Tabor's Eye Surgery

Tabor has cocked his head to the side since we can remember. At first I thought it was a neck problem. Then I noticed I tilt my head... is slouching and head tilting hereditary? Nope, atleast not in this case. He was tilting his head in order to line his eyes up while focusing on a person/object. His left eye was what we might call a "lazy eye" and the head tilt helped his eyes get into the same position. As for my head tilt, still havent figured that out.

So we went down to Utah to accomplish 2 things. Sugery & Packing/Moving. Tabor was champ on surgery day. The nice part about surgery on a baby is that they are not nervous beforehand because they have no idea what is going on. Tabor is in his hospital T-shirt just smiling. He happily went to the doctor who took him away from us. I am glad he was so chipper that morning because I was nervous. But all went well. They did the "Eye Muscle Surgery" in a 1/2 hour we waited for him to wake up for a 1/2 hour and then we left. It was super fast.

They pulled his eye lid up and did thier procedure stitched it up and pulled the eye lid back down. It was slightly swollen but other then that you couldnt even tell. I was so glad he did not have to get bandaged up because it would of been one heck of a nightmare keeping him from touching it. I would have put one of those cones you put on dogs heads around him. Anyway the moral of the story is... eye muscle surgery really anywhere near as bad as I imagined.

My parents drove us down to Utah, we used thier trailor, they helped Robert pack & load our things, entertained kids and then drove us back to Washington. What service! I am so grateful for all of thier hard work!

Heather watched Pepper during Tabors dr. appt. and surgery. Korver and Pepper had a blast playing hide and go seek. They played it the entire trip. Whenever I looked for them I would say "Are they in the closet?" and you would hear them both say "NO" from under the bed. One more last thing because I think it is so cute... the kids were playing and randomly Korver folds his arms and says "Heavenly Father, I am so grateful that I can play with Pepper, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen".

Hair Growth!

I am so excited. Pepper's hair finally reaches into pigtails! She has super short hair in the front and clips/flowers always slide out, but the rubber bands in back are staying. It helps her look more feminine... just like she acts :) She has entered into the world of imagination and is constantly rocking her dolls to sleep, feeding them or changing their diapers (she has even used diaper cream on their bums!). She is a good mom! When she accessorizes it is always with sparkles. And she LOVES to be complimented, so mention the hair or the sparkling shoes if you see her!

Robert on the other hand does not have a hard time growing hair. Since he just graduated from BYU the shaving rule no longer applies to him... so he decided to grow a beard. He was only able to handle one week of hair growth because he said his face was so itchy. Too bad, I wanted him to let it go a little longer and get a little thicker. But it was not something I would want him to keep forever so I am not heartbroken. Anyway... there you have it hair grows.

Stripes For Christmas!

Whenever we go on a trip I pack WAY ahead of time. Usually leading to digging through the suitcase for things we still need. Well, I ended up pulling all the most important items out of the suitcase and leaving them in Utah. My scriptures, Q-tips (i have to have them), makeup, deodorant and our camera. So these pictures are all from my sisters camera. Sorry Salmon side... no pictures of you. But if anyone took any with us in them I would love a copy!

Each Christmas Eve we get a pair of PJ's. This year my mom bought them for all of her grand-kids. 4 boys and 1 girl. So naturally the pj's were more boyish. But my mom thoughtfully bought Pepper a turquoise flower to go with it, un-thoughtfully Pepper kept taking it out.