Blessing Day

Here she is on her blessing day.

He looks so sharp in his new suits. Good thing we stopped at Mr. Macs on the way to the hospital!

Here we all are! I can't believe we have four kids!

Here's the dress. This is the first dress I've made. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. The pictures aren't the greatest. I think I'll have my mom take better ones.

Front:

Detail:


The pattern didn't call for a tie. But I wanted one so it could fit her better, so I just made it up.
Back:

Slacker Face

This is not the best picture, it a picture of my computer, done with my phone. But I love this picture, I ordered one, but I just wanted to share it cuz I love it. This girl came to the hospital and did a free photo shoot and then you can order pictures if you want to. It was nice.

So I know, I'm a slacker. I've been meaning to put pictures of Eliza up. The last three weeks have been pretty rough. I don't know if it's the fact that this was my fourth child, or if it's the fact that it is the fourth in five years, or a combination of both, but I am just not bouncing back as fast. My body still hurts. During the first week I had a fever and we thought I had a bladder, or uterine infection. So after a test we found out it was nothing. But I was still miserable. Eliza has thrush. If any of you know about that, it's not fun. For me. I don't think she even cares. But it kills me. It's a yeast infection that lives in their mouth. So when you breast feed you transfer it back and forth. I have open sores, lets just say it's painful. I've been so ready to just stop nursing, but I keep telling myself it will be better in the long run if I can just get through this. I've had thrush with all my kids except Caden. It hasn't been this bad with any of them. It's getting better though. I think I'll make it.

Last Sunday we went with Curtis down to St. George. He had a 4 day training so we decided to go have a vacation. Vacation-HA! Monday night he came home and told me they had given them Tuesday off to work on their presentations they had to do. I'm so glad he got that day off because just after 10 Monday night all 3 kids started throwing up. We were up all night with them throwing up. I'm so glad I didn't have to take care of it alone. So needless to say, we didn't do a whole lot on that "vacation". Then as soon as we get home it's run run run.

I feel like it's Spring because I'm trying to clean my house really good because it hasn't been cleaned good for months.

We celebrated our 5 year anniversary on November 2. We went to dinner at P.F. Changs. Then we did our Christmas shopping. I have a feeling that's what our anniversary date is going to be every year. Dinner and Christmas shopping. We got most of it done though.

I want to get some pictures from my mom of the birth. My husband doesn't take very many pictures. Here's a few that we have though.

Of course I don't want to put this one on, I didn't even want to take it, but Curtis wanted a picture of me because well, we really don't have any. It does look pretty funny. But you can see why I don't take pictures of me pregnant!

She was 7 lbs 14 oz 19 1/2 inches. I never thought I would have an almost 8 lb baby!

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, while I was in labor Olivia broke her arm at my parents house. It's really not that big of a break, I couldn't even see it on the x-ray. But we weren't there, and we didn't take her so we didn't really get to talk about it or anything. Our doctor looked at the x-ray after we told him what happened, and he said it would have healed on it's on with maybe a splint. But maybe because she is little she wouldn't keep it on and to help with the pain they just put a cast on. We go in this week and she's supposed to get another one on, we'll see if she needs it.

Update

So if anybody is wondering what's going on, here it is.

NO BABY

I'm 38 1/2 weeks. I really thought I'd have it by now. No such luck.

I've have braxton hick all day every day for the past few months. But they don't do ANYTHING! It's really frustrating. They are getting stronger so I think that they might be doing something, but the last 3 weeks that I have been checked, there is no change. I'm 1 1/2 cm-every week. The worst part is I have contractions at night, all night long about 8-10 min apart, every night, and every night they get more painful, so I don't sleep and I keep thinking, maybe it's starting, then as soon as the morning hits, they stop. It is soooo frustrating. There is a light at the end of the tunnel though. He is going to strip my membranes on Tuesday, so we'll see if that works. It worked last time. So hopefully I'll be ready enough on Tuesday that it will work. In the mean time, I have stopped going to school. It's too hard to be on my feet all day and then come home and still have tons of stuff to do and just be exhausted. My plan is to go back in January. It's so nice that they are so flexible with me and my schedule. I do miss it right now, but it would just be too hard to do. That's about all that's going on. We just hang out at home, don't do a whole lot. Just waiting for a baby to get here.

***Sorry-I'm not going to post pictures because I look like a whale. I'm not so cute pregnant.***

Nauvoo

We took a family trip to Nauvoo this past week. My brother Michael is there for the summer being a preforming missionary. It was really fun to go there and spend so much time there. Not like when we've gone there for a day or two before. We spent 4 days there and there was still more to see that we didn't get to. We were spending a lot of time watching all the plays and everything that Michael was involved in because that was one of our main reasons for going. But he is still a missionary so we couldn't spend all of our time with him. He is loving it though! He is learning all the history and everything that is out there. I didn't even know there were missions like this out there. He will be home on Aug. 17 I think.

