1st & foremost....Morgen got her 1st tooth! Boy oh boy is she hitting her milestones now! Rolling all over the house, standing with help (of course), getting teeth...I wish she was adding sleeping through the night to that list, but she's not. And actually today --- her 2nd tooth just came through! I hate to brag ---- but seriously, other than the drool, you hardly knew she was teething. If she was my 1st I would have been TOTALLY surprised --- but knowing some of the more subtle signs, I figured we were near & dear to a tooth. Another difference for the scrapbook...JaCee got her 1st tooth at almost 10 months...Morgen at just 5 months & 1 week! She's eating solids well & I've moved her to the 2nd stage foods. I think the "books" say they should be sitting before they get 2nd stage --- BORING --- books are for 1st time mom's & trust me --- JaCee NEVER got a 2nd stage food one day before she was sitting on her own. But the 1st stage baby foods are SOOO boring...when you can have plain water like applesauce or creamy yogurt apple delight --- which would you rather have? I think that's all for Morgen's update! Oh ya, she went on her 1st 4-wheeler ride on the 4th of July! (Picture is below --- Please do not turn me into to CPS for taking my child in a Baby Bjorn on a 4-wheeler ride). =)
JaCee's thumb update**** boy oh boy, we did this one good! We met with the surgeon who performed the original surgery to see what he thought. The home therapy would work temporarily for stretching the radius of her thumb, but it would go right back into place hours later. Dr. Caskey --- the original surgeon is referring us to a hand specialist with in Shriner's. Apparently this thumb operation is SO common that the hand specialty Dr's would be overwhelmed with the surgery's alone for "trigger thumb" so all general surgeons share the surgery's. However --- once a thumb moves beyond what they called a "black & white" type of issue, we get turned back to the hand specialist Dr. They did an X-ray & said nothing looks out of place. I asked Dr. Caskey what his gut said & he said, "I think she's developed another nodule in her tendon that's getting locked up in another pulley...but I can't just go on cutting pulley's loose in a little one's hand." I understand the hand is intricate & I'm thankful that Dr. Caskey referred me back to a specialty Dr. However, knowing another surgery will probably occur makes me sick to my stomach. Although --- we do know what to expect this time. Wish us luck as our hand journey continues...Oh and these specialty hand Dr's only do clinical once a month, so it's early August before we go meet the new Dr.
4th of July *** We went to Thompson Falls to my parent's house for the 4th. We do this every year since fireworks are legal out where my parents live. They have a cute small town parade on Saturday morning (pictures below). JaCee was so fun this year --- she understood running for the CANDY & had a blast. My dad is a volunteer firefighter and he was riding in one of the trucks in the parade --- JaCee thought that was the best "Papa throw candy at my hand" she said...Saturday afternoon we went for a 4-wheeler ride for a while....and then had a bon fire Saturday night. There were some fireworks done on Friday night, but the big "show" was Sunday. Sunday afternoon we went to visit a new bridge & fish ladder they just built over the damn in Thompson Falls. It was really pretty...pretty trails & the Dam's open right now, so that was even better. Sunday night we had a few fireworks of our own we did at my parent's house. Morgen was a trooper & slept through it...but JaCee wasn't so much of a fan of the loud big one's. She loved her own Pop-It's to throw & loved the smoke bombs & fountains...not papa's loud one's! After every one that would go off...she would say, "ALL DONE!" ---- oh and she held her little ear's closed most of the night. Poor thing...maybe next year will be better...although Morgen will be where JaCee is now!
Summer is getting busy & our weekend plans are quickly filling up. We're having a yard sale this weekend...not a huge one, but enough ....
Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks...(sorry they are out of order...I can't get my computer to put them in the right order tonight)
The view from my parent's deck...with JaCee & Papa by the fire having a little heart to heart....
Family picture on the new bridge
Ok! Seriously....only in Montana! I was dying laughing...we DO NOT know this person, I just had to take a picture. The funny thing is she was walked right up to where we were standing. I had Morgen in my umbrella stroller & I said where I'm from we put our kid's in strollers, in MT you put dog's in your stroller!
JaCee wanting to ride all by herself!
My mom, JaCee & me, waiting for the parade to start!
JaCee picking up candy, she had the hang of this...
My dad in the firetruck...
Matt & his girls...
Morgen in her baby Bjorn on her 1st ride with me. She LOVED it! So much she fell asleep before we were out of my parents driveway. JaCee had her 1st 4-wheeler ride & did the same thing when she was a baby...
Warm weather ... finally... and a cute dress I have for JaCee ...
My baby doll!
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