Clara already loves her uncle Winston and always snuggles right up to him and falls asleep.
Olivia is warming up pretty fast too. Winston has already found that the way to her heart is through otterpops!
One way we distract her in the car is by giving her pretty lipgloss to put all over her lips...and face:)
We went to City Creek one morning with my aunts Annabelle and Tiffany, Sophia, Winston, and my mom. It was Winston and I's first time going there. We had lunch at Kneaders and literally shopped till we dropped! Soph and I found ourselves a nice pair of leather leggings. I can hardly wait until it cools down so I can wear them.
I know in a post last year I talked about how Taco Amigo has without a doubt the best fresh strawberry shakes ever and I still think that. But if you love peaches their fresh peach shake is every bit as good.
My beautiful baby.
She has her mommy's big eyes!
Silly faces in the car.
Winston watching his first movie since being home.
Clara slept on him for hours.
One of my favorite things about summer is eating outside on my parent's porch.
I think Olivia loves it almost as much as I do!
There's my cute girl.
Snuggling with grandma.
We think Clara looks a lot like my dad.
Which obviously means she looks like me they just have one special thing in common that luckily I don't have to worry about at this stage in my life and that is that they are both bald:)
We've been trying to keep Olivia busy with all sorts of activities that don't involve her running around. Playing with play dough is definitely a favorite!
Apparently, (I say apparently because I was not with Olivia when this happened) Olivia was outside jumping on the tramp with the twins and Harrison and got bounced too high. Her legs flopped weird in the air and then she landed back on the tramp on her face. She immediately started screaming and so the kids brought her to me. I had never seen her like that. Usually Olivia has a very high pain tolerance and if she does get hurt she only cries for a minute. Or until she gets her binky. That being said, I knew she was very hurt. We kept hoping that it was just a sprain or a twist and that it wasn't anything serious because Olivia does not have insurance here in Utah, only in Oregon. So we waited a few days. We wrapped it up nicely and she didn't cry much. Occasionally if it got moved the wrong way she would let out a scream. She would not stand or walk on it. So after a few days we
decided it would be best to take her in. We took her to the pediatrician that saw me when I was little! He immediately said that he thought she broke a bone and so he sent us down to have her leg x-rayed. Her favorite part of the x-ray was the lollipop they gave her after! Well turns out our doctor was right, she broke her tibia. (The main bone in your lower leg.) It was a clean break all the way through towards the top of her leg right below her knee. He said it would for sure need to be casted but he wanted us to see an orthopedic surgeon because of the place where she broke it. We had to wait a few days to see her because she was out of the office. So Dr. Gardner temporarily put a splint on her leg and wrapped it up nicely. He said he was so surprised at how brave she was. He said most babies that break a bone are bawling even through the night and a lot of times have muscle spasms. He was shocked to hear that none of this had happened.
That's my brave little girl.
If you look at the x ray the break happened about an inch below that little ball thing. If you look close there is a little dark line. (Sorry you can't see it really well, this is a picture of a picture.)
So finally the day came and we were able to meet with the orthopedic surgeon.
She said Olivia would need a full cast practically over her entire leg. And that it would need to be on for 4 weeks. For the first two weeks she is not supposed to put any weight on it and then for the last two weeks they gave us a little boot that we can put over it so that she can walk around. She said it was a clean break and that it should heal perfectly especially since Olivia is so young. We were able to get a water proof cast thankfully. Since we have our cabin and beach trips coming up. Olivia chose a purple cast and was so brave while they put it on. She even said thank you so much when they were through.
(Enjoying a nice pink lollipop).
I am so proud of my baby. It makes me sick to think of what she has been through and what she still has to go through wearing that cast and all. She has been a bit more irritable and I don't blame her. The hardest part is keeping her off that leg, because she is getting so comfortable with the cast. She is really good at crawling around and dragging her leg. Even though it is so sad, it's also quite cute. Lucky for her she has received so many gifts from friends and family that have helped make her sitting time more enjoyable. Like new movies, fun sticker books, markers and a whiteboard, playdough, and new my ya pos (my little ponies).
I feel so blessed with all the support we have had and am so grateful to my parents for being willing to pay for her care. I'm also so grateful to my mom for totally spoiling her and carrying her around everywhere.
