It's A Wonderful Life

The family was going through all the pictures that I posted today on the post "Fun Times".  Pierce was taking the pictures and Hannah observing Hyrum.  This is the story behind the pictures. Hyrum was playing the piano then started singing along. He was very intent on what he was doing and did not get distracted by the other 4 kids playing in the same room.  He played and sang to his hearts content, or so it seemed.  All of a sudden he closed the piano with a groan.  He flopped his arms and head onto the piano and started saying a prayer. He looked up and sat that way for a minute opened the piano and started playing again. I wish the camera had been on video.

May we present PRESTON JARED HEATH. Preston was born January 23, 2012 at 8:17 (I think) in the evening.  After 32 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing Preston entered the world healthy and happy weighing 9lbs 2 oz and 21 inches long.  All is well with mother and baby. Sereen may not like me for putting this on but we mothers make many sacrifices for the sake of our children. :))

We have some fun times here and have taken some cute pictures.  I just want to share some with you. Doug said this picture would be so cute if she didn't have a runny nose. He then proceeded to tell the kids to wipe noses before taking pictures.  I had to step in there and remind him that she always  has a runny nose. Hyrum loves to sing and is now at the piano singing every day. It would be so cool if through his life he works hard enough to overcome his CP so that he could play the piano. Hyrum the frustrated musician taking a break to pray. Hyrum took this cool picture. Tyler you need to get to work on your photography. We discovered that Hyrum and Bria LOVE whip cream from the can. We had some left over from a baby shower. Hyrum's mouth is so full he doesn't know what to do. He looks over at Creed for help. Creed pushes the whip cream into Hyrum's mouth and he is open for the next round. Bria managed to swallow all o...

We took off Bria's bandages on Saturday night.  The doctor had warned us that it would look bad so we were prepared.  It did look gross and concerning but I am trying to have faith in the doctor. Bria's foot looks almost healed and most of the stitches are gone.  Her hand though has a couple of fingers that are swollen but I am afraid to put anything on it to help the healing process.  The best thing I know to use can sting and I don't know if  she will even let me touch the fingers.  The purple from the surgery is going away as well as the iodine so it is cleaning up. Bria ans Hyrum went to Primary with me on Sunday for the first time.  In class the teacher had the children hold up 4 fingers.  I suddenly realized that Bria may not be able to do that on the sore hand.  We still didn't know if she had full function of all the fingers.  I must have had a look on my face that concerned the teacher.  She said, "Oh, should I ...

January 9th Bria had her first surgery. This procedure was to separate her fingers on her left hand and clean her toes on the left foot. Our day started at 5:00am. (I'm getting tired of the four hour sleep nights.) We had to be at Shriner's at 6:00 so we got up put on some clothes and wrapped Hyrum and Bria in blankets. Out the door we went for the 40 minute drive.  We didn't go into surgery until about 9:00 so I don't understand why we had to be there so early. Bria did really good until they put her in the crib. When we walked into the room we saw a metal crib that resembled the ones we saw in the orphanage. In the pictures of different orphanages the cribs tend to be very similar so we assume that Bria had a metal crib. I was concerned about how Bria would react and sure enough she lost it.  I say her eyebrows turn red then her nose.  The tears came next and crying ensued.  I took her out as quick as lightning and we walked out of the room.  The nurse took s...

I thought I would do a picture story of Christmas at our house. I know it's a little late but between illness and a baby shower then a surgery time has slipped away. Better late than never. Santa paid us a visit. The blond on the right of Santa is a friend.  No we haven't gotten another child. Ressa led the kids in baking sugar cookies.  Hyrum had to be in the middle of it all. Grandma and Grandpa give the kids PJ's every year.  We open them on Christmas Eve. The kids love this tradition. Spontaneous love. Christmas Eve picture. Older kids wanted a picture of their own. Filling stockings takes almost 2 hours.  Any idea why? Almost done.  Just the little gifts to go.  Oops only half way there. Ready for Christmas morning. The kids get a new movie Christmas morning to give us 2 more hours of sleep.  They all sleep downstairs and when the movie is over they have to wait until the camera is ready. Before the cha...