Torticollis

My little baby is not so little anymore! OK, she's still little but she seems to be passed the newborn stage now. She's just a cute little baby now, and she's a happy baby too. She coos and smiles now; it makes me so happy to see her smile. She is a very good baby. She hardly cries at all. Sometimes I set her down and then when I finish with something I go to pick her up and she has a dirty diaper- and she didn't even make one little peep, and she doesn't cry during diaper changes. She doesn't even get that upset when she's hungry. I am so lucky I have such a good baby! If she was a hard or colicky baby I would be going crazy right now with all the kids so young. It's hard enough taking care of 3 kids 3 and under, I don't know what I'd do if they were hard kids. I'm lucky they are so good.
Anyway, Tessa had her 2 month check up yesterday. She is tall! I didn't even know it. She's in the 95% for height and 50% for weight. So she's doing great. There is only one problem... :( She has a bit of torticollis or plagiocephaly Basically this is a condition that could have been present at birth due to an abnormal positioning in the womb. She pretty much had a tightening in her neck on one side, so when I lay her down she automatically turns to the right. It used to be that babies were put to sleep on their stomaches and they wouldn't spend much time with the back of their head on the mattress, it would also strenghten their neck muscles working out the condition. But now, it's "back to sleep", and this condition has become more common over the years. I feel terrible about it as a mother though, b/c Will had it, and I thought "Never again- now that I know what to do to prevent it, this will never happen again." I was clueless before I had Will that newborns needed as much tummy time as possible, that you needed to put them down in different positions in the crib so they don't always look to one side and that you need to hold them on different sides. So with Will I was kind of upset that I didn't know that, but everything turned out ok. This time I've done all those things!! And still she prefers the right side. I noticed it when she was about 4 weeks old and since then I've been doing the neck streches they recommed for Will after every diaper change. She's gotten better where her range of movement has improved significantly. She will turn to the left when she hears my voice on that side, or if I have her track an object, but she now has a flat spot on the back of her head so if you lay her down flat the flat side doesn't quite touch the mattress and her head kind of automatically goes down to that flat side- it's just more comfortable for her. So anyway, it makes me feel like crying- my poor sweet little baby girl. I wish I could've prevented it and I hope that it will still improve on it's own, b/c if it doesn't she'll have to wear a helmet, or a doc band (you can see the picture of Will with one) and I don't want my little girl to have to wear one if it can be prevented. Will had one and really on the positive side it only took a couple months and his head was all better. So the time really was short, but I hope and pray that it'll fix itself with the home treatments we are doing. I know God could send a small miracle our way if it was His will. Maybe it is not his will, and I would be ok with that too, but I am praying that everything will work out.
Check out this before and after photo http://www.cranialtech.com/treatment/caseb.html The before is like Tessa's head, you can see why her head would automatically fall to that side.

songs

I just wanted to write down something funny that Will said before I forgot it. I was asking him what he wanted to do and he said that he wanted me to sing songs and he would dance. So I was the human juke box and he was requesting one song after another. Then he said "Now can you sing the car song?" And I said "I don't know the car song. What about you sing it to me?" But he wanted me to sing it, so I just made it up. I just sang, "I'm driving the car, driving the car, driving, driving, driving the car." And he said "That's my favorite song!!" It was so funny b/c I just made it up. And then he asked me to sing the ball popper song. haha.

New website

My husband just upgraded to a flash website. The website is williamfenter.com What do you think? (honest opinions here, it helps us to know what people like)

Espee Park/ Spray Pad

So today I loaded Will and Adalynn in the car, picked up my niece Malia and we all went to Espee Spray park! It was so hot!! But that's the whole point of going out and getting all wet, right? Anyway, we had a lot of fun. I am so glad Malia came! Let me tell you, Malia is one of the sweetest most helpful little girls ever. And Will had so much fun with her there. He just followed her around doing and saying everything she said. He's a little mimic sometimes. That's why I know it's so important for us to say only things we wouldn't mind if he repeated, and for him to be around good kids like Malia b/c he's so impressionable. Anyway- got a little sidetracked there- back to the point- It was Adalynn's first time in a swimsuit, and it's a good thing she looked cute b/c that's about the only use she got out of it. She didn't so much like the water, but I guess at this age you just gotta keep on trying until they like it. Will loved it!
BTW- it's free! It's on Country Club and Knox (S. of Warner). Here are some pics:


*so hard to get Will to stop talking and smile for the camera sometimes. lol


*I got the camera out right after the water stopped. But they had a lot of fun in this area!

Legos

OK, I admit I play with my kids toys. lol. Sometimes I think I have just as much fun coloring or playing with Legos, etc. as Will does. Being a mom brings out the kid in you I guess. Anyway, my sister Summer just gave us a whole bunch of Loegan's old legos! I was just thinking how we needed more b/c our supply was dwindling; now we have so many legos! So Will and I got pretty excited to build something really cool... you can probably tell that I helped him a little bit... OK a lot... OK I did most of it. haha. We had fun though. And now he has three "Bob the Builder" men too (the man that comes with the Legos. So thanks Summer! We love all the legos.

3 Babies

So all of my babies slept great last night! Will and Adalynn always slept 10-12 hours at night (they have been since they were 3 months old) and Tessa is now sleeping through the night too. Last week she had 3 nights where she slept 8 hours straight, and now she has had 2 nights in a row of 10 hours straight! Can you believe that? I think I am about the luckiest mom ever! I peeked at her this morning when I woke up and she was still swaddled! Which means, she not only didn't wake up to eat, but she didn't even move and squirm around enough to get unswaddled. I hope it continues.
There is one more baby I'm referring to as well though. We have another new addition to our family! We just got the cutest little kitten! She has stolen our hearts- we all love her. The kids get a kick out or her- she is pretty funny. She is so cuddly and loves to sit in our lap and let us pet her, but she is also really playful. She is adjusting really well. Yesterday was her first day with us, and she didn't have one "accident", she has gone in the litter box every time, and she was eating her food right away, and I didn't her one meow out of her at night. Everything is good so far! We are having so much fun with her. So if anyone wants to come see a little kitten come on over!

So You Think You Can DANCE

OK- this is my favorite show right now! And the finale's coming up! So I thought I'd pose a question to all of you who watch the show.
Who do you think should win (or should have won)? First of all, I think Will and Kherington were kicked off way too soon- they both could've been in the top four- they were two of my favorites. BUT this top four is really good! I am so impressed with how they can do EVERY style of dance- and do it well too. It's amazing to me. I love this show! It's so fun. Anyway, for me it's between the two guys. I think Joshua is talented- he can really pop. But Twitch is so funny! I love how creative he is with his solos. Each week I wonder, what is he going to do next- and it is always awesome. I think I'd vote for him 1) Because he can really dance! 2) He can entertain like no other and 3) He's likable. So that's my vote. What do you guys think?