Wednesday's Funny

Anyone need an idea for visiting teaching?  I got this from my friend Misty's facebook page...HILARIOUS!!

Guess What?!

Guess what Elliot ate at lunch today?

Can you believe it?!  I know, I can't either!!

And worse...

Naomi has the stomach bug.  There is absolutely nothing sadder than a tiny  2 month old baby throwing up over and over again.  It is seriously breaking my heart, I have never had a baby this young throw up like this!  I just want to cry-everyone pray she gets over it soon...

It gets worse...

Grace and Elliot are now throwing up....ick!

I have never been so grateful for the sanitary cycle on my washing machine!!

Sweet Baby Maggie...

Grace came up and gave Maggie her baby.  Look how pale she was, it was so sad!

Yesterday afternoon around 4 the puke hit the fan, if you know what I'm sayin'.  Maggie had a low fever before her nap, so I gave her some Tylenol, and she was a bit winey.  Once she started throwing up she just didn't stop!! It got pretty ugly for a couple of hours before Ray got home! I would get Maggie cleaned up, clean up the floor, run up to wash my hands so I could pick up Naomi and it would start all over again!! She puked all over me at one point. Another time she threw up and Elliot started gagging watching the whole thing, and HE threw up!! Then Grace starts gagging! I banished Grace and Elliot to the basement and told them not to come up unless someone was bleeding.

So Naomi is screaming, screaming screaming. Maggie is puking, puking, puking. I can't touch Naomi, or her binky, so I am frantically trying to help Maggie, clean up, get my hands washed and help Naomi. It just seemed like every time I turned around Maggie was throwing up again!! And it was so sad. She eventually was just dry heaving and throwing up bile. And she was so pale. I have been lamenting recently about how busy Maggie is. She is into everything, every second she is awake. I always breathe a sigh of relief when Maggie goes down for a nap. It never fails, whenever I sit down to feed Naomi I start to hear a chair being scooted over to the counter for Maggie to climb on. She's no dummy, she knows I'm not as free to jump up and stop her when I am feeding the baby. However, yesterday she was so listless and didn't even want to move. It was so sad, I just wanted my busy little baby back. I was getting really worried because every time she drank even a tiny bit she would immediately throw it up. This lasted until around midnight. We tried to get her to drink some pedialite, which she hated. Finally I just gave her a sippy cup full of water and she downed the whole thing in about 1 minute. She threw up again around 2, drank a bunch more water and has been sleeping ever since. Hopefully my little sweetie is over the worst and she will be back to making mischief again today :)

UPDATE:

Maggie is awake and is feeling much better.  She still has a fever, but her rosy cheeks and smiling face are back :)

I'm Very Sad...

Okay, I have never watched the show "Big Love", it is a HBO show about a polygamist family in Utah, but I guess that in an upcoming episode of the show they will be depicting a LDS temple ceremony, one that members of the LDS Church hold extremely sacred.  I guess that the guy who wrote the movie "Milk" is also a writer on the show "Big Love".  He was raised in the LDS Church, and is openly and actively gay.  He was a huge opponent of the Prop 8 measure in California, the one whose passage  is blamed entirely on the LDS Church.  (Persecution and hatred of the LDS Church, my church, is officially the last acceptable prejudice, but that is an entirely different subject, sort of).  I believe that this is probably payback on his part.  Anyway, I am so sad and literally sick to my stomach about this.  It seems as though there is no longer any line that will not be crossed.  This is HBO's response:

"In approaching the dramatization of the endowment ceremony, we knew we had a responsibility to be completely accurate and to show the ceremony in the proper context and with respect."  

Ummmm, okay.  Did they bother to ask anyone in the Church about this?  Wouldn't that be the most responsible and respectful thing to do, if that was their true objective?  Could they possibly in a million years show the ceremony in it's proper context?  Do they even have a clue what that proper context is?  Do they understand anything about spirituality, or the fact that there is a spiritual aspect to the ceremony that they could never possibly convey?  No, they don't.

I felt better when I read the Church's response.  It kind of makes me think I shouldn't even be discussing this, or giving it any attention at all, but this is my blog and I wanted to vent.  Anyway, this is my dad's comment on the whole thing.  He's a pretty smart guy...

