I have an outlet for when I get really stressed out...Baking....
look what I made.
Chocolate cake and frosting from scratch. It sure did taste good, but not good when I am trying to loose weight.
Front of the House
12 years ago
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Stress... not good for my waistline.
I have an outlet for when I get really stressed out...Baking....
look what I made.
Chocolate cake and frosting from scratch. It sure did taste good, but not good when I am trying to loose weight.
G's turns 3!
G turned 3! Its hard to believe that he has been part of our family for so long. He makes each and every day an adventure. Blogger isn't working great for pictures today so I appolgize for it looking sloppy.
The day after he was born.
One year old.
two years old
Our big 3 year old!
The birthday cake!
Eating cake and Ice cream!
Opening presents, he was spoiled this year with all the family in town now!
Waiting for the big
present from Cousin P.
I think he likes it! A bike and helmet, not
pictured, he was also given a scooter.
The day after he was born.
One year old.
two years old
Our big 3 year old!
The birthday cake!
Eating cake and Ice cream!Opening presents, he was spoiled this year with all the family in town now!
Waiting for the big
present from Cousin P.I think he likes it! A bike and helmet, not
pictured, he was also given a scooter.
4th of July 2011
Our 4th started out with a patriotic breakfast. Red, White and Blue pancakes, bacon, eggs, and orange juice.
We ate a yummy dinner made by friend M.
We went to the local High school to watch fireworks. The kids, R, and Friends A and M had boffer sword fights. They got some of the kids there at the ball field to play too.
I stayed w
ith C while he slept.
We sat down for dessert just before it got dark for the fireworks.
Being up almo
st 3 hours after bedtime makes for a very sleepy boy.I am so thankful for those who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy in this nation. I am also grateful for the families who sacrifice while their family member(s) are away fighting for our freedoms.
Visit from family
So blogger l
and, its been a while since I posted. I'm finding its a bit difficult to get on the computer, let alone blog :)
A few weeks after C's birth Mom H and R's sister J came out to help out and visit. R's sister K and her husband M moved out here a few days later. We really enjoyed spending time with Mom and J, and have continued to enjoy spending time with K and M.
Here are some pictures of everyone with C. Mom we cant thank you enough for all your help!
Mom with A (A really didn't want to get in a picture, can you tell?)
G with Grandma
Aunt J with C
Aunt K and Uncle M
and, its been a while since I posted. I'm finding its a bit difficult to get on the computer, let alone blog :)A few weeks after C's birth Mom H and R's sister J came out to help out and visit. R's sister K and her husband M moved out here a few days later. We really enjoyed spending time with Mom and J, and have continued to enjoy spending time with K and M.
Here are some pictures of everyone with C. Mom we cant thank you enough for all your help!
Mom with A (A really didn't want to get in a picture, can you tell?)
G with Grandma
Aunt J with C
Aunt K and Uncle M
Monday, June 6, 2011
Baby C is here!
After much anticipation, Baby C is here! He was born very early last Wednesday morning.
His delivery was very
different from the other two. Mainly due to the fact that my body was actually progressing on its own to have him. With A and G I hardly progressed at all causing me to have to be induced.
Tuesday afternoon I had an appointment with my Doctor. After seeing her and being told that I was only dilated to a 3, I figured we would end up being induced that night as had been scheduled the previous week. I have never gotten to a 3 on my own, but I still had a ways to go... or so I thought.
After the doctor appointment I did some shopping to get last minute items, went home and took it easy. No use making myself feel the pressure in my pelvis if I was going to be induced later that night anyways, right?
Well I ended up going into labor later that night after all... guess all the walking that afternoon did its work. After a call to the hospital they told me to wait for the contractions to be 3-4 min apart for 1 hour. So I waited, they said it would probably take 6-8 hours anyways, so what was the rush to get to the hospital. After 30 min or so of the contractions 3-4 minutes apart (only 2 1/2 hours after the phone call to the hospital) they started to get closer... yikes!
I had been praying all night for help to know when we should head to the hospital, since its about an hour drive from our house. After the contractions got closer, I felt very strongly that we needed to leave. R wanted to wait for the full hour to pass and get some more sleep, but ended up agreeing it was time to go after seeing how much pain I was in. As we got closer and closer to the hospital the contractions were getting stronger and much closer together. I could barely walk by the time we got to the ER.
After being rushed up to Labor and Delivery they checked me out, I was ready to deliver, NOW! I never thought it would go that quickly!!! Needless to say it only took about 20 minutes from the time that we arrived at the hospital until we were holding our new little boy (and that was with holding back pushing as much as I could). They ended up having to call the on call Dr, and she made it in the room just in time to catch the baby.