The "trip" its self was actually better then I thought it would be. We only had on throw up incident which happened about 2 hours into the trip. So we got some drugs for that and didn't have any more. We did have one problem with our car but it all worked out ok. We had just left Adam-ondi-ahmen, and if you have ever been there you know it's in the middle of nowhere. So we were following my parents and the plan was to go to Far West then to Liberty, then to Independence. But my parents were trying to get to Independence before a certain time because they wanted to meet with Caleb's mission president before it got too late. So they decided to bypass Far West and just go straight to Independence and then come back to Liberty. So Curtis and I were talking and we decided that we didn't need to go to meet with the mission president so we were going to go to Far West. Well, just after I got off the phone with my mom, of course we have a child that has to go potty!! So we hit the first gas station we passed. Which was pretty close but it was literally the middle of nowhere. So Curtis took Livi in to go potty, and he came out and he was pointing at the tire. When he got in he said-"Well I guess it's a good thing we stopped, because we have a flat tire" So luckily they had a place for air for the tires, and Curtis went in a bought some sort of a kit the patches tires. you shove things in to the holes I guess. So I was watching him try and get the things in, and I can hear the air blowing out. And as he's putting this thing in they are just shredding because it was so hot. So that wasn't working.I looked at the front tire, and it was flat too. Luckily there was this girl at the gas station that knew this guy that lived like 2 blocks away that did tires. So she showed us where he lived. He took off the back tire and patched it, then when he was filling it up with air the side walls just bubbled out. The front tire wasn't as bad. So he filled it up with air and then he showed us to the nearest Walmart was so we could get it fixed. Thank goodness for kind people who helped us out. While we were sitting in the car figuring this all out I decided to call our roadside assistance that we got with our warranty from the dealer. They were not helpful AT ALL!!! First of all they couldn't find us. But as he's looking for us, he was asking me some questions. I told him we had a couple flat tires. The first question he asked me was, "how many spare tires do you have?" Are you KIDDING me!!! Do you think I'm an IDIOT! How many spare tires do people have? So he then tells me that the only thing they do for flat tires is come out and change them and then they take the flat one, fix it and get it back to you. So unless you have 2 spares they can't really do anything. But-a flat tire doesn't qualify you for a tow. I guess there's no rule for 2 flat tires. If we wanted to pay out of pocket they would tow it and then we could battle it out with the roadside assistance company to see if they would reimburse us. I'm so glad we didn't have to do that. I'm also glad that I know that about our roadside assistance if I ever get 2 flat tires again. So needless to say we got fixed up at Walmart and then we bypassed Far West and went straight to Liberty and met my parent there just in time. The only other issue we had was that night. We decided to drive as far as we could and just find a hotel that night. So midnight rolls around and we decide that the next town we see we should stop. So at that stop, there were no Hotel rooms available. So we drove to the next little town. Nothing. So we continue to drive hoping to find something. We were in about mid Kansas. Well, we finally got told that there was nothing available from there until the Colorado border because there was some State fair starting in the morning. So we drove until we couldn't drive anymore. We found a gas station and parked there and slept for the night. Well, about 3 or 4 hours. Drove home the next day. Anyway, it was a good trip. Thanks goodness for my mom. She took tons of pictures. I am so not good at it. I have a few that I took on my phone, but I need to get all the pictures from her, and then I'll share them. If I remember to. But here's what I have-

These were hat's from one of the plays Micheal was in. They were dressing up. It was so cute. Caden LOVED all the sister missionaries. He would always find them and hug them and talk their ears off. He was always asking me where the girls were.

This was Olivia's favorite place. I don't remember what it was called,but it had activities for the kids. She loved to dress up and just play. We walked by it the next day and she started crying because she wanted to go be a princess.

School, here I come!

So I've decided to head back to school!

Those of you that know me, know that I have always always always wanted to go to beauty school. Looking back now I regret that I didn't go a long time ago, ya know, before I had kids. Then, I was going to go, then I found out I was pregnant with Payton, and I told myself I just couldn't do it, with 2 kids and one on the way. Well, here I am 3 kids and one on the way and I'm just gonna do it! I'm gonna jump in there and get it done or I'll just keep putting it off. I was always planning on going to MATC because they're super close, and super cheap. Well, I found out that they're moving. They're not moving too far, but it's far enough that I don't want to drive that far.

