August 8, 2011

Auntie and Uncle saying good-bye to Cante

Heather and Antioni left to go to Georgia today:(  We loved having them live so close to us. We will miss hanging out with them on the weekends and having Sunday dinners together. It just won't be the same here without them. They loved spending time with Cante and were really sad to leave her. Probablly more sad to leave her than they were to leave Marlin and me. We all got a little emotional when we said our goodbyes. The good thing is that we know we will see them again..and hopefully soon. Saying goodbye made me realize how grateful I am for the gospel in our lives and the fact that we have eternal families. My family is spread all across the nation and we don't get to see each other as much as we would like. However, we will have the rest of eternity to spend together in the next life. How comforting.

After Antioni and Heather left, Marlin had to finish packing for his scouts camping trip and I had to get ready for a yw meeting. We went to the church around 1 for my meeting and then Marlin left around 2 for his trip. Afterwards, Leatha took Cante and I to a doctor's appointment because I was worried that she had torticollis. Marlin had noticed that Cante would always turn her head to the left. He noticed it because he was trying to feed her a bottle one night and she wouldn't turn her head towards him so that he could feed her. I noticed it more after he told me about it, but didn't really think anything about it. Then, we went over to Amanda Groves' house last night and she told me that her son had toricollis and that he would only turn his head to one side. She suggested that we take Cante to the doctor to get it checked out. Sure enough, the pediatrician told me that she had a mild case of toricollis and gave me some exercises to do that would help correct it. I basically have to turn her head to her right when she is sleeping and whenever she is lying down. I also have to touch her chin to her shoulder a few times a day. The exercises are supposed to loosen the muscles in her neck. We will have another appointment with the pediatrician in about a week and a half so she will be able to tell us if it has gotten any better. After the pediatrician, Leatha and I took the babies to Target because she had to return something and then we met up with Amanda Groves and Maren at Mimi's Cafe. It was nice to just chat with the ladies. They were super helpful with Cante too.

Tomorrow I will fly to California with just me and Cante. I am a little worried about the plane flight...hopefully she will do okay. There was no way I was going to stay at home alone for a week with Cante while Marlin went away to camp! My parents are sooo excited to see me and Cante. I am excited to go back home and see them too. I love my family!