I am thankful for a Heavenly Father that answered my prayers. Letting me know when we needed to leave, had we not left when we did R would have been delivering the baby himself on the side of the road, or possibly at home. Heavenly Father also answered my prayers in helping me wait to deliver until we got to the hospital.
I had been worried about delivering with a brand new Dr (since my regular OB/GYN was having health problems and had to retire about 3 weeks previous). I had also been debating on whether or not to try going with out an epidural this time around. Both of those were no longer under my control by the time I got to the hospital. So I can now say I have done a natural child birth and check that off of my hand print list.
I am thankful for the Nurses in Labor and Delivery that were able to rush and get everything ready in time. Although I don't remember much other than being in pain, I know they had to get alot ready in a very short period of time. I have to say I love Arrowhead Hospital, and every delivery gets better. All the nurses and staff that helped me out over the few days we were there were absolutely wonderful.
We are so happy to have C in our home. A and G love to rub his head and try to give him little hugs. G loves to wave at him and say, "hi C". Although it can be a bit frustrating at times with how much they want to hug on him, they are really sweet. The first night home A and G were bringing him toys to share. G brought him some of his favorite cars and A kept bringing him stuffed animals and blankets. A and G have been big helps already with grabbing diapers or cleaning up things when I ask them to.
I can see a very happy future for all of us!
His delivery was very
different from the other two. Mainly due to the fact that my body was actually progressing on its own to have him. With A and G I hardly progressed at all causing me to have to be induced.Tuesday afternoon I had an appointment with my Doctor. After seeing her and being told that I was only dilated to a 3, I figured we would end up being induced that night as had been scheduled the previous week. I have never gotten to a 3 on my own, but I still had a ways to go... or so I thought.
After the doctor appointment I did some shopping to get last minute items, went home and took it easy. No use making myself feel the pressure in my pelvis if I was going to be induced later that night anyways, right?
Well I ended up going into labor later that night after all... guess all the walking that afternoon did its work. After a call to the hospital they told me to wait for the contractions to be 3-4 min apart for 1 hour. So I waited, they said it would probably take 6-8 hours anyways, so what was the rush to get to the hospital. After 30 min or so of the contractions 3-4 minutes apart (only 2 1/2 hours after the phone call to the hospital) they started to get closer... yikes!
I had been praying all night for help to know when we should head to the hospital, since its about an hour drive from our house. After the contractions got closer, I felt very strongly that we needed to leave. R wanted to wait for the full hour to pass and get some more sleep, but ended up agreeing it was time to go after seeing how much pain I was in. As we got closer and closer to the hospital the contractions were getting stronger and much closer together. I could barely walk by the time we got to the ER.
After being rushed up to Labor and Delivery they checked me out, I was ready to deliver, NOW! I never thought it would go that quickly!!! Needless to say it only took about 20 minutes from the time that we arrived at the hospital until we were holding our new little boy (and that was with holding back pushing as much as I could). They ended up having to call the on call Dr, and she made it in the room just in time to catch the baby.
I am thankful for a Heavenly Father that answered my prayers. Letting me know when we needed to leave, had we not left when we did R would have been delivering the baby himself on the side of the road, or possibly at home. Heavenly Father also answered my prayers in helping me wait to deliver until we got to the hospital.
I had been worried about delivering with a brand new Dr (since my regular OB/GYN was having health problems and had to retire about 3 weeks previous). I had also been debating on whether or not to try going with out an epidural this time around. Both of those were no longer under my control by the time I got to the hospital. So I can now say I have done a natural child birth and check that off of my hand print list.
I am thankful for the Nurses in Labor and Delivery that were able to rush and get everything ready in time. Although I don't remember much other than being in pain, I know they had to get alot ready in a very short period of time. I have to say I love Arrowhead Hospital, and every delivery gets better. All the nurses and staff that helped me out over the few days we were there were absolutely wonderful.
We are so happy to have C in our home. A and G love to rub his head and try to give him little hugs. G loves to wave at him and say, "hi C". Although it can be a bit frustrating at times with how much they want to hug on him, they are really sweet. The first night home A and G were bringing him toys to share. G brought him some of his favorite cars and A kept bringing him stuffed animals and blankets. A and G have been big helps already with grabbing diapers or cleaning up things when I ask them to.
I can see a very happy future for all of us!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
strange cravings
I have heard of women having strange cravings when pregnant, but have never experienced it till this pregnancy.
My strange craving isn't so much a food item that I want to eat, but things that I can't get enough of smelling wise.
I am finding that I want to smell bleach, dish washer soap, Windex, hand sanitizer, pine sol floor cleaner, and other cleaning supplies. I am starting to get a bit worried at how much I want to smell them. Hand sanitizer (while its still wet and full of rubbing alcohol smell) and the Windex especially. I have to avoid using them so that I don't get tempted.
