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We're finally home and trying to get adjusted. I am still pretty sore but there were no complications and Braxton has just been a dream!I will post more as soon as I can, but until then I figured I atleast owed all you lovely readers this...Enjoy!We sure are! ;)
Braxton Graham arrived at 12:29pm on Monday. He weighed 7lbs 2oz and was 18 3/4 in. Both mom and baby are doing well but won't be home until tomorrow. Thanks for all your prayers. Pictures coming soon!
Today's the day!We are getting ready to head to the hospital.I more than likely will not have my computer with me, but I will try to have someone update for me as soon as I can! Wish us luck! :)
Well we did it! We made it through the boys' first days of school. I got up bright and early Monday morning to shower and completely wake up before waking up Caleb. Mainly, because I am not a morning person. At all. And I really didn't want to be crabby, stressed, or rushed on his first day. It was stressful enough just knowing my baby was starting kindergarten!I must have done a decent job hiding
And maybe an uncle or two. ha!I loved reading everyone's guesses on what Miss Olivia was doing in this picture...And I especially liked the suggestions that it was sign language.Oh...if only it were so honorable! :)In truth...my little princess was playing air guitar.To Metallica no less. ha!Normally I would not allow my kids to listen to such music. In fact usually it is a HUGE no no for me. But
Any guesses as to what she is doing in this picture? ;) Wordless Wednesday
There are just a few things I've been meaning to post about but can never seem to find the time...In baby news.I'm over 35 weeks now!!!!I feel so incredibly blessed to have made it this far! I know that if he were born now he would be just fine and the local hospital where I want to and plan to deliver will be able to take care of him instead of him being transfered to a NICU over
I knew that I wanted to give Olivia a party before school started and the baby came, but due to vacations and about a billion other things we weren't sure if we could pull it off. On vacation we saw an opportunity to do it and started sending around texts to see if anyone could make it. As it turned out it worked out well so we decided to go through with it. We got home from vacation Friday night
Well I finally went through our vacation pictures. I really need to stop taking so many but I just can't help myself. :) I realize this may not be interesting to anyone but our family. I am just not the type of person to keep a scrapbook or conventional journal, so this is where I keep all our memories.So this is our vacation with lots and lots of pictures. Did you really expect anythin
I didn't think so. :(We just got back from vacation. I have a daughter who just celebrated her 2nd birthday party. Two boys starting school for the first time in two weeks (one preschool, one kindergarten). One little boy who's birthday is the very beginning of Sept. An anniversary the very beginning of Sept. And a baby, who isn't supposed to be born until the end of the month, trying to come any
Whew! I knew that my last few posts would open a can of worms, so to say, but I was not prepared for the overhaul. Or the emotional drain. I can only hope, again, that God's will be done. But....I will be honest and say I am ready for the drama to be over. Sadly, I lost a few "friends". But I have gained many new ones as well. I also had the opportunity to learn more about disgus' commenting
And I took it. When I recently shared my testimony and personal beliefs on the Mormon faith, I feared that it would hurt some wonderful women that I have come to love and call friends. It did. And I am truly sorry for that.However. I cannot be sorry for writing it. I knew God was calling me to do so and the proof for me was the numerous comments that I received from Christian women across the coun
This week is Share Your Testimony over at Kelly's Korner. I have never participated in Show Us Your Life but for some reason was prompted to see what this weeks theme was about. I was instantly intrigued because I have never shared my testimony on my blog before but I was also very very hesitant. Hesitant because my testimony may be offensive to some. I am going to be talking about a certain
When I was young, and right after I got my license, it wasn't uncommon for me to just hop in my car and drive. Just drive. For no rhyme or reason. The windows down, music blaring and not a care in the world. Singing along to my favorite songs while I soaked up the joy and freedom of the moment. Of my youth.It also was very common for me to take streets I had never driven before. Tur
The time is drawing closer and as long as I don't think about it I'm fine. But when I'm forced to think about it, like this week, I start to freak out a little. I worry and stress and fret. I feel that familiar tug on my heart. The butterflies in my stomach. The ache in my chest, almost like I'm underwater and I can't get enough air in my lungs. And....I just want to lay down and cry. I wonde
Wow...two years already!?!? I cannot believe our little fighter is already two! When we left the NICU everyone told us that if she was going to catch up developmentally, it would be by two years. And boy were they right! :) I am happy to say that our little preemie is whole and healthy! Two years is also when preemie related death greatly reduces. Her immune system should be just as strong now as
This past weekend we took a mini vacation. We didn't go far. We went to a nearby city for the weekend. We took the kids to a local science center and an arcade and that was pretty much it. The rest of the time was spent swimming, eating, and sleeping. Totally my kind of vacation! :) (This was the first day and the kids were SO excited!)We did have a little bump in the road the first night. Wh
At least it has been in my house lately!And to think I was afraid that having all brothers would turn Olivia into a tomboy! :)Recently, I helped my mom go through some things that were stored in her basement. Things that were mine when I was young. I saved a lot of my stuff in hopes that I would one day have a girl to pass it all down too. Well, Olivia is now getting to the age where we knew she w
Yesterday I had another ultrasound just to check the growth of the baby and make sure everything still looked ok. Everything turned out great and our little munchkin is growing like a weed!Trying to hide his face...SO cute!He is measuring exactly where he needs to be and my cervical length was still good. So far no complications or preterm labor in sight! We keep praying it will stay that way
Ok I know the title is completely random and makes little sense. But this is how my brain has been lately. Random, and nonsensical. It's way too hot and I am way too pregnant to have much coherent thought let alone have the ability to put a sentence together. It has been in the high nineties here lately. (Did I mention I'm pregnant?) Needless to say we have been spending l
Well I did it. I survived the weekend. :) And....I even brought my camera along! I took a lot of pictures of the kids at the Fourth of July party we had Saturday, but I don't have many pictures of the party itself.Mainly because...I don't decorate. So there really wasn't much to take pictures of. I know for some people, that is appalling. I mean, when you have a party, you decorate
Why I Love it!
