February- The end of February Lanni got blessed. My mom made her blessing dress! Thanks mom! One of my favorite things about being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is baby blessings. I always loved those Sundays when a dad held his baby with a group of priesthood holding men and gave his baby a name and a blessing. I extra loved when I got to see Byron holding our sweet Lanni, with all of the men we love in our lives, and give her a name and a blessing. It was absolutely beautiful. I actually just re-read it 3 days ago....It is just incredible.
March- Hmmmm hmmm I can't really think of anything... Oh ya! I got Lanni's newborn photo's back. I think she is just the most precious thing!!
May- We went out to eat with Byron's brothers, and wouldn't you know. I have ANOTHER allergic reaction. If you don't remember the first one, here is the link. Just scroll down a little until you see horrific photos of me. This time around my body reacted, but in a different way. The first day it started with flu like symptoms. Along with that, I could not breathe. It was a horrible feeling. I had to take extremely shallow breaths or else I would go into a violent coughing frenzy. I later found out this is what they call.... anaphylactic shock. Here is a bit of information about me- I will not go to the doctor unless absolutely necessary. Nothing against doctors, they are great...when I NEED them. I just thought this was going to "blow over". It didn't. It lasted 4 weeks. Every week my body did something new to try to rid it's self of the toxins. The hard time breathing remained the same though throughout the 4 weeks. So the first week was flu like. The second week I broke out in hives ONLY on the underside of my arms. They itched and I hate them. Keep in mind this takes an extreme toll on my body. I have zero energy. I am out of breath just going to the bathroom, and I'm so exhausted I can't even eat. The third week the hives moved from my arms to my legs. They started on my shins and spread to the calf through out the week. They are huge, and itch. My mom came to visit/help around this time. The middle of the week to the end of this disaster I started to swell. Well just my legs did where they hives were. Oh it hurt. It hurt so much. The worst was having to stand up because the weight of my body made my legs feel like they were going to burst. Okay, seriously, poor Lanni. I don't know how she survived. She was the best (thank you Heavenly Father). She just played on the floor the whole time, I fed her when she was hungry and we would nap together. My milk dried up a few days after I was better, which made me a little sad. I liked breast feeding. Oh well. Thank you Byron for taking such great care me. I owe you one! Anyways, I did end up going to a doctor. He told me I was allergic to :MSG (ya ya I know), GMO (which is everything it seems like) High Fructose Corn Syrup (aw man) and a few others. The Doc told me my body just can't handle processing this crap/poison (well it is). It tries so hard to process it, and eventually it just gets overloaded and implodes. I liked how he explained it in a way I could understand. Basically I need to be super careful. These past to two experiences have been SO bad, if it happened again who knows what could happen. Scary. I eat pretty well in the first place. I always have, thanks to my awesome parents who instilled that in me. The first time this happened I drastically changed the way I ate, and after a while I just kind of .....fell back to my old ways, which aren't even that bad. So then this happened. I guess I HAVE to be more careful. It could literally be life or death. Thank you mom! I don't know how we would have gotten through this without all of your help! Love you! OH YA, we also celebrated my mom's birthday and Mother's Day!
June- MY BIRTHDAY!! WOO HOO! June 23 I turned 21! For my birthday Byron bought plane tickets to Utah to visit my parents during the 4th of July! AND he bought me a session of laser hair removal. Best thing ever. I will eventually get my whole dang body done...eventually.
July- So fun! Lanni and I flew to Utah, of course she had the biggest blow out of her life on the plane. It was fun because Jess, Dave and Milana were visiting as well. So, we got to spend time with EVERYONE! I wished we could have seen Davi more, but alas, she's a workin' girl. Lanni got super duper sick. Poor thing was miserable. Had fevers, snotty nose, wouldn't eat. Tylenol and Motrin sure helped. In a few days she was back to her usual self. Byron flew out a few days later. We went swimming, to the temple and took some family pictures!
Sick Lanni fell asleep trying to eat a puff with a yucky nose 
Cousins!
My dad has a friend who has cherry trees and we got to go pick lots! YUMMM
I just love this picture!
Yep, you read it right! Another cousin for Lanni. We just found out it is a ....GIRL! YAY a sister for Milana!
August- Uh nothing. But here's a couple pictures of Lanni.
September- My friend Marcie had a beautiful baby girl this month I was lucky enough to photograph her labor and delivery. The miracle of life is truly a miracle. Aaaand it's Hunting season. Byron didn't get a buck this year, darn it! On the plus side we got to enjoy some beautiful weather at his parents'. They now have a porch swing and of course Lanni loved it. We swung on it every morning. Ooo ooo it's peach season. Oh how I love peach season, apparently so does this sneaky girl. She snacked on this peach ALL day. It took me that long until I caught her in the act. Lanni is also getting her first tooth this month and started walking all over the place! I can't keep up!
Lanni is now10 months and I can barely keep up with her. She is so full of energy and she just lights up the room. She loves to play, talk, snuggle, copy what we do. She loves the couch! She uses a pillow as a step stool and pulls her self up on the couch and just jumps around! One of my favorite things she is doing is clapping. It's so cute when she wakes up she is clapping when we go to get her! We love her. We can't believe she will be 1 in a few weeks. Now we get to prepare for a 1st birthday and holiday fun that is just around the corner! I love my life!
