Mekensy's Hearing Update

Mekensy went in for her 4th hearing test today. She passed in her right ear and is still failing in her left. We are not sure what the next step will be, but we are so happy to know that she is hearing. We are assuming that we will be going to see an ear, nose and throat doctor to get his take on the situation. We want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts on Mekensy's behalf. We will keep you updated!

No time to blog...

eat, sleep, think, or anything else for that matter. I don't know if it is just me, but I am really having a hard time keeping up with my children. I hope that everyone who has a new baby feels like they can't get anything done. We have been busy the last couple of weeks in and out of the doctor's office trying to figure out our little Mekensy. Mekensy has not passed her hearing test after 3 attempts so now we are playing the guessing game as to why. The doctor thinks that it is because of fluid in her ears because she has been so congested since she was born. We have been trying different formulas and antibiotics so that we can get her cleared up and try another test. Hopefully we can have something figured out by next week.

Arcadia has had some fun activities the past couple of weeks. She went to the Utah football game with Richard and I (yes I left Mekensy with Richard's mom), she went to Lagoon, and we went to the Utah State Fair. Each was a new and exciting experience.

She was great at the Football game and loved being dressed in her Utah cheerleader outfit that Richard's Aunt Cindy and Uncle Colin gave her for Christmas.

She has been wanting to go to Lagoon since she saw the commercial at the beginning of the Summer and she loved it. Although I wouldn't recommend taking a 2 year old on the Terror Ride. She is still talking about the scary ride that mom and dad sat on with her and she closed her eyes. Thanks to Grandpa Steve and Grandma Jeanne for taking all of us.

The fair was also fun. It is always and experience at the Fair. She liked all of the animals from a distance. She wasn't quite sure about petting anything, but with me for a mom I wouldn't expect anything different. She also got the try the "World Famous", okay so just Utah Famous, fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a fried Twinkie. I don't recommend the PB & J, but the Twinkie was great. She also got the ride a pony which she loved.

So after all of the fun she is now stuck at home with her boring mom and baby sister. I know we are just not as exciting, but there will be more fun to come.

I will post the pictures from the fun events later. I am quickly running out of time. Here are the pictures we had taken of the girls last Friday.

Family of Four!

Mekensy was born on Tuesday, August 26. It was a very quick delivery which was great for me, well except for the fact that I didn't get an epidural until I was fully dialated and pushing. So if anyone would like to know what natural delivery is like I have a pretty good idea! Mekensy was born at 2:58pm, she weighed 7lbs. 10oz. and was 21 inches long. She looks just like Arcadia (just a little bigger) but she has dark hair. She is doing great. She sleeps most of the time and wakes up every 3 hours on the dot to eat and then it is back to sleep. Arcadia is being a great big sister and wants to hold her, kiss her and poke her in the face! We definitely have to watch her closely. We are so excited for our new addition to our family. Richard has been such a great help and I am really not looking forward to him going back to work on Tuesday. I couldn't do any of this without him! He is a great Dad and husband!!

My sister, Staci, gave Arcadia a Cinderella dress up that came with all of the things a princess could want and trying to get it off of her was not easy. Every nurse that came in was quickly greeted by Arcadia annoucing that she had her "rella" on! Thank you to everyone who made this a good experience for Arcadia.