President's Day weekend #2

So, if you want to read about our weekend from hell last year, please feel free to read here first.......but to sum it all up, we went camping with Curtis' brothers and their families on Friday the 13th of last year, and everything that could have gone wrong, did (we got in a bad car accident, had to go to the hospital, etc., etc) It was a nightmare, but when all was said and done, turned out to be a fun trip.
This year, once again, we decided to get together with Curtis' brother and his family, but since it was too cold to go camping, we had to make other arrangements. We ended up going to stay in a hotel in Heber City that Curtis and I used to stay at all the time when we wanted to "get away" without paying a fortune, but still feel like we were on vacation.
The day was going really well. We checked into our hotel room, watched some t.v., went to the swimming pool with the kids, and had a really good time. Later that night we went out to dinner at a nearby little BBQ place, ate good food, talked, and overall it was a lot of fun...until we got back to our hotel room around 8:30.
When we pulled up to the hotel and went inside we headed up to our room when we heard a single fire alarm coming from someone's room on our floor. We didn't think much of it, so proceeded to go into our room. Curtis needed to go talk to his brother down the hall in their room, so he headed down there for a bit. Not two minutes after he left our room, the fire alarms for the entire hotel started blaring, and the lights flashing; the doors that separate the hallways to help control fires shut and locked...with me and McKenna on one side, and Curtis his brother and his family on the other side. I wasn't sure whether or not something was really wrong, so I stayed put until I could talk to one of the hotel staff. Meanwhile, I called Curtis' cell, his brother, and my sister-in-laws phones trying to figure out what was going on, but nobody answered, so I started to get a little panicked. I got McKenna in her carseat and strapped in just in time to hear one of the hotel staff run up the stairs and yell for everyone to get out, that there was a real fire in the building, and everyone needed to evacuate immediately. I only had enough time to grab McKenna and get out the door before Curtis came runnning down the hallway to meet me, and help us out to the car.
We got out to the parking lot and were greeted (not in a friendly manner) by the entire fire departments from both Heber and Park City... my side of the story isn't as exciting as Curtis'... so now it's time for me to tell his side.

So, as soon as he left our room to go talk to his brother down the hall, he knocked on his brothers' room door, and while he was waiting, noticed a guy running behind him into a room right acrossed the hall. As soon as the guy opened the door, there were flames shooting out of the room. Curtis banged on his brothers door again and told him to open up NOW, there was a fire. His brother opened the door...his poor pregnant wife had been in the jetted tub with their son, and was trying to cover herself up while the men (Curtis, his brother, and some random guy trying to help put out the fire) ran in and out of the room scooping up buckets of water out of the jetted tub to put the fire out. Finally one of the guys grabbed a fire extinguisher and was able to put it out before the fire department got there and before anyone got hurt.

We found out later that the room was not occupied by anyone at the time, but the fire was caused by an lamp using and oversized lightbulb that had tipped over and caught the mattress on fire. The sprinklers didn't go off like they were supposed to, and things could have been a lot worse then they were. We didn't end up staying there that night because it smelled too much like smoke, and we didn't want McKenna breathing that in all night...tha and we live 30 minutes away, so we just went home. I told Curtis that if we go out next year on President's day weekend with his family, and something bad happens, that is the last President's day weekend we are doing anything with them... I think the God's are trying to tell us something.

The moral of the story... only use lightbulbs that are recommended for the light you are using (example: if it calls for a 60 watt light bulb ONLY USE A 60 WATT LIGHTBULB!!)

Sorry this is a long post, and we don't have any pictures.

Baby Blessing (Feb. 7)

We blessed McKenna today in the BYU singles ward that we have been serving in for the last (almost) 2 years. We had a lot of family and friends come for the blessing, and it was a really good experience for us. It was especially fun because you don't get to do that kind of thing very often in singles wards. Curtis gave her a beautiful blessing, and she looked amazing in her dress.

We got a couple pictures with a portion of the group of those who came to support us. Unfortunately, most people had other committments following the blessing, and had to leave half way through the meeting, so they are not in the pictures. But we are grateful to have the love and support of so many family and friends, especially on McKenna's big day.

4 Month check-up (Feb. 4)

McKenna turned 4 months old on Jan. 25th, and had her four month check-up today. The nurse took us back to the room and weighed and measured McKenna. After doing so, she told us that our doctor would be right in, and then left the room. Not even 2 minutes later the nurse returned and said, "Um, we need to measure her again. It looks like she is a little short for her weight", at which point Curtis dropped his head and sighed, making a comment under his breath about her taking after her dad already. It turns out the nurse measured wrong, and she is growing perfectly proportionate. :)

Her stats for this visit were:

Height - 24 1/2 inches - 50th percentile

Weight - 15 lbs. 14 oz. - 90th percentile (exactly 8 lbs. more than she was when she was born. :)

Head circumfrence - 42 1/2 cm. - 90th percentile.

She also got her second round of immunization shots at this visit. This time around was not as awful as the last time... but honestly, it was still pretty unpleasant. Our nurse this time was a lot better. Although, Curtis and I were talking about it after we left, and decided we would both make a lot better nurses than any of the pediatric nurses that we have dealt with. :) Our reasoning being that McKenna didn't even react when she got the first shot. Curtis was keeping her entertained, and she was happy and distracted, and because she was happy, the nurse was nice and gentle. But on the second shot, the nurse got a little rushed so she could get it over with, and McKenna definitely felt that one and started crying. Because Mckenna started crying, the nurse went even FASTER for the third one to get it all over with, and that one was awful for her. So, if she'd gone slow and steady for all three... she probably would never have cried for any of them. Whatever, I'd rather her poke my kid than the last one, so I'll just live with it and shut up. All around though, this was a much better experience then the last time.

Our doctor said McKenna is right on track for everything. He asked a few questions about things she's doing, and told us it sounded like she was about ready to start eating solid foods...but that's an entirely different post for an entirely different day. Until then, here are some of my favorite pictures of our beautiful baby girl from this month.