We hold the temple ceremonies to be sacred because our God said so. Therefore, we deem them to be private, reserved only for those spiritually prepared to receive them, and to be shielded from the ridicule of the world, again, because God said so. We cannot expect outsiders to buy our claim to God’s involvement, but we can expect them to honor one of Society’s most revered norms, i.e. to have common respect for others' religious beliefs. Accordingly, we should be able to expect HBO to hold our ceremonies to be sacred and reserved, simply because we (the Church) said so. HBO implies acceptance of that norm and that concept when they say they
wanted to "depict [our] ceremony with the dignity and respect it is due."

Their claim is disingenuous. If dignity and respect for our ceremony was truly their objective,
then maybe they should have started by asking our opinion of their plan to depict OUR ceremony in any way at all. Wouldn’t respect include seeking out and honoring the wishes of those who own the religious belief? Also, knowing our belief that the ceremony’s dignity is based on its exclusivity, the moment they decide to reveal it to the world, they insult its dignity. They didn’t seek the Church’s opinion because they really didn’t want it. They knew they would not get our blessing on the matter. It would appear that the dignity and respect they claim to have taken “great pains” to achieve, were no real consideration at all. Either that, or they believe that respecting others’ private religious ceremonies requires only that you be “completely accurate” when you disclose them to the world, when you cast their pearls before swine.

How paradoxical, that they, with no authority, assume it on their mere presumption of “complete accuracy” in showing the ceremony in “the proper context and with respect." Since they produced this depiction without consultation from the real authority, i.e. the Church, who are they to claim complete accuracy or proper context? That would be like a job applicant claiming a right to the job simply on the basis of his mother’s high opinion of his qualifications.

It is difficult to believe that HBO cannot see the glaring discrepancies in their claims. Their
“ex-Mormon consultant” for instance, has certainly disqualified himself as a trustworthy authority by reneging on the covenant he made with God to never reveal these things. Who knows if his disgruntled opinion and recollection of the ceremony is accurate? Even if his recollection of tangible details was precise, he cannot claim qualification to address the spiritual aspect. Oh, you mean there’s a spiritual aspect? Also, HBO’s claim of “proper context,” is absurd. The real ceremony is authorized by God to be performed only in His holy temple, and only by proper priesthood authority for a specific eternal purpose. Depiction therefore, of that ceremony by non-members in a film studio, with the purpose of improving television ratings, is not proper context.

Amen, Dad.  

Just say no to Big Love, HBO, and Time Warner.

This video is also part of the LDS Church's response to the show.  It also made me feel better :)

Blessing Day-March 1, 2009

Naomi was blessed last Sunday.  Ray did a really good job, it was a very sweet blessing.  Here are some highlights (Ray and I tried to remember as much as possible-I was dealing with squirmy Maggie and Naomi was screaming the whole time, I wish I would've remembered to ask someone else to write it down for me!)

• Naomi will be a joy in other's lives
• Naomi will have a gift to see good in all her Father's creations
• Naomi will have the spirit of discernment
• Naomi will seek after the things of her Heavenly Father
• Naomi will have deep faith in the Savior
• Naomi will be an example to those around her

I wish I had some better pictures, Sundays are pretty crazy around here.  But at least we got a few after church (even if they are blurry, blasted camera!!).

My aunt Donita made this blessing dress when Grace was born.  All my girls have been blessed in it.  I love it so much, it is so simple, beautiful and perfect.  It is made from the leftover fabric from my wedding dress.

Ray thought we should include a couple of these...to remember her screaming throughout the whole entire blessing :)

Keep scrolling for a couple more posts...

The Many Faces of Naomi

I have been bad about taking pictures since Naomi was born.  We had a photo session the other day.  She has changed so much, she is starting to smile and laugh.  It is so adorable!!

Naomi 8 weeks

My Crazy Kids

Smiley girl

Grace was being a good helper and holding Naomi for me, I guess it got her all tuckered out :)

How cute is Maggie?!

I can see how much the all look alike in this picture :)

Can anyone guess whose handiwork this is?

Cute Grace