Snow {man}

We had our first snow fall and what a fall it was! The perfect PERFECT packing snow!!! So we raced outside to use it while we had it.  Now a few days later, and it's still around.

My little redhead

He loves baths. Loves them. Also he loves writing utensils.  See the smiley face on his knee?

Ward

This is another post about my ward. Even though I know it has its faults, I cannot say enough good things about my ward. This ward has been so amazing! I've been going to choir, which is held during the week. It is the most fun I've had in a long time. Everyone kids around and has fun with it. I am so absolutely in love. I would do anything for these people. I've been singing tenor which is totally not even close to what I normally sing (soprano) but since we are short on men I will help out any way I can. Hahaha! It really hurts trying to sing that low and trying to sing loud enough to even make a difference. I get to sit by the basses and those guys are super funny. They treat me like I'm a member of the family, but honestly it has been a really long time since I felt like I belonged in a ward. Everywhere I go in Gooding people are starting to recognize me and greet me when they see me. We saw our kids swimming teacher yesterday and phoebe gave her a great big hug. The Ace Hardware lady recognizes me when I come in. I realize I'm still an outsider, like when we had a trick or treat thing with all the businesses downtown on main street last week. I took my kids and ran into a couple ward members with their group of friends. It was kinda hard to swallow that I was by myself and not invited by any of them. At the same time, I realize it's a two way street and I could have invited someone to come with me. It's still a bit lonely out here, but I'm sure I'll find a friend soon.

Carter my sick baby

Something is wrong with carter. My worry meter is up at its highest point. Yes he is little and that's not what I'm worried about, but he's had diarhea off and on since we started solids a few weeks ago. It's gotten progressively worse and this week has been non stop.  Carter has also had a fever, which leads me to believe he's actually sick. He hasn't been eating either. But maybe it's a combination of both sickness and perhaps a food allergy? Ugh. If only I had a doctor to take him to that I actually had faith in. And that's a whole nother story. I was referred to a PA by my most beloved midwife. I was extremely unimpressed with her and our ideals clashed in every way. She was extremely unhelpful and if anything I could say of the visit that she let her experience as a mom of one 18 month old child cloud her opinion of doing things any way but the way she was raising her own child. It was frustrating to me to feel scorned by this woman because I had made the decision to put off feeding my child solids. And as she went into her shpeal about the importance of shots, I cut her off and told her that although she thought me a granola, I did indeed immunize my children. I will never go back to her. Never.