Lacey's shenanigans

Nothing is safe these days. She can reach anything, anywhere. Except maybe on top of the refrigerator. And I know that isn't safe forever.


Lacey also likes to help me do various chores around the house. Mostly, switching clothes from the washer to the dryer and emptying the dishwasher. Though she hasn't quite got loading the dishwasher down yet. I turned around and the dirty dish and stuffed cat had switched places.

Catch Up

Now that August is over, I can get to blogging about it. Aside from Lacey's traumatic hospital visits, we got to do a few fun things.

We had the wonderful opportunity to attend Phil's nephew's baptism. It is always so wonderful and special to witness a young person make their commitment to Christ. I'm so glad we got to be there for it. There was, of course, much picture taking because we had most of the Bobo clan together.

Here's Grandpa and Grandmother Bobo with 11 of their 13 grandchildren. It's so much fun to have all those cousins together.

A picture to look at in the future and be confused about which kid is whose. For future reference--Emily has Lacey, Phil has Mark, Will has Nathan Edwards, and Jessica has Ivan. And I'm pretty sure that's Parker's head down in the corner.

Lacey's looking to shoot some nerf darts at anyone who dares to mess with her.

She got REALLY tired. It was way past her nap time. I think here she's going through Samantha's purse.

And of course Daddy racked out on the floor. He doesn't look terribly comfortable, though.

That evening, Lacey and I headed up to my cousin's house for a nice little Welker family get together. My grandma, uncle, aunt, and some cousins enjoyed eachother's company. Lacey enjoyed playing with the dog. She was so thrilled when he chased the ball, even when she would just drop it at her feet. He got bored with her pretty quick, though.

Lacey was thrilled with the dog, and I was thrilled that she was thrilled.

Here's a cute little video of her playing with him. And him getting bored with her.

And Lacey stealing Great-grandma Welker's cane.

Me and Lacey and Great-Grandma Welker

Among other interesting things:

Daddy brought home this huge computer. Well, it's not really interesting, especially since now we have an extra computer floating around (errrg), but he wanted to take a picture of Lacey with the huge computer, so here it is.


As I was trying to get a decent picture of Lacey for Grandmother Bobo (it's hard--she won't stay still for two seconds) I stumbled across this little gem. It captures her personality perfectly.

Don't be fooled by the calm little baby in this picture. She really is a crazy little monster. But oh so cute. She does love to read her books, though. She'll climb up into the rocking chair in her bedroom and read books. It's the cutest thing.

Lastly, I finished another sewing project. I made this dress for Lacey. This one was actually pretty easy and fun to make. It's big on her, but that just means it will last longer.

update

So, recap:

At her 15 month well-baby appointment, Lacey had a little heart murmur, so we got sent to the cardiologist, who heart a second murmur that sounded strange, and based on its location and behavior, it could be a PDA (a hole in her heart). Because she wouldn't be still for an echo cardiogram, we had to schedule a sedated echo cardiogram. Which was this morning.

And what a morning. We had to go up to Children Primary Medical Center, which is part of U of U. Today was the first day of class at U of U and traffic was TERRIBLE. If I'd known, I probably would have taken the 7 am slot instead of the 8:30 am slot. So, we had to fight traffic on campus, and then we had to find the hospital was because google maps sent us to the wrong place. And then once we got to the hospital, we had to find Primary Children's. And once we found Primary Children's, we had to find cardiology. And by the time we did all that, were an hour late for her appointment. Lucky for us, the people before us were an hour late as well. Evidently classes starting always throws them off. Unluckily for us, Lacey couldn't eat breakfast, so she was an hour hungrier by the time we got everything started. Things got going pretty quickly when we finally got there, though. They weighed and measured her, and asked questions about her health history, then took us back to the imaging room to get her IV started. It took four nurses to hold her down and about 2 hours (it seemed to me, probably more like 15 minutes) of screaming to get the IV in. Daddy was laughing at her, and Mommy was crying right along with her.

The end of the story is that Lacey's heart is perfectly healthy, no holes or anything. She was back to normal really quickly. We went and visited Grandmother Bobo after, and a couple of Lacey's cousins were there as well, and she was running around with them in no time. It was kind of funny to see her unsteady on her feet for a couple minutes, but it really didn't last long.

It's good to know that she's healthy, but what an experience!

An up date on Lacey--15 months

Lacey turned 15 months old on the 8th of this month. At her well baby appointment, she weighed 23 pounds and was 30 1/4 inches tall, which is pretty much average. Lacey loves to read and, of course, watch cartoons, though she doesn't have a favorite. She loves fruit and pasta and bread, and sometimes she'll eat chicken and vegetables. She's a pretty good eater, and definitely better than her mother was at that age, and less picky than her father is now. She loves to dance, especially to the rhythm of the washing machine. She suddenly decided one day that she likes taking baths. So instead of screaming when we put her in like she used to do, she screams when we take her out. She has several words, including Daddy, doggie, kitty cat, ball, and BoBo. There's probably a few others that I can't think of right now. She understands more now, too. I can tell her it's time to change her diaper, and she'll run back to her diaper changing spot and lie down (though she usually ends up face down and backwards). It's cute.

