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Avery loves to look out the window.

She got this cup in her Easter basket.

Shortly after this picture she held the cup upside down and the water ran out of the straw all over the couch.

Avery didn't care about the eggs or the basket. She only did it because David acted super excited and picked up the firsts few eggs. As soon as she picked up the last egg she bolted toward the gate to go to the front.


She slept really well Wednesday night and I have paid for it ever since. She was up 4 times last night. She was up a lot and crying a lot Saturday night. David finally got up and watched a movie at 3 in the morning haha. She had gotten a sore butt on Saturday so that's what originally woke her up but after that I don't know what the deal was. She didn't want to be put in her bed. I hope we're not starting a new trend of sitting in the rocker at night. Although, I do have to say I'd love to be sleeping but I love holding her while she's sleeping in the night. It's one of the few times she cuddles!


We are doing a grain free diet for a while. I have suspected for a while that she's having some sort of issues with it. It's hard to cut out grains though! I love grains! In an effort to clear up whatever is around her mouth all the time, I'm cracking down on the grains. She was grain free all day yesterday and so far today and the redness that is around her mouth about 95% of the time is getting better. I've been reading a little on being grain free and it seems like we will all benefit from it. I probably won't be completely grain free but I'm going to try hard to keep Avery grain free for now.


I'm so ready for summer! I'm determined not to waste my time in Utah. I want to explore it! At the end of this month you can get into national parks for free. I hope to take advantage of that. Someone once told me that if you carry an Indian card that you can get into parks for free but I've never been able to find any info on it. I've asked my Indian family and they couldn't give me any concrete answers either. I hope it's true though!


Saturday we went to a guys house that David works with and had dinner. The guy smokes a lot of meat so we were curious to try his food. He made chicken and ribs. The chicken was AMAZING! I asked him how he made it but he had so much stuff I can't remember. He brined it in some concoction he has created. He has a neat playhouse in his back yard that has electricity and AC. He expanded his basement himself...with a 5 gallon bucket. He seriously dug out his basement with a 5 gallon bucket. David says he has so much energy, it's crazy. He's in his early 40's. He was a really nice guy, so was his family.


The weather has been beautiful. Last night was awesome so Avery and I played outside and enjoyed it. We went for a walk. David worked on some homework and then came out with us. We had a great 3 day weekend. Life is good right now. So good.


We are blessed.

Teeth

I am super excited about something. If I mention it, I'm sure I'll end up eating my words but I'll take my chances :o)

I mentioned that I had started Avery and I on some fermented cod liver oil to help with our teeth. Here's the story. I noticed a while back that Avery had a pit on one of her front teeth. I was really bummed about it. My little girl had tooth decay! I am super paranoid about teeth. I used to have recurring dreams about my teeth falling out. Incredibly vivid dreams. Anyways, I was worried about taking Avery to the dentist at such a young age for dental work. I was afraid that they would want to put a cap on her tooth.

So I researched it. Of course I found lots of reasons why her tooth could be decaying: I was introduced to too much flouride at a certain point in my pregnancy, she could have bottle rot (even nursing babies supposedly get this from night nursing but I don't believe this since breast milk has antibacterial properties in it), genetics, too much sugar and even a gluten intolerance that wouldn't allow her to properly digest nutrients causing her body to pull nutrients from her teeth. The last one is actually what I'm leaning more toward but who knows for sure. I just needed to fix her tooth.

I read some really great stories of people healing their teeth through the Weston A. Price diets and his recommendations of fermented cod liver oil/high vitamin butter oil blend. He was a dentist. He felt that if we can heal broken bones, we can heal teeth. There's a lot more to it than that but anywho...

So in comes the fermented cod liver oil/high vitamin butter oil blend. I ordered from supposedly the best source and got it in cinnamon so it'd be easier to take. I also bought cell salts to supplement along with it. Cell salts are minerals. I think our body makes 12 or something so I got 2 that are good for teeth.

I gave Avery the FCLO/butter oil blend and she got red around her mouth. I'm not sure if she had a shellfish reaction or if it was the cinnamon. I've heard from other mother's that their kids had a reaction to the cinnamon. I'm not going to risk it though, at least until I get her tested for a shellfish allergy. I was pretty bummed to not give her the FCLO and had been looking at what else I could do. I kept giving her the cell salts anyway.

Today I was brushing her teeth and wouldn't you know it?! Her tooth is healing!!!!! You can't hardly see the pits at all. She had one, then two and now they're hardly visible!!!!!! You have to get in just the right light to see them and I could barely feel them too. At one point I noticed her tooth had turned a little brown but I ran a cloth over it and it was better but today the color looks EVEN better!

Let's just say I'm proud of myself :o)

This is why I'll end up eating my words haha! I'm going to continue the cell salts and see what else I might want to do. I know of some other options so I might try them. I also have been taking her outside to make sure she's getting some vitamin D. FCLO is an excellent source of vitamins A and D and since that was out, I've been more mindful of being outside with her.

Well that's my exciting story of the day!

New Neighbors

Well, Avery is napping and I should be making a grocery list but instead I'm on here :o)

I don't know what was going on last week (or whenever it was) but my happy child has come back to me.  Except when she wakes from her nap...she cries a lot. Last night she slept the WHOLE night. The WHOLE night!!! She's been getting better about waking up. Sometimes it's only once a night sometimes more but then every once in a while I'm graced by a full night of her sleeping. I wish they'd come more often ;o)

David has tomorrow off for Good Friday. Woot Woot! So today is our Friday! Yay! We would have liked to have gone somewhere but considering we just bought a new AC unit for our house yesterday, maybe we should hold off :o)

I was excited about an upcoming wedding in Preston. I got my invitation yesterday. I was excited to go and see my friends but I was a little disappointed when I saw the date and time on the invitation. Who gets married on a Monday night at 7 pm?!?! I mean it's their wedding and I assume they have a reason for the date and time they chose but it's not a good one lol. David won't be able to go. I thought maybe Avery and I could drive up but I'm not sure if we will.

Nothing else is going on around here. Looks like our downstairs neighbors are moving some stuff in today. I guess they're not moving in until May though. I hope we don't have a repeat of our last neighbors. These new people have been warned that there is a toddler living above them so...we'll see!

A Few Pictures

I love this girl. She's turning into a big girl. I can't believe it.

David had to do a brake job on his truck this weekend.  The brakes have been locking up but they're still doing it so whatever he did over the weekend wasn't the cause although what he did was needed. So, Avery and I kept him company :o)

Avery was checking out the backyard.

I posted a video of Avery doing a puzzle. Actually I am posting one right now and I will post another. They're super short. I'm so proud of her that she can match the pictures and put the puzzles pieces in the right spot. She doesn't always get it in the slot perfectly so she'll just set it where it needs to go.

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I posted a video of Avery and Dayne playing.

Friends

Yesterday the Brackin's stopped by. Avery just crawled right up into Carson's lap. It was so funny that she did that, especially since it's been so long since she's seen him. I was showing them the pictures of when he held her after she was born and noticed that he was wearing the same shirt!

 Avery is 9 days old in the top picture, 17 months in the bottom one.                                                   

Dayne and Avery playing in the bathroom. I got a cute video of them that I'm going to try to upload in a bit.

I tried to get a picture of all of the kids but Trace wouldn't be in it.

I'm so not liking blogger's new style. Forgive anything weird looking on here :o)