Halloween & More

Well, we did it! We made it through the first holiday of the season! Yipee! It was a super busy week for us. On Monday, Kate went in for her MRI. She did great, but I was a wreck. She wasn't allowed to eat before it (and it was at 2pm) so she was STARVING!
Then they had to put in IVs and sedate her and she just looked so pale and helpless. I wasn't allowed in with her so I had to wait in by her little hospital crib and try not to cry (I am such a weenie sometimes).
The test went well, and her MRI and EEG have come back normal! Yeah! They are not happy with her blood results and we are supposed to take her in for more bloodwork this week (this will be round 3). On Tuesday, Kate had her 6 mo checkup. She is healthy and progressing ahead of schedule. We are expecting her to start crawling any day now! She weighs 14lb 6 oz (12%) and is 26.5 in tall (58%). She is a tiny little thing, but is following her growth curve so the doctor assures us she is fine.


Tuesday night and Wednesday brought Halloween fun for the kids. This year they were matching clowns. Their costumes were absolutely adorable. Fortunately, my cousin Jenn had made matching clown costumes for her children last year and this year my kids were the perfect sizes!
We made an appearance at the ward Halloween party in costume with Aunt Tammy, but Dallin tired quickly and we returned home. On Wednesday, Dallin and Kate dressed up and went to Smith's to Trick or Treat Daddy at work (also because he likes to show them off).
Then Dallin had his first REAL trick or treat at Uncle Willie's and Aunt Tammy's house. He knocked on the door and when they opened it, he went right in. LOL (He actually did this at the first few houses. It took some convincing for him to stand at the door, hold out his bucket, and say "Trick or Treat!" He did say "Tick Teat!" for Uncle Willie and got LOTS of candy! On his way out, the lightbulb turned on and he ran to the downstairs apartment and knocked, said "Tick Teat", and got candy! Man! This Halloween thing is great. It took a great deal of coaxing to get him back into the car so he would be able to go out that night with his cousins, Emma and Luke. He stopped on our way into our house to trick or treat our neighbors, his nursery teachers. Again, he marched right inside. LOL "Tick Teat!"
At home, he opened about 10 tootsie roll pops we were handing out, licked them, and left them about. GROSS! That night, he had a great time. He actually WALKED (with a leash of course) and trick or treated for 2 HOURS!!! He was loving it! It was really cute to see him get all excited going from house to house..marching along saying "tick teat tick teat tick teat" Of course, I need to train him to pick the good candies when he is allowed to pick his own....why whoppers!?
On Thursday, Christopher got his 2 wisdom teeth out, a root canal and a crown. He looked like a chipmunk, but felt better than he has in months. He has had so much pain with his teeth lately...that even after all that work it felt better. He still has quite a bit of work to do, but that is the biggest/most expensive part of it. Just one deep cleaning and 5 fillings to go!
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Kate has started giving kisses! So adorable. Her mouth is wide open and sometimes there is some licking involved, but she will actually lean forward and lay one on you! Then she backs up and gives you this look like she is so proud of herself and she loves you so much! What a cutie. Kate is also a food eatin machine these days. She started solids about a month or so ago. First cereals, then veggies, and the past couple of weeks she has tried fruits. We have found she is allergic to peas, LOVES squash and other veggies, and thinks that fruit is the grossest thing ever! We have tried bananas, pears, prunes, peaches....they are all GROSS! She will pucker up, gag, wretch, even shudder. If you keep trying she will start to cry and even purse her lips so you can't get anymore in. This is fine except that with her 4-5 jars of veggies a day plus bottles, she is getting constipated so we have started sneaking prune/apple juice in her formula...she won't drink straight juice either. LOL That's my girl. She is so close to crawling...we have even seen her take a crawl? or 2.
Dallin is talking up a storm. He has started noticing and pointing out trains recently. Maybe it is because we live by a railroad now. Unfortunately, his pronunciation isn't the best...and well....they aren't trains or choo choos...they are "Poo Poos!' Yes, ladies and gentlemen, our son runs about pulling the pretend train whistle yelling "Poo Poo!" as well as pointing out every "poo poo" he can see...big or small. LOL He can pronounce it correctly if you correct him, but he hasn't started doing it regularly on his own yet. He has also started being even MORE DRAMATIC! Where does he get that from? LOL It's definitely a mystery. Dallin has starte clapping his hand over his eyes and crying (at times throwing himself on the ground) any time his feelings are hurt or he is upset (which is an awful lot). Oh...2 years old!