Girls day out

All right, so I caved. Megan had been begging and begging for months to have her hair cut short like all her friends at school. Plus she argued that her long hair always gets stuck and covers her face as she puts her winter face mask on. I also got tired of them looking like they were neglected with their hair in tangles or being all staticy from their hats all the time. It is work that never ends to make keep it combed and neat up here in Alaska.
Megan was so excited and happy! It was so funny, but then as we got here she got really quiet and she sat down in her chair looking pretty shy. She didn't move a muscle and was quiet as a little mouse! She was great! I noticed she occasionally smiled at herself in the mirror. She finally got her wish..

Megan did not want her hair shampooed for some reason, they just sprayed it with water instead. Ashley on the other hand just jumped right up into the chair or whatever, she is so easy going and cool with just about anything.

Now that, does not look comfortable..

Of course the pumpkin munchkin still enjoyed it...

Again..what the heck?! That doesn't look comfortable at all.. Poor girl. Do they not cut little kids hair very often or what..? She did so good for this "strictly professional lady"... I heard her humming a song quietly to herself. She is such a character.

Here's Megan in her new do. I hope you like her new look. It's a huge change! I like it, but the lady cut it just a little shorter than I had asked but, oh well it will grow out.. I am still trying to get used to her short hair. She has always had it long! Megan loooooves her hair, she's probably given me 3-4 hugs these past 3 hours we've been home from the beauty Salon. She keeps looking at herself in the mirror too, and she's smiling at herself touching her hair.. She's very happy with it! She can't wait for Church and for School on Monday to show off her new look!

Ashley's Hair. I just had hers trimmed and layered. She still has some cute little chubby cheeks on her and I thought a too short haircut might be unflattering to her face right now. Maybe in a year or two..

We sure got some dang cute kids...I love it!

She's cooking up a storm..

Remember the day I told you I promised Ash some french toast for Breakfast? Well, she eagerly insisted on doing it by herself. Of course our 4 year old did not do it all herself even if she wanted too, but she did a lot.. Here she is all busy and into her work. She loves to help me in the kitchen

Tada! Look what I made! yummy!!

He is growing more and more..

Landon at 4 months old, boy the time is flying when you stop and think about it. Look how stinking big he is getting, my gosh! He's wearing a fleece hoodie with pants. There is an "Alskan moose" on it and it says -lets go camping! Troop 36. Too cute! I love having a boy in the house.

Landon at 3 months old...

Today, December 9th our son is two whole months old!
Landon at 4 weeks

And here he is as a newborn...

Our little Lovesie..

Here's the little Champ on day 2. Sweet little love is all hooked up and not feeling good at all... He would just lay there looking exhausted. Would not say or do very much. The round big tube is the oxygen blowing at him. They had no incubators which are more appropriate for little babies in my opinion, only tubes with masks. He did not tolerate a mask so, they left it freely to just blow in his direction.. Then he had a sensor hooked up on his foot, it would set off an alarm if his oxygen levels would drop below normal ranges. On his arm he has an IV that's wrapped up so he would not be tugging on it. On day one he would only take 2 oz at a time and that was over several hours.. So he had to be on extra fluids. 2 oz per feeding every 3 hours is like what a newborn would eat and he definitely is a big guy. He weighed in on 18 pounds 3 oz, almost doubled his own size in 4 months. It was so sad to see him like this.

The 1st nurse wanted him down flat on his back. As that Nurse left the shift I propped him up. He had heavy, heavy discharge and I know he needed to be propped up so he would not choke. As the next shift started and I asked again about his position they informed me they could tilt the entire crib with some buttons, and so we did that for the rest of the stay. He felt much better. I taped up some toys for him to look at and entertain him while he layed there. On day 3 he was so sick of his bed..

There's the crib you can't really tell but it is tilted quiet a bit.

 

I didn't get much sleep as I watched over him for a "72 hours shift" that never ended.. We were there for 4 days and 3 nights. This experience was extremely exhausting. I have never been so physically stretched thin and worried about any of our kids.. On day two out of 4, my eyes was hurting by just looking around and I had a hard time to even focus on objects. I've been tired before in my life, but this was unreal! I don't know how I survived this hospital stay, I am a person that need my daily sleep to function. I somehow just kept going and had whatever strength I needed to be there for Landon. I am sure Heavenly father had a steady eye on us. I am very disappointed in the nursing staff, they pull 12 hours shifts and I applaud, but they could have and should have been more attentive to us. They were understaffed and under-skilled also. Tired and/or Lazy -pick one, I don't care... It was no excuse to me.