January-April

We have had a busy 4 months. January we celebrated Bailey's 1st Birthday! Our little caterpillar is growing up! She had friends and family come over to celebrate her Birthday. I decided to have A Very Hungry Caterpillar Party since she loves to eat. :) It was a fun day. Then we celebrated my 30th in Disneyland! It was the BEST Birthday ever! The girls loved it! Little Mermaid and Monster's were by far their favorite. They loved the Parade and Emma went crazy when she saw all the princesses. I wish I would have recorded it. It was priceless. Between birthdays, work and finishing the season of UVU basketball we are having a blast. We are excited to have Grandma and Grandpa Anderson here in two months from their mission. Mike, Bione and Maggie got here a couple days ago to live here and we are so excited to have cousin Maggie here closer. They were so excited to see each other. They actually live around the corner from us. We can't wait to see the other family here in July. We are so excited about summer! Let the fun begin!

Emma 25-28 months

Emma is almost 2 1/2! Crazy! Emma is doing awesome. She is still working with Paul OT, Shauntell, and Appril Speech. She actually failed her hearing test on the right side again so we have an appointment with Dr. Park May 20th. Hopefully we can figure out what is wrong and fix it. Maybe that is why her speech is not quite there yet. She is saying more and more each day but its just not clear. She is such a funny, loving, caring little girl. She will give anyone and everyone a hug and kiss. She is so sweet that way. If we could have that cuteness all day, that would be GREAT! lol She loves to watch Disney JR and Bubble Guppies is her new favorite show. She still is my tech baby and loves to watch her shows on my phone or the ipad. Frozen is her and Bailey's new show and they LOVE to sing along with it. Emma even sings to the wall when singing Do you want to build a snowman. It's the cutest thing in the world! She is about 25 lbs so just a pound difference between the two girls. She loves to watch the older kids at school and actually pretend played with me yesterday!!! It was a proud parent moment. I asked for some ice cream while she was playing in the playhouse at work and she gave me some ice cream. Then she kept coming to me and say Ice Cream. I love her so much! We may have our struggles communicating to us but she has come a long way. Her Neuro Dr. said that if she continues to do great then she wouldn't have to see him again tell she is 5.:) She loves going to dance still with Ella and has her end of the year dance recital at the end of May. Can't wait for that cuteness! She may have her moments but she is so fun and we love her to pieces. :)

Bailey 13-15 months

WOW! I am way behind on blogging. Bailey is now 15 almost 16 months! I can't believe she is that old. Two more months and its nursery time!!!! Steve is Very excited about this. He has her while I am doing singing time. Bailey is such a loving, mischievous little girl. She is very patient with her sister and they love to get into things together. She is walking, saying momma, dadda, emma, more, up, all done, bye-bye, Taco for Thank you, (That is my favorite word of hers) Elmo and signs please. :) She will try to repeat words you tell her to. She loves to walk by herself...that is fun walking through a parking lot. :/ She LOVES to eat. I'm pretty sure she will eat anything that is in front of her. Except maybe some veggies. She is still a mommies girl and while whine until I pick her up. She is 24 lbs. and i think it was 30 almost 31 inches in height. Still has no hair except the back. Business in the front...Party in the back I guess. Bailey is like the total opposite of Emma at this age. Emma was all about watching you tube videos and Bailey will watch for a little but gets bored. She is sleeping through the night still and when she wakes up she wants to wear her Minnie Mouse ears from Disneyland. Disney girl at heart. :) Bailey is such a fun, loving girl and we are so happy she is in our family.

Happenings October-December 2013

We have been super crazy this year! We had our annual Halloween Party at our house, Trips to Cornbelly's, trip to Colorado for Thanksgiving, Steve's 30th Birthday, Disney on Ice, Emma's 2nd Birthday, Emma's Dance recital, and Christmas. It has been super crazy but full of fun with family and friends. We are truly blessed with amazing girls and the best family around us.

