Twilight

Ok - some parts of this are silly and cheesy, but I was dieing laughing at some! Sooo worth your time! Let me know what you think!

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great
importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be
sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and
appreciate the kind way you always handle things.

I have always gotten Bella before... (Clumsy, attract danger, love to read,anti social, something wrong in my brain, etc...) but this one was different so I thought I would share!

The search is on....

...for a name with 4 double letters! Let me explain...
1 - Emma ---mm
2 - Russell --- ss ll
3 - Hannah --- hh aa nn
4 - ????????
I found the name Bennett which I like but it only has three double letters (Like Hannah) and I think it would be so cool to keep it going, 4 double letters for the 4th child! I know, strange. We actually did not do it on purpose, so Jonathan thinks we should just give it up - but I think if we CAN find one, it would be awesome! So.... do any of you know of cute names with 4 double letters?????

*Russell, "I am a genius"
Me, "you are hu"
Russ, "Yep, I am a genius because I love you"
AWWWWWW! (just so you know, he has no idea what genius means - we later figured out that he thinks genius is another word for "I love you". Still sweet though!)

*Hannah has a TOOTH!!!!! And she is only 11 1/2 months old! This is so exciting for us, as Emma and Russell did not get teeth till 15 and 14 months, respectively;) Yay for Han!
However, it looks like Emma will still be the only one who walked to her first b-day party! She started walking at 10 months, Russell was 14 months (it was a big month for him!), and we will see - maybe Hannah will still surprise us! She is certainly practicing enough with her walker pushy thing and holding onto the furniture to walk around the house!

*Jonathan deserves a medal for all that he does. We were supposed to speak at the Grand Canyon to a branch of our church... but I couldn't go so Jonathan taught a friends primary class and did tithing for his financial clerk so that they could speak for us... He spent all day Sat helping a neighbor build a "shelter" for their truck for the winter. He continues to do all of the dishes (or anything really that involves going near the kitchen) He gets up and makes breakfast, packs lunches for all of the kids (so that Russ can get them out of the fridge for he and Han), Takes Emma to the bus stop, and tries to tell me to start drinking something!

*We have the awesomest friends/ family! My Mom has made us dinner lots of night's that Jonathan picks up on his way home from work! My friends Annette and Samantha made us yummy dinners and Jackee brought by P&P to keep me mucho occupied for hours!!!! Thank you all for all that you have done to help keep our family afloat!

*I am showing already!!!!! What the heck? I usually start showing around 20-24 weeks (I am 9). Jonathan is happy because it means I am not starving to death this time! Its true! Usually I have lost 20-30 lbs ... I have lost 7 but have been able to keep food/liquids down ALMOST every day!!!! Ok. some days it is only half an apple, but still, that is WAY better than any of my other pregnancies where I would often go a week or so between food and days without any liquids. I am a worrier so of course I worry that that means something is wrong, but I am trying SUPER hard to just be grateful! No reason to worry anyway - it won't help anything! So, we will continue to think positively!

Hooray for good news!

I am so relieved and thrilled to announce that everything is going GREAT! We went to see the Dr this morning and the baby was there and the heartbeat was strong! Yay! I am so excited although still praying that things will continue to go well!!!! It was also really awesome because he said that we could do an at home IV if we need to this time! Yay! I am hoping that it is a boy and that we can just not be as sick.... But we will see;) Meanwhile, things are awesome! Sick, yes of course, but I will go through that anyday for these precious babies! We of course appreciate your continued prayers in our behalf! We are so grateful for those and for all the love, support, and help we have been given! We are truly blessed!

