Saturday morning, we took Cinco into the vet. I'm glad we did since Friday he started having blood in his urine. The vet informed us he likely had a dental infection along with a bladder infection. Poor kitty had to stay pretty much all day because he didn't have enough urine for them to get a sample. We got him back around closing time for the vet with some antibiotics, special food, and an appointment to check on him in a week. He also ended up having struvite crystals in his urine, which the food is supposed to help with. While we aren't wholly successful getting him to eat the new food and nothing else (hard when you have another cat around), he does seem to be doing better. Hopefully things are still looking up at his next appointment!

Matt also went with Jason after Cinco's appointment to help paint their new house, which gave Henlie and I some time to hang out and play with Camile, Charlie, and Danica. It's nice to have them so close by. While we're excited for their new house in Layton, it'll be sad when they are so far away. I'm glad Henlie has been able to get in some good cousin time because Charlie is one of her favorite people in the world. (Everett and Grandma Biggs are the others :))

We had a pretty lazy day on the 20th. Usually, I don't let Henlie watch TV until after lunch, but she was looking at all of the DVDs and kept wanting to watch a show, so I turned on Netflix. I love having Netflix on the TV (it means I can keep using the computer!). I love having the Xbox back. (Voice commands!) I love that Netflix has a crap ton of shows on it haha. Even though we own The Last Unicorn, AristoCats, and The Fox and the Hound, I didn't have to get up to put discs in (until The Lion King, anyway).

Thursday, November 19th, was a bit of a rough day. Henlie was playing with the Bumbo (up-side down) and broke the picture frame (which was leaning against the piano) that held our family photo. Fortunately, the glass didn't brake and she was okay. Perhaps it was even a blessing as one corner wasn't so attached very well anymore. (It went to Peru and back with us.) So now I have no excuse to not buy a new frame lol. 

Wednesday, November 18th, we got Henlie in for her 3 year well check. She got an eye exam this time, too. She tested at 20/30, which is expected in 3 year olds. Dr. Fullmer says she probably sees better than that, and it was just a limitation of the test. Her stats are weight: 32.2 lbs (66%) and height: 38.25 in (79%). Everything shows as perfectly healthy. 

Dr. Fullmer says she's grown like 6 inches over the last year. I just said, "I believe it." When we moved to Peru, she couldn't reach the elevator call button in our building. When we left, she didn't even need to stretch to push it. Her height and her hair have done a lot of growing over the last year. 

People tend to think she is older than she is because she speaks so well. I'd say in most areas, she's advanced for her age. The biggest thing that gives pause is potty training. She's still in diapers, but she has recently told us she needs to go to the potty. Maybe soon I'll have a house put back together and can dedicate some time to helping her finally get trained. We shall see.

Matt just laughs because she drives me crazy, but apparently it's over things that I also do. She and I are too similar. My mom and I were the same way. :)

She does say some pretty funny things, sometimes, though. Example, in the tub before going to the doctor, she said, "Mom, there's hair on my chest!" Her hair had come over her shoulder onto her chest. :) It is interesting to hear the way her mind works sometimes :)

We sure do love our Henlie Boo. She is a great big sister and almost always wants to help with Andrew, the animals, and whatever else I'm doing around the house.

November 17th is World Prematurity Day to raise awareness of premature birth and care for preemie babies. Technically, Henlie was premature at 3 weeks 2 days early, and Andrew was definitely premature at 11 weeks 5 days early. :) I am so grateful that both were (relatively) healthy and have had no lasting issues so far as a result of their prematurity. I know of friends and see stories on the internet of people who have had much greater trials, and I just know my Heavenly Father knows me because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't handle such trials as well.

Monday, November 16th, we enjoyed dinner at Matt's parents' house. Shawn and Roxanne were over to see Jackie and Curtis one last time since they flew out for Korea the next morning. It's always so fun to spend time with family. And it's always nice to not have to prepare dinner. Since moving back to Utah, we've had a lot of dinners at Larry and Carrie's house! I'm glad they don't mind :) 

Sunday November 15th, we had our first Sunday back in our old ward. It was so good to see old faces, and have the meeting in English :) 

Another blessing was finally finding our silverware!

It was also Andrew's 8 month birthday! We sure love having him in our family. He loves Henlie, and she loves him, too.