Child Labor??

Isla's personality has started to come out! It's so much fun to be around her when she is being silly and talking to me.


Usually she's sleeping when I'm at work, but lately she's been staying awake a little longer to see what all the commotion is about upstairs. So when she's crying and being fussy we bring her upstairs for a little bit, because sometimes she just wants to be by mommy :)

Helping mommy answer the phone:

Mommy: "Platt Insurance Agency, how can I help you?

Isla: Cooing and Aaahing

10 min later.... Ok Ok, I'm done talking on the phone, I'll greet people as they come in! Let me sit up like a big girl so I can see the door.

30 min later...Wow working is hard work, time for a power nap!

Here's a peek at what Isla likes to talk about:

thankful for...

We had an OK Thanksgiving. Isla and I came down with some head colds!! I think it was torture having a head cold during Thanksgiving - I couldn't taste any of the food! Poor Baby I was so stuffed up and fussy I didn't get much sleep either :(

We tried our best to be upbeat, but it was heavenly to just sleep! We were up in Logan this year and had fun chilling with the Uncles and cousin Kairie.

But I realized I got to be thankful for my baby girl this year! (Still so weird to say!) But she has brought out different personalities in Micah and I. Micah is just amazing juggling work, chores, being a daddy. He just loves Isla and jumps at the opportunity to get a hold of her once he gets off work.

He's just such a hard worker - even before baby was here he was always on the go. I'm still amazed at how much energy he has. I love that he lets me sleep whenever he's at home, he watches my "lame girly shows" with me. Plays Mario Kart, because that's the only game that I can compete with him in! He also surprised me this past weekend by doing ALL the housework! Ironing, cleaning, organizing, folding clothes, vacuum, etc. The house was spotless when I came home!

So here's to many more Thanksgiving's to come! Can't wait :)

Micah's Eye

A pterygium is a fleshy growth that invades the cornea (the clear front window of the eye). It is an abnormal process in which the conjunctiva (a membrane that covers the white of the eye) grows into the cornea.

A pinguecula is a yellowish patch or bump on the white of the eye, most often on the side closest to the nose. It is not a tumor but an alteration of normal tissue resulting in a deposit of protein and fat. Unlike a pterygium, a pinguecula does not actually grow onto the cornea. A pinguecula may also be a response to chronic eye irritation or sunlight.

Yesterday Micah had eye surgery. Everything went well and it was very successful! They had to scrape off the white/yellow growth and graphed some new eye tissue from the back of the eye.

This had been bothering him for a couple of months, and it was growing a lot. So when he went in to the opthamologist, who was so "impressed" at this growth that he took some pictures so he could put it in his book.

to the right of the eye you can see some white tissue

He had to have some eye dilating drops and just to make sure they got the right eye, they marked "Yes".

After surgery he had an eye patch that had some metal on it. looks like he's a robot!

So how does this happen? Well when Micah was a youngster he played a lot outside, and loved swimming. Well he had sunburned his eyes so much that years later this popped up. So Micah is a true advocate of sunglasses, hats, and sunscreen for our littleone now. So remember to duct tape those sunglasses and hats to your kiddos heads!!

I'm back!

It's been exactly a month since our lil' bundle of squeaks joined us! And yes, I've been resting and have been a mommy, and slacking on my blogging, facebook, homework, housework, etc. But I'm back!

Isla and I started work again today, and she's been doing great (so far) down in the basement sleeping. She slept for 5 hours last night!! I woke up after 3 and wondered what was going on...

We've been up to Logan twice so far, and she's done amazing. I think she likes the uncles and grandpa who dotes on her in the wee hours of the night/morning (they all work grave or swing shift) so she was happy to have someone holding her that was wide awake too.

We attended our first sacrament meeting with success, just a big burp in the middle of someone's testimony.

Micah and I are now trained to function on minimal sleep. She trained us good ;)

But it's amazing at how when I was home all day long nothing would get done. Well..until 30 minutes before Micah was going to come home I tidied up just a bit :) But now I'm energized to get her room all organized, and our master bedroom.

So now I have to catch up on all my other blogging friends to see what has happened in the past month!