So one day I was playing on line, looking up schools to see if I could get some info on prices. Well, needless to say none of them list school costs on line. I came across this school in AF, on the hospital road. That is super close to my house. I had never heard of it before. So I had to go in and check it out because of course, there wasn't a whole lot of info on line. So I went in there and met with the owners, and they are super nice. It's a really new school, so it's not too big yet. They were also running a special, $9,000 off tuition. It was still more then what I wanted to pay, but it is better then any other school, that I know of at least. But my favorite part is that they are going to be super flexible with me since ya know, I have almost 4 kids. The first 8 weeks are full time, and then after that it's just 4 hours a day. 4 hours! I can do that. But on days that my husband is home I'm going to go all day so I can get done sooner. It starts June 22. So this summer is going to be kind of crazy busy, but I just need to do it. It felt so comfortable being there and I just had the strongest feeling that I just needed to jump in and do it. So that's what I'm doing. I haven't looked into student loans yet, but hopefully that will happen tomorrow, and if I'm supposed to go then everything will fall into place. Not that I want to get ANOTHER loan, but I feel ok about it since the prophets have said it's ok to do it for school. But then it just makes me feel guilty about all of our other debt. But isn't that why I'm going to school? Yes.

Anyway, that's my life as of right now. I'm positive I will be needing models so if you're interested, let me know!!

1 Year check up

Payton went in for his one year check yesterday. Poor baby. He got the regular 4 shots, but the doctor also wanted to take blood and run some tests because he's so little. He weighs 15 lbs 6 oz. He gained ALMOST a pound in 3 months. The doctor said that for him to be in the 5th percentile he needs to weigh 19 lbs. He's not on the charts right now. He's been gaining weight, just not very much so he's hasn't really been on the charts at all anyway. So he wants to check for things like anemia. He didn't say what else he was checking for but I know there's other things. So then the nurse at the doctors office tried to take blood from him, but her needle wasn't small enough. So then we had to go to the hospital and have the other arm poked. Poor kid, he got poked so many times. But he's doing good today. We have to just try and bulk him up. Give him lots of fatty food and try and make him gain weight. But besides being small, everything else was great. Developmentally and everything. The doctor doesn't think anything is wrong with him because he's happy and healthy, so the only reason we're doing the tests is because of the numbers. I don't think anything is wrong with him either. I think he's just small. But we'll see how the tests come back.

Sorry Everyone

So I guess I need to apologize to all my friends and family. Yes, we're having another child. We haven't made a big official announcement. We (at least I) feel like people are probably sick of hearing that we're having ANOTHER one. It's old news. Surprise Surprise. We have just told the people who see us all the time because there's really no hiding it anymore. But I didn't feel like I was far enough along to make an announcement. I'm 12 weeks now. I look like I'm 5 months though. At least that's how I feel I look. So here's your announcement everyone. I'm sorry if people felt left out or offended. Now you know. The due date is Oct. 27. Hopefully it will be before that though. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Baby Birds?!

So, the other day was really nice outside. I've been feeling a little better so I decided to clean the house. Since it hasn't been cleaned in weeks. Over the last few weeks, occasionally when I go into our bath room I've been startled by what I thought was a bird in the window sill, but then I just brush it off as our house being so dirty that's it's just leaves caught in the window sill. Ya know how bathroom windows are like foggy so you can't see in or out. So I just saw this pile in corner that I thought was crap I guess. I only saw it at certain times of the day though. Probably mostly evening when the shadow was just right. Anyway, I was going through the house opening windows to air out the house and I got to my bathroom, didn't think anything of it, opened the window, and this bird flies away. Scared me to DEATH. So after I calm down, I looked out my window to see this-

A nest! I was so right! So I got up on my tippy toes to peak in and see this-

It's kinda hard to see, but there's eggs in there, little blue ones! I tries to leave the window open for a while, but the mom wouldn't come back until the window was shut. So now I don't want to open my window because I don't want to give her a heart attack every time I open it. But when those babies hatch it's going to be so annoying. I will hear them all the time, I hope they learn to fly soon. I'll try to get pictures of them when they hatch and show everyone.

That's just what it looks like from the outside. I'm really nervous that my kids are going to pull those branches that are hanging down and kill them. I hope they stay away.

That's the mom. She didn't go too far.

Easter 2010

This is us coloring Easter Eggs. She had on "gloves" when we finished! We have more pictures coming. Were not doing our Easter Egg Hunt until Saturday.

So this is Payton's newest trick. He climbs on everything now!! He's such a NERD!

Sorry it's sideways. This is the first movie I've done on here and I didn't know you couldn't turn it. Sorry.

For Sale-

He's a link to something else I'm selling. Our comforter set. It's a 20 piece set. It's less then a year old. we bought a bigger bed so I can't use it now. Check it out if you or anyone you know is interested.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=9774901&lpid=&cat=455

Wanna-be Crafty

This is more just for me. These are things I want to make SOMEDAY and when I get to it I don't want to have to search for it. Feel free to check em out. If you do any of them let me know how they turned out.

