24 cars in the ditch from Reddeer to Edmonton. Once again the kids were pretty good up till the last 20 min. Then Bails just lost it, Malin wasn't to impressed either.
All in all it was a super fun trip. It was really nice to have a little road trip with Janna.

I am Thankful for...

Medicine!
Poor little Malin has been sick. For a couple weeks now she's been super stuffed up. Then when we were down in Southern AB, she got a cough. After 3 days of having the cough I just couldn't take it anymore so we took her to the hospital. Well Malin is a crazy little girl with the energy of 10 normal babies. So to the doctor she seemed perfectly normal. She was sitting nicely on my lap, playing nicely with a toy. Instead of climbing all over me and waking me in the face with her toys. Looking around curiously and whimpering a little bit. Instead of grabbing everything she comes in contact with and screeching at the top of her lungs. Malin is constantly on the go. So when the doctor came in to check on her he said she doesn't look sick to me. And he was kinda right, she seemed perfectly fine for a normal baby. He checked her quick and came to the conclusion she wasn't sick enough to do anything for her. That was on a Thursday. Well by Monday night she was looking pretty bad. I slept in her room with her that night. She was up almost every hour. She was having a hard time breathing, she was hacking her head off, and she had this sad little sick cry, saddest cry I've ever heard. She woke up at 6 and would hardly eat anything and went back to bed till 9 30, when I figured she was ready to get up. So I tried feeding her, she wouldn't have it, I tried taking her in the shower to help clear her nose, and all she did was snuggle and whimper. So off to bed again at 10am. By 11 45 Malin was still sleeping, so I decided no baby sleeps till noon if they're not sick! Sure enough Malin has an ear and chest infection, super stuffy nose, and a fever. At least that's what I got from the doctor, he's East Indian and I can hardly understand a word he says. We got her some drugs and I'm pleased to say she is almost her normals self again!!! crazy what a day of antibiotics can do to a person. She slept all night. Still isn't eating how I'd like but I'm sure that'll change soon. I think she's so happy that shes not super sick anymore, I could drop her on her head and she'd still be smiling and laughing. Right before she got sick she was experimenting with crawling, but just didn't have the energy to try lately. So far today shes gotten into the dvd's, my unpacked suitcase, the dirty towels, and figured out letting go of the bed while standing isn't a good idea. Also she hasn't stopped smiling and screeching at decibels only dogs can hear all day. And tuns more, this little girl amazes me with how much energy she has. I just love her. I have been spoiling her a bit too much lately. Little kids should not get sick, its just too sad to watch.
It really is crazy what medicine can do though. She did a complete 360, in less then 24 hours. I cant even imagine living back when a cold was life threatening. Anyways, I'm happy she's feeling better, but I am a little sad I wont be getting as much snuggles anymore.

I tried adding a video of Malin but it didnt work for some reason. Sorry no new pictures either.