Yesterday I was feeling like a bad mommy. It was kind of a rough day for us. It started out with Hyrum tipping his bouncer over while he was in it. He was bouncing (strapped in) and it fell over backwards resulting in a large thud (his head) on the hard wood floors. I ran over to him (he was screaming at this point) and picked him up. He immediately calmed down so I think he was scared more than hurt but I felt really guilty. I was just about to get in the shower so good thing I wasn't already in it! The next mishap happened when I was unloading the dishwasher. Hyrum was laying on the floor on his play mat and was voicing his need to eat. He managed to scoot off of the mat and onto the rug in front of our back door (about 3 feet way). There he was laying on the dirty floor. Third, at about 7pm both Ben & I felt like he was warm so I had to take his temperature (not by mouth to say the least) and he had a low grade fever of 99.7. Paranoid I put him in our room to sleep since we have a fan. We've been in heat warning all week with temps around 100 and VERY humid! Can't wait to get to Idaho! Anyway, I warned Ben about the bouncer and now I have one less tool to entertain him while I try to get things done/shower. I'll let him sit in it still but not unless I'm right there.
On a happier note, this weekend is my birthday(the big 22). I work Friday night but Ben is taking me to Chevy's on Saturday and Ben's parents are going to watch Hyrum. (Our first night out together alone and Hyrum's first babysitter!) Sunday is Ben's first Father's Day so I'm making something special for him (it's a surprise). I'm debating taking work off Sunday to be with my men but we'll see. If we could get the official offer on this Idaho job it would be much easier to use my 28hours of remaining pto I have stored up!
References have been called and the background check is being done. Everything looks like it will come together. Waiting 2 months is really hard though! I just hope to know officially by the end of the month! We want to move before gas is $6 a gallon!
Hyrum is growing strong. This was at 16 weeks. He loves to spit now and play with his helicopter. He can also roll over from tummy to back and from back to tummy! He is also beginning to teethe. We had our 4 month check up with lots of shots. He weighs 15lbs 8 oz (65%), 27 1/4 inches (99%). He also got to start rice cereal!
Here is Hyrum in a new outfit that Grandma Breese sent us. Cute!
We broke down and got him a bumbo to help him learn how to hold his head up. This was the first attempt. Not quite got it yet!
Here was another attempt and we are doing better. Still not full head control yet but we are getting there. He has also rolled onto his tummy a few times while he sleeps. We're trying to keep him on his back for SIDS but we'll see!
Here is how our first attempt with rice cereal went. He actually did great the first time!
The 2nd and 3rd time wasn't as successful. He spit most of it out and grimaced from the taste. Poor guy!
More feeding pictures!
Last night we had a thunderstorm and lost our power for 2 hrs. About 10 minutes after the power went out we saw fire trucks and ambulances all around our house. A few town-houses down a tree fell down into the townhouse! Here are some pictures of it! Scary! As we drove to church this morning we saw many more BIG trees down! (Side view)
Front view. 
All is well with us. Hope it is with you too!