Now, the drama of the day. At Lacey's well baby appointment, the doctor decided she needed to see a cardiologist to check out a heart murmur that's persisted. So we trekked up to Riverton to the children's hospital to get her heart looked at. First thing they had to take her blood pressure, which they eventually gave up with because it upset Lacey so much and she wouldn't be still enough for the machine to work. But who can blame Lacey for freaking out at it--those things are very uncomfortable. It kind of set the tone for the rest of the appointment. EVERY little thing set her off. But she settled down long enough for the doctors to take a listen to her little heart. They heard something a little funny (that was actually something different from the original murmur we were there to check out, a second murmur, the doctor said), so they sent us over to get an echo cardiogram (an ultrasound of her heart), but of course she wouldn't lie down, so now they're sending us up to Primary Children's in Salt Lake for a sedated echo. I don't particularly like the sound of it, but I trust my doctors to know what's best unless the Spirit tells me otherwise.

So, all of this fuss is to make sure that she does not have a Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), which is basically when the ductus (whatever that is) in the heart doesn't close after birth. It is the doctor's opinion that she probably does not have one, and if she does have one, it is very small, and wouldn't require any more intervention than just following it. If it were really significant, she would have other symptoms, and she simply doesn't have any (I checked "no" to every one), like trouble gaining weight or shortness of breath.

But the good part of the day was stopping by Phil's sister's house so Lacey could play with her cousins after her traumatic hospital experience. She had so much fun and came right out of her grumpy mood.

So, yeah, that's the latest news from the Bobo house.

Family Reunions

This week, we had a surprise little family reunion when my grandparents, aunt, and cousin showed up at my apartment unexpectedly (they did try to call first and couldn't reach me, but I'm glad they came by anyway). I was so excited to see them all, and so was Lacey. So, at the risk of making Grandma Welker very jealous, here are a couple pictures.

Here's Lacey with Aunt Sandra (that's Lacey's GREAT Aunt Sandra). It's hard to get that little monkey to sit still for 2 seconds!

And here's Lacey with Great-grandma and -grandpa Simmons. The best part was the hanger that Grandpa is holding. At least, Lacey thought so.

Lacey was SO sad to see our visitors go. But we got to see them again on Saturday for the Simmons family reunion, which happens every July 24th. That's my grandpa and his brothers and sisters, and their kids, and their kids, and their kids, etc.

Lacey and Aunt Lorrie. I was amazed at how long Lacey sat in her lap. She certainly won't sit in MY lap for that long!

And Lacey FINALLY sat in Grandma Simmons's lap long enough to get a picture.

Lacey loved playing with cousin Melissa, especially cousin Melissa's necklace. It was the coolest thing! And, when Lacey wanted crackers, it was to Melissa she went for help getting them out of the package. And I don't blame her, cuz Melissa is one of the sweetest people alive.

Eventually, she found the croquet set that no one was using and started throwing the balls around. I was okay with it until she started throwing them like bowling balls between the tables where everyone was standing. Then it was time for a new game.

Cheers, and happy Pioneer Day!

Fourth of July

I'm finally blogging about our Fourth of July weekend. It was cool to have a 3-day holiday for the Fourth. It was great to have Daddy home with us for three days, and we had a nice time hanging out with family and friends. Saturday we didn't do anything to celebrate except chill at home, and I watched the fireworks at Stadium of Fire from the kitchen window. I had to practically sit in the sink to do it, but it was fun. Sunday evening, we headed over to Phil's brother's house for a family barbecue. And here is where the pictures begin (and thank you to Grandpa Bobo for sharing his pictures with us).

The two babies and babies' mamas enjoying some dinner.

Here's some of those pictures that we'll look at and wonder which baby belongs to whom. Here's Phil with Lacey's cousin Mark.

And Lacey sitting with her Aunt Sarah.

Saturday I got Lacey some "Mega Blocks" at a yard sale. She really loves playing with them--and here, she was pulling out all the blue ones. I guess blue is her favorite color!

Monday afternoon, we got Lacey a new front-facing car seat. She was a little dazed when we put her in the first time, but she really likes it.

Monday evening, we visited some friends--Phil's mission companion and family. Phil lived with them for a few months before we got married. Here, Lacey is playing with her books with Travis.

And here's, she's playing with an empty water bottle with Marilyn. She played with that thing for ages.

The youngins played some wiffle ball. Lacey wanted to join in.

So she went to catch with Daddy.

And here she's stealing Camee's cake. Just walked up, stole the fork, and started eating. I was actually impressed with her fork skills.

And that was our Independence Day holiday!

Sewing project

Here's my first sewing project for Lacey is completed! It only took me a couple days, but it was the second one that I made. The first one I made for another little girl, and it took me a lot longer. I think this one turned out pretty well. Granted, it was a really simple pattern. Lacey makes it much cuter than it really is, too.