I can't wait for these 4 weeks to be over so that my little girl can run around all day like she likes to.
After 2 long years Winston (Elder Farr) was finally coming home.
To say we were excited in the Farr home is an understatement.
Days before you would see us running around the house screaming, "WEEEEENSTON'S COMING HOME!!" Over and over and over again.
The day finally arrived. The twins, Harrison, and our neighbor drew a huge welcome home in chalk in the middle of the road, Sophia and I made a huge welcome home sign that we hung over the garage and I made 60 homemade cinnamon rolls for his homecoming that next day. It was a very crazy morning so it ended up going by pretty quickly.
And before we knew it we were in the car headed up to the airport.
Some of us were freaking out so much we were making ourselves sick. (Me and my mother).
We made it to the airport, I nursed Clara quickly and then we walked in to wait.
We put on our welcome home shirts that our neighbors let us borrow and started talking to each other to help pass the time.
My stomach was in knots and I was literally sweating liters because I was so excited.
We sat there staring at the escalators for 45 minutes.
One missionary came down right before and we all vowed that we would cheer louder than this family did when we saw Winston.
So at the first sight of Winston, instead of cheering and screaming we all burst out bawling.
Even him.
We were able to let out a few soft cheers but that was it.
I can't even explain the feeling we all felt seeing him for the first time.
It was wonderful.
We gave our hugs and just could not stop staring.
He was home.
He was finally home.
The waiting.
There he is in his gray suit.
And yes he is bawling too.
Our first family hug.
My mom hugging Winston.
Ahhhh he's home!!!
Me, Clara and Elizabeth.
Olivia held his hand the whole way home.
It was the sweetest.
There is the chalk sign.
I didn't get a picture of the other sign because it was completely shredded.
It had been raining and extremely windy while we gone and it just didn't make it.
Thank goodness the chalk made it.
Elder Farr is home for the first time in 2 years.
We spent a few minutes at home because Winston wanted some pictures around the house with his missionary tag on, and then we headed over to the stake center so that he could be released.
I can't even begin to explain how strong the spirit was and how proud we all were of Winston.
He was able to bear his testimony to us one last time before he was released and it was absolutely incredible. I could hardly believe how much stronger his testimony was versus his testimony 2 years ago. He bore a strong testimony of how important the gospel was to him and how he knew with out a shadow of a doubt that this is the true church and that he will never ever be able to deny that. He said that he was going to personally take it upon himself to look out for each one of us and make sure that we never ever stray, that he would always be there for us. He talked about his love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and how much his mission meant to him.
After he was released we all went to dinner at the pizza pie cafe and then spent the rest of the night lounging in the family room just talking.
It for sure is a day I will never forget.
August 18, 2013
Winston gave his homecoming talk the next day.
His topic was on a talk given by President Monson on how we are blessed through our obedience.
His talk was amazing and it was so fun to see how much he has grown these two years and how he has really come to know and understand what is most important.
We had the family over for cinnamon rolls and fruit after.
I took Clara upstairs to my mom's room and stayed there until everyone left.
Like always I am a germ freak and did not want Clara to be passed around.
Of course my aunts Tiffany, Annabelle, and my grandpa Brown came up to keep me company.
It was definitely a busy, loud day and Clara couldn't resist taking a little nap in my parent's bed.
Clara was able to meet my grandma Farr.
Her great grandma, who loves her very much.
So sweet.
Welcome home Winston!
We are so proud of you and I'm not going to lie quite glad that it's over!
Anyway, to celebrate we decided we wanted to go to lunch at Tucanos.
(Lunch is much cheaper than dinner as you know.)
So we left our babies with grandma again and enjoyed a nice lunch of all you can eat meats and salad.
My favorite is the grilled pineapple and Michael's favorite is the brisket.
After lunch, I wanted to stop by a little cupcake place in Pleasant Grove called Cravings. They are the winners of my favorite food network show Cupcake Wars. So of course I had to go try one of their cupcakes. I chose the snickerdoodle and it did not disappoint.
We spent the rest of the day with our two beautiful girls.
We have had an incredible 4 years and are blessed more than we could ever say.
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