And the Best Big Brother award goes to...

It doesn't get any better than this!

They Did It!!

Well, Carly and Jordan finally got married! We are so excited to have Jordan as a part of our family. He is so good to Carly. We are so happy to see her marry her best friend. It has been a long summer, complete with the engagement/graduation party, wedding showers, tool party, BABIES GALORE (not involving Carly and Jordan, thankfully), wedding planning, Kenny coming home from his mission and all the activities that are involved in that. Throughout all of these events, we were able to spend a lot of time with the Checketts family. I am so glad we've had that opportunity. They are such a great family. I especially was glad to have the chance to watch how sweet Jordan's dad is to his mom. He treats her with such love and respect and I am so confident that Jordan will do the same for Carly. We are now officially wiped-out and ready to get back to our regular routines. However, we can't forget how much fun we had at Carly and Jordan's wedding! Our favorite part of the reception was the photo booth. It was such a fun detail! When Christian and I took Anders through, the owner of the photo booth said, "watch this one closely, he likes to push the button on his way out." Apparently Anders had been through several times with different people and he'd push the button to set off the booth again when nobody was in it. Our boy, the trouble maker! Of course, my favorite pictures are the ones of Anders and Ryder. They are so dang cute in their little tuxes!

Anders Fell Down and Broke His Head

Does this look like a kid with a concussion to you?

I will never look at the words to that song the same way! "No more Anders jumping on the bed!" I never realized how serious a concussion can be. On Sunday, we had a really horrible experience that we've never had before. It was my little brother, Kenny's LDS mission homecoming at my parent's ward. The second sacrament meeting ended, Anders and his cousin, Ryder ran off and started pretending to play basketball in the gym (or so we thought). We were just hanging out, talking to family and friends, when I heard a loud crash. My first thought was, "great, another bump on his forehead." I just kept on talking until my sister yelled out, "Melissa, he hit his head!" I didn't stop to process what was going on, I just started climbing over the chairs to get to Anders. When I finally got over there, Christian's brother, Stephen was holding Anders. He wasn't crying as loud as he usually does, so I said, "he's fine, he would be crying a lot louder if he was really hurt. As more people came over, we were able to figure out what happened. Anders had fallen off a stage about 4 feet off the ground and landed flat on his back on a hardwood floor. He whined for a long time and we started getting more and more concerned. He wouldn't look straight at us and wouldn't answer any questions. We decided to go home and watch him closely. While we were on our way home, I was trying to talk to him and get something normal out of him so I could feel better. He kept crying and began crying harder and holding his head. Finally, he started hanging his head and falling asleep. I yelled his name and shook his leg. I thought it was me over-reacting at first, but then he did it again. We immediately flipped our car around and took him to Kid's Care. It didn't take long to realize that our poor little guy has a concussion. He finally started acting like himself again while we were waiting for the doctor to come in the room. We were on high alert for the first 24 hours to make sure he didn't have a bleed in his brain. Phew! We're now past that! The doctor told us to keep him off of trampolines and away from things he can climb on for two weeks. I feel so bad for him. He feels fine and doesn't understand why we won't let him do anything fun. He has to sit back and watch all the other kids jumping and having a great time. A kid can only have so much fun in the sandbox! He keeps telling me, "my head's all better! Let's go to the park!"

We Just Can't Get Enough of Her!

As I've said before, these days are all about the Diva! She has got us all wrapped completely around her long, chubby fingers. I can't resist squeezing the rolls on her thighs and her chubby feet. Every person that holds her, gobbles her cheeks up instantly. She does not tolerate Daddy's prickly face like Anders does. We absolutely love having the opportunity to show her off. She has started to roll from side to side and has the cutest little chuckle. We all try to be the first to get a smile from her every time she wakes up. There's no doubt about it...we're her biggest fans!