A few Requests... If I may;)

Please Blog! I am so bored laying on the couch all day and with the extra progesterone I am dizzy on top of the normal sick... so bring on the blogs! I love seeing how ya'll are doing - it makes me feel halfway connected to the outside world!
Also - A huge steak! Ok, by the time I post this the thought of it will probably make me throw up but for now, it is the only thing that sounds good and I am soooo hungry. I havn't eaten in....? ? ? Lets see, I had a sip of vitamin water a few min ago to finally take the pill I was supposed to take this a.m.... that was the only think that went down my mouth all day today, yesterday, Sat? ****sigh****
I am really hoping that we can convince Dr to let me have an at home IV. I don't want to miss out on my kids lives again for months. I also hate the hospital.....
But in the end it is all soooo worth it! I have my first Dr appt tommorow and I am so nervous! I have had many more "bad news" ultrasounds than good so we are just praying that everything goes well!
Well, I will let you know as soon as I know!;)
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I also have to give a huge shout out to my AMAZING Hubby who always takes control! He is doing everything! You are the best and I cannot imagine how I would make it through life without you! Thank you Hun! Oh, and all he wants for his b-day is for me to stay out of the hospital... I am trying;)

Tag

This was a tag from Jackee - 6th folder, 6th picture....

This is Emma and Russell with our puppy Jessie, one of the only times they have played with her! (sorry Shannon) She is really wild and the kids won't even go in the yard anymore... anyone want a dog?

I tag - Samantha, Jen, Cherise, Meredith, Nikki, and Maryann:)

Oh baby....

These are the types of things that happen when Mom is too sick to take care of things.... Does anyone know someone who dreams of being a maid/nanny for no pay???? (I am joking) - sort of;)

My little Patriots

I am SUPER patriotic, for those of you who don't know. I love feeling that I am passing this on to my children! I am truly so grateful to live in this country! Even with it's faults, we have freedom - especially freedom of religion! Because of that freedom - a young boy prayed, saw Our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ and was able to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth again! Let Freedom Ring!

Emma polled our family and asked who we all voted for... it was so funny. Hannah was starving and when Emma got to her Hannah said into the microphone, "Baba Mama!" Emma took that to mean that she was the left winger of our family, although really, she was really just hungry!

Meanwhile - yay for the YES on 102 vote!!!!! And for all of the other states that passed similar innitiatives! It is certainly not that we don't love everyone, but we believe that God has set a standard that we need to live by!

This was my Horrorscope today... I really put no stock in these things but...

It's perfectly acceptable to rely on the support of friends and family to see you through the tough times -- after all, they love doing it. But at a certain time you have to get back to normal life, and start dealing with your emotions on your own. You can do this -- you have done it before, and you will have to do it again, probably. Move away from the caring-but-limiting arms of loved ones. Go off on your own and remind yourself that being independent is the healthiest way to be right now.

I am a firm believer that if you get Hyperemesis Gravida your OB should have you put in a medically induced coma for 5-6 months. Need I say more?

It is supposed to be June, Our first ultrasound is next week, and we have waited a long time to say anything because we are so worried about losing another baby. (I am on lots of meds so hopefully everything will be ok!) Thank you in advance for your prayers!

The rest of our Halloween weekend trip!

Russell loved playing with Taffy! This used to be my parents dog and I think if Russ knew that he would be mad we gave her away! She is a sweetie!

Is there anything cuter than a boy with a dog?

Seriously!

And this is what Hannah did the whole weekend! Suprising hu?

Halloween!!!!!!

I finally found the girls some costumes on Wednesday afternoon, wich was good since Emma had her Kindergarden parade on Thursday
My yellow flower fairy, blue water fairy, and cookie monster!

AWWW... Oh - these are pics of trying on the costumes Wed afternnoon!

What a sweetie!

Emma all ready for her parade...

That she told me not to come to! WHAT!?!? Yep, I thought that didn't happen till 13 or so.... but it happened. She told me that she didn't think I was allowed to. I said that the other Moms had been invited and she said that she did not think I was....

I went anyway and she wouldn't even stop for a picture (she was worried she would get in trouble for stopping the line). She is just a crack up!

Ready to go tricl or treating! Yay! This was the kids first time doing "real" trick or treating, instead of the trunk or treat thing. It was a blast!

Hannah is so happy!

The first house!

Hannah loved all the people telling her she was cute:)

Hey!

Emma and Russell are SOOOOO Done! What a great time! Thanks for letting us come down cousins!