Glass tile pendants-
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/01/love-these.html

Hanging dish towel
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/12/hanging-dishtowel.html

Potholder Apron
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/11/dish-towel-potholder.html

Cute Star
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-star-2009.html

Hand Towel Dress
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/09/10-minute-dish-towel-dress.html

Bandanna Dress
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2009/01/15-minute-dress.html

Canvas Wall Art
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-needed-little-something-for-my-wall.html

TuTu-
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2008/10/dust-of-those-sewing-machines.html

Scrabble Tile Pendants
http://treyandlucy.blogspot.com/2008/11/scrabble-pendants.html

So Blessed

So Thursday, some one posted a link on facebook that I had to checkout-

stakerzxposed.blogspot.com

If you haven't read it, seen it, or heard of it, I HIGHLY suggest that you read it. If you are a mother, READ IT! If you're anybody who has a heart read it. You will be bawling!! I was. Now I just can't get it out of my head.

There was a story about them on the news that night. They are from Provo. I won't tell you the whole story, because it's really long, and she tells it better then anybody could. But let me tell you, after reading that I was speechless. I have so many mixed emotions, thankfulness, sadness, compassion, heartache, fear, faith.........He is amazing! He is such a miracle! I am so thankful that she shared her families story with the world so we could all learn so many things from them and realize all the blessings we have.

I had no idea what it was about before I started reading it. So when I started I was going backwards, (Ya know how blogging is), so I wanted to read the whole thing. It's kind of long. As I was reading I so wanted to know what happened to this tiny 12 month old boy. I had to just skip to the beginning and start there so that I was going in order. I had the chills the whole time I was reading, I was crying so much that after I was done reading it I felt like I had been crying for weeks!

There was one specific part that got me(Well, there were a lot, but I'll tell ya about one.)Here is the part straight from her words that I read as I'm holding my baby that is just a couple months younger then hers-

Our Angel Nurse, Sally, helped us to hold him tonight.
To cradle our arms around him, stroke his tender cheeks and watch him sleep.
We sang to him that he is a Child of God.
A bit of Heaven was in our little room
as I felt his warm, limp body pressed against my own.
Count your blessings if you can do that without tubes and wires and machines between you.

The whole story touches me. That's why I say just read the blog. Make sure you have plenty of time to do it though. I think it means so much to me because it hits so close to home. As I was reading the entry about what happened-I totally saw me. And I know a lot of you would say the same about your selves. Just read it and you will understand what I mean.

I just want everyone to know that I'm thankful for all the blessings I have especially my husband and children. I love them with all my heart!!

Mini-Van Anyone?

So remember when I became and official "Soccer Mom"? That phase is over. It lasted for almost a year. So if anybody is interested in, or knows anybody who is interested in a Toyota Sienna, let me know. Here's a link so you can see it-

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=0&nid=443&tab=list/view&ad=2155866

Don't get me wrong. I love it. It's a great car. It's leather, heated seats, got a DVD player, DUAL automatic doors, I guess those are hard to come by. My only problem is, it's a mini van. I'm just not a mini van person. So if you are, this would be a great car for you!!

Custom Jewlery

If you like jewelry, you should check this out. You can go to this lady's house and make your own jewelry for a fraction of the cost. It's so fun and they're super cute, cuz, well, you make them!

http://tacyleeoriginals.blogspot.com/

Countertop Painting

K-Here's an idea that I'm thinking about doing. Check it out, I had no idea you could do this!!

http://craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-painted-my-countertops.html

http://solovelycreations.blogspot.com/2009/05/painted-kitchen-counter-tops.html

http://whimsies-whatnots.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-painted-my-counters-really.html

Cabin Trip

We went to Idaho to our cabin for the weekend. Here are some of the highlights-

This is where KC thought she was riding the whole time-It didn't last very long.

Playing out in the snow

Just hanging out under the moose

This was our ER trip. She was running with her tongue out and slipped and bit right through her tongue. Once the doctor looked at it she said they weren't going to do anything because it didn't go all the way through her tongue and the sides of her tongue were still together. She also said it would heal up in three days! Three days, right-Well, this is Saturday night at the hospital

This is Sunday-

And this is Monday-

I am AMAZED at how fast it has healed up. She has done super good. She only had a rough night on Saturday. The next day she was eating chips, and not complaining any more. That was our Idaho trip. Hope we get back soon-to the cabin, not the ER.

Lace Manicure

So I guess this is the new trend. I am interested to try it. If anybody would like to be my guinea pig let me know.






http://www.dailymakeover.com/blogs/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/1398

So I decided that I might just steal things from other people to put on my blog. Things I think are cute and want to try to make, or people who sell stuff that I LOVE. I'd like to share it all with you and I need to remember where I got them from so that I know how to make them when I actually get around to it. Here's one I'm going to do tomorrow hopefully.