12 months and 25 months

My baby is ONE!! She is getting so big! It's crazy to think last year it was Emma 1st Birthday and I was pregnant again. I'm happy to say we are not pregnant again yet. :) I mean we want more children but not that close again. The girls LOVE playing together right now. I hope it stays. Bay is still scooting on her butt to get around and moves pretty fast now that we have hardwood flooring on our main floor. She loves to watch sister run around, watching movies, and loves to eat! I'm pretty sure she eats 24/7. She loves to wave bye and blow kisses still. She has 5 teeth now but I think her other front tooth is coming soon. She takes 2 naps a day still and we are thankful for those naps! :) She had a fun birthday with family and friends and we can't wait to see what this year will bring. :) We love you Bay! Emma is doing awesome! She is picking up more and more speech. I would say she knows about 20-30 words now. She still will come up to you in her little language and tell you something but if you say really and reply's YEAH! It's the cutest thing when her and her dad have a full on conversation. Emma is such a fun, loving girl but boy does she have attitude! She can turn it on and off so quickly. I hope she grows out of this stage soon. She is still working with OT, Speech and play therapy. She is still in love with Monster's University, iPads, iPhones, and Elmo. We love our Emma and couldn't be happier that she choose us to be her parents. We love you Emma!

This was the best picture I could find at this age. lol showing off her Elmo christmas ornament

Oldson Family Reunion in October 2013

We had a blast in October with the Oldson Clan. Our family left a few days early and we went to Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland. It was a blast! The lines to the rides were short because everyone was trick or treating. They gave out good candy and handfuls of it! It was so fun to dress up the girls and enjoy Disneyland. We then met everyone else in San Diego and went to Legoland and Sea World. It was fun to be with everyone and the girls had fun with there cousins.

11 months and 24 months

Bailey is our little Drama Queen! She is loving all the attention from her sister and they play pretty well right now. Cross your fingers. :) She is still scooting on her bum to get around and is getting fast at it. She can pull her self up on to things but she is just scared. She loves to eat, eat and eat. I think for her 1st birthday we are going to do A Very Hunger Caterpillar Party. She loves to say dada and we are working on saying mama.:) She waves bye bye and blows kisses. She loves to play with her sister and take away what ever she is playing with. She lights up when mom walks into the room and is so mad when I leave her sight. We love Bailey so much and we are so glad she came to us.

I can't believe I have a TWO year old. I mean she has been acting like she is 2 since she was 18 months old but she is TWO! Emma is such a loving, caring, stubborn little girl. She is so sweet to her sister and wants to hug or have her sister sit by her all the time. Boy does she through some good temper tantrums. I sometimes wonder if they will ever grow out of them. Emma loves her Dance class and just had her First Dance recital and she did great. She had her Elmo Party and loved it. Ella her Best Friend came to her party and I'm pretty sure she was more excited about that then anything else. Emma is into Elmo, dancing, watching the Ellen Show with mom, watching Monsters University everyday and loves to play with her friends. She is finally cutting three more teeth and is doing great with her language. I feel like she is echoing more and more so hopefully we can actually understand what she is telling us. She will walk up to us and say something in her own little language and I just have to shack my head yeah. :) She is so fun and we can't wait until Christmas. She is going to love it! We love you Emma!

9/10 months and 22/23 months

I'm a slacking on updating each month of the girls. Bailey is our little social drama queen! She loves to be around and watch other kids but she knowns how to turn it on and off when she wants to be with mom or wants something. She is definitely a momma's girl. (It has its up and downs) We have another butt scooter in our family. :) She gets around scooting on her bum just like her Big sister did. Only this time Bailey rotates from each side to side as she scooters as to where Emma used one side and used her hands more. Bailey loves to eat!!!! She will eat anything we give her as long as she can pick it up and put it in her mouth. She loves to watch her Big sister play and to get into anything on her level. She is pulling her self up more and more when she isn't lazy. ;) My favorite thing she does right now is when she wants to be picked up she will hold her arms up and open and close her fingers like Pick me up! I love it! She got tubes put into her ears about 2 weeks ago and it has made a big difference. I know this sounds silly but she never use to sign more but ever since her tubes she claps her hands and actually signs more when she wants to. ;) She babbles all the time and uses her lungs every once in a while to. She is cutting her "vampire" teeth right now and that leads into our story last night. We ended up taking her to the Instacare because she woke up from her nap with from hives on her cheek and lower back. She had a fever of 101.2 and her heart rate was 178. They gave her some steroids to clear up the hives and to monitor her during the night. She was fine this morning with no hives and slept great but I ended up taking her to see Dr Weipert and he seemed like she maybe touched something and she reacted from it or something in the air. But he didn't seem to worried about it. He said her heart rate was okay…200 plus is something he would of been concerned about. Other then that Bailey is our sweet, loving, drama queen. :) We are so blessed to have her in our family. We love you Bailey!

