First Haircut

 While running errands with Grandma Lisa, it was decided that Faye needed a haircut.  We stopped by Cookie Cutters and luckily they had room for us! 

 

 We personally selected a pink 50's style car for Faye to sit in.  Cookie Cutters has the system of distracting children while cutting their hair down to an art!  We picked out Faye's favorite movie for her to watch and had bubbles ready as a second detraction barrier.

It's a bit hard to completely ignore having your bangs trimmed.

  Rather than a full on haircut, Faye just got a trim to clean up those stray hairs.

After trimming Faye's hair, the stylist gave Faye a cute little do complete with glitter hairspray.

The haircut was both Faye and Mom approved. Success!

New Place

We have a new home!  Our little family recently moved into an apartment in West Jordan.  It's a 2 bedroom 1.5 bathroom place, bottom floor, new carpet, and all ours (to rent, that is).

Easily identified by the paint splattered on the brick.

 

 Front room.  Still working on unpacking/hanging pictures.  Love the open space for Faye, though.

After sleeping in a pack-and-play for 6 months (the bolts for Faye's crib were lost somewhere in the storage unit.  Don't worry, we found them) we decided to upgrade her bed to a toddler bed!  She loves it, and I love being able to crawl into bed with her for story time.

 

The pile of boxes stand as proof of progress!  Still have a lot more to go through, but we're taking it one box at a time.

Totally Tubular

Faye has followed the family trend of having many ear infections, 7 since last April, 3 of them since Thanksgiving. After her 18 month check up, we decided, along with our pediatrician, that Faye could benefit from tubes. 

This morning we showed up bright and early, 6:30 AM, at the hospital for Faye to have tubes put in. Since Alan was still at work Grandma Lisa joined us. Faye is definitely a morning girl, she played and giggled and laughed as all the nurses stopped by to ask questions and to take vitals. 

I had braced myself for a difficult morning and to see my baby be carted away from me going into some unknown horror with scrub clad strangers. However, after playing in a hospital room with coral reef decor, Faye went for a groggy ride in a wagon off to the surgery room. She was comfortable with the staff and seemed happy, albeit loopy, just to be in the wagon. 

The doctor came in to give a post-surgery and reported that Faye did great with the anestethia mask and was babbling away until she fell asleep. I'm so grateful everything went well and hopefully the tubes will help my Fay-be feel better on a regular basis.

Looking sweet in her hospital gown.  Softest hospital gown I have ever encountered.

A nice lady in the facility has the job of helping kids feel more comfortable with what's going on at the hospital.  She brought in a box of blocks and some bubbles for Faye to play with.

My nerves calmed down by the time Faye was starting to get loopy.  They brought in the very special wagon to take her to the OR, but let her play in the wagon for a while.  Like any adult, drugged Faye has slurred speech, appears dizzy, and has a harder time popping the bubbles than usual.  She lost her balance and fell against the pillow at one point, it was pretty tender.

Headed off to the OR!  Faye had no problem going down the hallway with a stranger in a wagon, which was probably a good thing in this situation.

Eighteen month check up

Faye had her 18 month check up this week. She's good and healthy, still growing like a weed. Faye currently measures at 34" tall which puts her in the 98% for height! She has had 7 ear infections since April and is an excellent candidate for tubes according to the doc.

At 18 months Faye's vocabulary is slowly growing. She can say puppy, please (dees), baby, uh-oh, boo, hi, bye, bubble, dada, and mama. She can count to three when prompted and sing key words in songs, like "bow" in rock-a-bye baby. She has a love for singing and is trying so hard to sing along with the actions.

The Doc let Faye play with his tools.  While he was out on a phone call, Faye gave Rapunzel a check up.

Seventeen Months

Faye continues to grow and learn!  At seventeen months she is 33" tall, which has us very excited. She loves to read, dance, and count to "reeee" (three). Here's a few moments of Faye's fun as of late. 

 Grandma Lisa purchased 3 different sized collapsible stools for group pictures this summer.  Faye, and Tilly, LOVE them.  Faye will drag the stools around the house and cries for help if she can't open them on her own.

Faye had a rough month, a few days of fevers, vomiting, and then two ear infections to top it off.  Luckily popsicles help make sad babies feel better.  Faye is getting into the sharing game as of late and insisted on sharing her popsicle with Grandma Lisa and Alan

I can't get over how long Faye's hair is getting!  It's been so much fun to style, assuming Faye holds still long enough for me to work on it. 

 Faye and I are known to get stir crazy.  So to chase away our cabin fever we have visited the pet store!  Faye is fairly cautious around animals, but she was enthralled with seeing the cats at the pet store.

The New Do

Camille is a good friend of the Dudley family, she's practically an aunt to me.  Camille has been fighting cancer since June, and to our joy she is winning this battle!  In support of Camille I decided to shave my head along with a few members of the Calvert Clan. 

Drew was first in the hot seat.

Cole was kind enough to shave my head

Camille's group of baldies.  We love you, Camille!

Alan's New Job

Alan started a new job this week at  Fairchild Semiconductor.  He gets to work on a factory line cleaning wafers for microchips between processes for 12 hours at a time.  He's on a night shift schedule for the last half of the week, which is an adjustment for everybody.  Thus far things are going well, though, and we are so very grateful for this Job!

 The work floor is a dust free zone. As such, all workers must have an air blast kind of shower to get rid of any loose skin sells and other particles then suit up.  This is Alan's self portrait of his work gear.