Cheney Rabbits

One day dad caught a rabbit. It was blind in one eye and my grandpa cheney is blind in one eye so we named it Papa Carrots. My dad let papa carrots go after a day.

A week or two later he caught a baby rabbit the size of a potato. I fed it milk from a dropper. We named it Andrew. We kept it in a cage on the screen porch. Then I went to a sleep over and in the morning it "somehow" got out of his cage, "somehow" got off the table and "somehow" got out of the porch. My friend was selling rabbits. Dad said yes and that's how we got Sisi Sarah.

Dress Up

Sorry, I can't resist. I have to post this picture even though I do not encourage cross dressing.

 

Elijah - 5 months

Eli will be 5 months old in a couple of days and I feel like time has flown by so fast. He is the happiest little guy and he is always smiling, laughing, and cooing. He has started to rotate his body around while laying under his toy gym on his back. He is very aware of everything around him and he loves to watch and follow anyone who makes eye contact with him and wait for them to give him a reason to smile. He is perfect!
 

Habenero Pepper Burns

Last week Emmett spent a couple of hours making "pasta" (dirt, leaves, sticks, etc) in the bird bath inside our chicken's pen. His fun ended when he decided to add what he thought was bell pepper juice by breaking open the peppers and squeezing the juice into the so called pasta. According to his account, some dirt splashed onto his face while stirring and he tried to wipe it off.
Of course, a couple of days prior to this incident, and after much nagging, I finally persuaded TJ to pull out the habenero plants in our garden and throw them into the chicken pen because Jo had been picking and eating our baby bell peppers in our garden and I was afraid she would pick a habenero instead. I guess I saved one child only to hurt another.
Poor Emmett chugged a full glass of milk, gobbled a slice of bread and scrubbed his face with soap and a wash cloth while soaking in the bath only to declare that he was still hot and now the burning had spread to his chewed fingertips. He finally settled down when I decided that using 10 bandaids to keep him happy was worth the dollar it cost me to buy them. Boy am I stingy. The picture shows the red burn around his mouth from the habenero juice.

 

Tee Ball

Here are some pictures of McKay and Emmett playing tee ball and Dad playing catcher.
Emmett wore a pair of blue underwear his first game and now insists that they are part of his uniform. He is a natural athlete and received the game ball after their first game. His only problem is remembering which side his team plays on. He followed the red team into their dugout twice and it took him a while each time to realize that he wasn't wearing red.
McKay is completely aware of what's going on. He has to fake throw twice before throwing the ball to another player, hit the home plate twice before getting into batting position, and slide into home plate every chance he gets. On his last slide home he came up two feet short and had to scoot to touch the plate.
After he realized a game ball would be given to a player at the end of every game, every prayer included "and please help me get the game ball". I tried to help him change the wording to "help me play my best" and his response was "but I want the game ball". I guess it's good to be specific.

Elijah Merrill Cheney

Elijah Merrill Cheney has arrived. He was born Monday, April 27th at 1:10pm, 8 lbs. 3 oz., 21.25" long, and a 36 cm head. He looks perfect with an olive complexion, greyish (maybe blue) eyes and light brown hair. He is sleeping and eating well and very content. I am feeling great as well. I have a wonderful husband who has been waking up early, fixing lunches, getting the kids ready for school, going grocery shopping, running the kids to practices, giving baths, and doing dishes. My mother in law and sister in law have taken Emmett and Joleigh every morning for the past two weeks until noon, which has helped me get a good 8 hours of sleep every night and has really helped me heal and transition back into the swing of things. I have had some yummy meals brought over from friends at church and Nellie and Tiffany brought over 12 homemade freezer meals a few weeks ago (like they didn't both just have a baby), which I am saving for when I am fully on my own again. I am really grateful right now to my Heavenly Father for blessing me with beautiful, healthy children and for the great support of my family and friends. I love being a mom and I can't wait to return the help to others around me when I can.

Cheney Kids Artwork

Savannah, McKay, and Emmett drew a picture of our family. I thought they were great pictures and I wasn't the least bit surprised that Emmett thinks his family consists of him and our dog Bailee.




Mckay gave TJ and I a little book for Valentine's Day filled with coupons of things he would do for love. He was very creative... or maybe crafty would be a better word. I asked him how he was going to get enough money to buy me the $200 Wii I've always wanted and the $50 Super Smash Brothers game. He thought I would have enough money to buy them myself when I was ready to use the coupon. My absolute favorite is the blood gushing deer. I have to thank TJ for embedding that image into his head by bringing home his prize to show his boys before taking it to the butcher shop this past hunting season.