Emma needs to stop growing up! I can't believe she will be 2 on Saturday. She is our miracle baby and I am so grateful to have her spunky little personality in our family. She might be in her terrible twos but she does things that make us laugh. She graduated from PT which we are happy but sad at the same time. Mark has been with Emma since she was a month old. We will miss him but are excited she is doing awesome. She is working with April her Speech Therapist and still works with Paul OT and Shauntell. We are so grateful for Kids on the Move and the help they have given us. Emma is starting to echo more and more of what we say and talks to us in her own little language. She loves her Dance class and has her first Christmas Recital next thursday.:) She loves to play with her friends at Daycare especially Ella! I'm pretty sure besides mom and dad. Ella was one of her first words. :) Emma is obsessed with either iPhones or iPads. She loves to watch Disney Junior or PBS Kids. I'm so excited for her birthday and Christmas this year. She is at such a fun age. Yesterday she sat and watched Monsters University for about 30 min.! She loves to explore and decided to climb out of bed during her nap and wrote with sharpie all over her walls and door. :( With a little Pinterest magic I got most of it our with nail polish. The Brown is still on the wall. Guess we will be painting that room again. Our little Emma explore is such a joy to have in our family and we are excited to see her exceed more. We love you Emma!

Emma's Scare

Emma gave us a scare back in July...she got the flu that was going around daycare and everywhere! But the flu she got was diarrhea and fever which lead to dehydration which then lead to a seizure. Let's start from the beginning. We had Sara's kids this week because they went on a cruise. 4 kids under the age of 3...crazy huh!? Anyways, we went to daycare as normal but Michelle said Emma had had a few loose poops and was getting a fever. She was not feeling well and she had a fever of 99.9. I gave her Tylenol before we all left. When we got home she was acting normal besides me changing her butt every 5 minutes because of diarrhea. She wasn't eating that much and was drinking little to. It was around 7:45 when I was changing her diaper she was flipping out! She started getting really stiff and grunting. She was holding her breath for a while and it was freaking us out! She then stopped which felt like forever but it was probably a minute or two. She then looked really tired and I didn't want her to go to sleep because I had NO idea what that was. I was crying and trying to call my mom and she wasn't answering. I finally called my dad and he told me to just take her into the hospital. So Steve gave her a quick blessing and I called Lacie over to watch the kids and we left to the hospital. Of course on our way over she was looking better. :) The power of the Priesthood! My mom finally called me back, she was at a RS activity and she told me she probably had a fever induced seizure. She was going to go over to my house to watch the kids so Lacie could go back to her family. Anyways, after a 5 hour visit in the ER my mom was right. She had a seizure induced by a fever. They monitored her for a while and gave her an IV because she was a little dehydrated. It was the scariest moment which seemed like forever. My pedi Dr. did say she is more likely to get them again since she had one. So let's hope she never gets a high fever again. I felt bad because I never gave her tylenol the rest of the night because she was playing with Sophie all day/night and I never felt to see if she was hot. She was such a trooper at the hospital. It is so sad to see your child in a bed hooked up to an IV and feeling sick and you can't do anything! I am so grateful for the power of the Priesthood, family and friends. I couldn't have done it without Lacie coming over to rescue me, my parents for taking over and then my sister Rondee taking Sophie and Owen the rest of the week so I could give Emma my full attention. We love our little Emma and we are so happy she is healthy and happy now!

July to Beginning of September

We have had such a good time these past few months I haven't had time to blog. We had our first experience going to a Drive In with our girls and it was fun. Emma loved to walk around in the Pilot and eat the popcorn. Of course it was really humid that day so it was hot in the car. We made a bed in the back of the Pilot, ate popcorn and candy and tried to watch the movie. We saw Despicable Me 2 and Man of Steel. The girls did pretty good through the first movie but they were tired towards the end and it was hard to get them to sleep. Overall we learned that it was fun but not to take the little ones next time. :) July 4th we went to the lake with part of my family and went jet skiing and had a BBQ. It was fun to be with family and we ended the night watching fireworks with our neighborhood. We love living in Lehi and love our neighbors and ward. Steve ran for Mayor of Lehi and lost by 16 votes during the primaries. We are so proud of him. With that lose he gained a knowledge that he needed to go back to school so he started school last week at Seton Hall. Its an online Master's in Communication and Leadership. I'm so proud of him for going back to school to help him further his education and knowledge in Higher Ed. He loves working at UVU and wants to go far there. Our Adventures these past few months have also included miniature golfing, Discovery Gateway, BBQ with friends and playing golf in the front yard. I love the summer and it makes me sad to think Fall is here and that means Winter is around the corner. :( We love playing together as a family and can't wait to see what other adventures are in store for us!