This reminds me of the commercial from a few years ago about a woman who craved the smell of Gain laundry soap. I am sure if I had any of that around I would be craving smelling that too :)
R is starting to joke around about having to hide these items from me. Although sometimes I wonder if its more serious than joking around... Just to be clear, I am NOT opening up bottles of cleaning supplies and sniffing them all day, so don't worry about that.
I'm just glad its not something crazy that I want to eat, I have heard some really CRAZY things that pregnant women are craving... Stucco walls, wet dog food, and a few others. To those I just say YUCK!!! But I am starting to see how something that sounds so silly or crazy really can become such a big craving.
Thankfully this pregnancy is getting closer to being over, and I wont be tempted by all those wonderful smells anymore, hopefully.
My strange craving isn't so much a food item that I want to eat, but things that I can't get enough of smelling wise.
I am finding that I want to smell bleach, dish washer soap, Windex, hand sanitizer, pine sol floor cleaner, and other cleaning supplies. I am starting to get a bit worried at how much I want to smell them. Hand sanitizer (while its still wet and full of rubbing alcohol smell) and the Windex especially. I have to avoid using them so that I don't get tempted.
This reminds me of the commercial from a few years ago about a woman who craved the smell of Gain laundry soap. I am sure if I had any of that around I would be craving smelling that too :)
R is starting to joke around about having to hide these items from me. Although sometimes I wonder if its more serious than joking around... Just to be clear, I am NOT opening up bottles of cleaning supplies and sniffing them all day, so don't worry about that.
I'm just glad its not something crazy that I want to eat, I have heard some really CRAZY things that pregnant women are craving... Stucco walls, wet dog food, and a few others. To those I just say YUCK!!! But I am starting to see how something that sounds so silly or crazy really can become such a big craving.
Thankfully this pregnancy is getting closer to being over, and I wont be tempted by all those wonderful smells anymore, hopefully.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
grateful for a testimony
I recently found out that yet another person I know has decided to leave the Church. This person was someone who had gone through alot in their life, more than I can ever imagine going through, and was still really strong. This person moved away from our area a while ago and I haven't seen them since but I had kept up with them a bit on facebook and their blog. A few months ago this person decided to get off of facebook and stop blogging, I kept thinking about them and wondering how they were doing. I am sad to say that I never acted upon those feelings of wanting to contact them. I wonder if I had I could have helped in some part to stop them from leaving the Church.
I found out the week before General Conference that this person had left the Church and it really shook me up. To think that someone I thought had such a strong testimony could leave... Could that happen to me? It was weighing on my mind alot, I didn't want this to happen to me. I would rather believe something blindly than to turn my back on something that means so much to me, even if it wasn't true.
So I went into watching General Conference with lots of prayer, not only for me but for this person and their children. As soon as I saw the Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson walk into the conference center, I had this overwhelming burning in my heart telling me that he truly is the prophet of the Lord. Not that I really had any doubt, but I am so grateful that the spirit could testify to me so strongly something that I needed at the moment. It seemed like all the talks during conference were just what I needed to hear, and they brought such peace to my heart.
I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Lord's church restored in its fullness here upon the Earth today. I know that we have a living Prophet upon this earth that he receives direction from Heavenly Father as to the things we need to know for our day and time. I am so thankful that I can pray to my Father in Heaven and he will answer my prayers, in just the way I need those answers. I am thankful to have a testimony, and I pray that I never let it go. I am thankful that I can pray and find out for myself if the Church is true or not, and I can do the same thing with things that our leaders say or do.
I can't imagine my life without the Church, nor do I want to.
I found out the week before General Conference that this person had left the Church and it really shook me up. To think that someone I thought had such a strong testimony could leave... Could that happen to me? It was weighing on my mind alot, I didn't want this to happen to me. I would rather believe something blindly than to turn my back on something that means so much to me, even if it wasn't true.
So I went into watching General Conference with lots of prayer, not only for me but for this person and their children. As soon as I saw the Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson walk into the conference center, I had this overwhelming burning in my heart telling me that he truly is the prophet of the Lord. Not that I really had any doubt, but I am so grateful that the spirit could testify to me so strongly something that I needed at the moment. It seemed like all the talks during conference were just what I needed to hear, and they brought such peace to my heart.
I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Lord's church restored in its fullness here upon the Earth today. I know that we have a living Prophet upon this earth that he receives direction from Heavenly Father as to the things we need to know for our day and time. I am so thankful that I can pray to my Father in Heaven and he will answer my prayers, in just the way I need those answers. I am thankful to have a testimony, and I pray that I never let it go. I am thankful that I can pray and find out for myself if the Church is true or not, and I can do the same thing with things that our leaders say or do.
I can't imagine my life without the Church, nor do I want to.
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