I have decided it takes all of the above to take young kids out in public. Especially when you are pregnant and feel like a freakin beached whale and get out of breath by taking more than five steps. hmph!One of the biggest things I have learned when planning to take my kids anywhere is to prepare, Prepare, PREPARE. It's important to mentally prepare myself and my kids. Before I take my kids out (
We have had one busy weekend! So busy in fact I don't even have real pictures! (The following are from my phone. So sorry about the quality...but it's all I got!) And that doesn't happen too often! ha!On Friday Olivia had a Cranial/Facial clinic. This is a VERY looooooong appointment. She sees a bunch of different people all in one day. Basically, the point is to keep on top of the situation
Wow! 27 weeks? Already? Wow! Just to give a visual example of what it is exactly that I am feeling today (because I really don't think words alone are going to cut it)....This is this little bug at 27 weeks.And this was Olivia.I think it explains better than I ever could how much this day means to me! In the past year and 11 months I don't know how many times I have said, written or type
My husband is kind of a workaholic. Whether at his job or around our house or in the yard...he is working. So when asked what he would like to do for Father's Day he said...."nothing". Ok babe...DONE! :)We pretty much did "nothing" all weekend! We napped, played Wii, watched tv, and the kids played outside.Then later Sunday night we walked "over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house."
Because this girl cannot go one day without talking to her Daddy on the telephone.Either that or she just really likes talking on the phone. :)
Awhile back, at one of my first OB appointments, my doctor informed me that because the c-section I had with Olivia was an emergency, they used a classical incision (vertical). Because of this, she said it would be wise to have the baby early to avoid uterine rupture. Ok....How early? I asked.Her answer? 36 weeks. What? A whole month?!Now, logically, I realize that 36 weeks is a relatively "s
Even on the darkest, hardest, most difficult and trying nights. The sun does rise! It really does. And no this is not a metaphor. This is literal. Taking care of sick babies for the past five days has really kicked my butt!Especially at 2am, when your kids have fevers of 104.5 and for the life of you, you just can't get them to come down, and you debate whether to wait it out o
Our weekend started out decent. Olivia got sick Thursday...but fortunately the boys were fine, and just one sick kid I can handle....and stay sane. I took her to the doctor with a 103 fever and spent a $20 copay for him to tell me it was just a virus. So I took my sick baby home and dosed her with Tylenol. Then my worst nightmare happened. Well maybe not my worst but definitely one of my leas
Ok we are like what 17 days away from the premier of Eclipse and already it is selling out! In our neck of the woods many of our theaters are playing all three movies on the night of the 29th but our little hometown theater sold out like a weeks ago. Which is insane because I think we were able to buy our New Moon tickets like the day before. Anyway...we (my mom, sisters, and I) will now be travel
I don't want to demonize autism. Like it's this wicked bad monster that is lurking in the dark ready to nab your kids when you're not looking. I think doing this just stereotypes kids who suffer from it even more. Like there is something wrong with them. Or that autistic kids should be avoided. I want to state there is nothing WRONG with kids who suffer from autism. Just like there is nothing wron
You know your a mom when....you can't think of a decent blog post...so you just post....cute pictures...of your kids...instead.It has been cloudy and rainy here all week! And we are all going a little crazy! So today as a distraction I got my camera out and my little munchkins hammed it up!Lazy weekdays. Gotta love em!Wordless Wednesday
Our pastor is doing a series about giving our lives over to the Lord and taking "God ordained risks." He says there are two groups of people..."hang-er on-ers and let-er goers." Are we trying to micro-manage our lives or are we letting go and giving it to God? Are we ignoring God's direction for our lives because we are in a place of comfort and stability and are too scared to "let go."
I have a confession. I hate hosting get-togethers. Holidays. Birthdays. BBQs. Playdates. I despise it actually. I hate the stress. And the cleaning. Ugh. You spend all your energy and time cleaning a house you know will just get dirty again in a matter of hours. Only to then have to turn around and clean again afterward. Also, I'm not particularly a fan of cooking. I do it for my family because...
I know I have gotten a ton of new visitors in the last couple of days and several new followers too (thank you so much Sonora!). I just want to welcome you to my blog and thank everyone for their kind words, thoughts and prayers! It really means so much to my family and I...words can't even begin to express it! :)The last few days I have felt such an outreach of love and kindness that I have
Where did this month go?!?! I am seriously looking at my calendar right now going over everything that happened this month and it is so bitter-sweet. So much has happened. So many highs and lows in one month. So many wonderful sweet memories but also some not so wonderful. But mostly this month meant some pretty huge milestones for our family.For starters, this month we found out we are having ano
My emotions have just been a little bit of everywhere lately. Now, I don't think I'm really bipolar. At least I don't think I am. I have never actually been tested for it. Not to say there is anything wrong with it. I actually have several family members who have it. On second thought...maybe I should get tested. hmmm....Wouldn't that just be something to add to the whole list of outrageous t
I find myself saying the same phrases over and over. Some days I literally get tired of hearing my own voice. ha! Sometimes by the end of the day I am just so done with talking and so mentally drained the thought of having any conversation with anyone seems like too much work. So if you read this and know me in real life...this is why I hardly ever make phone calls in the evening. Or period for th
I don't want to be that friend. You know the one who always has major drama and issues in her life. I know we all have seasons in our lives that bring us pain but you know how it seems like there is always that one friend that has something serious going on ALL. THE. TIME.? And no matter how much you love him/her and would never purposely blow them off, just being around them can can be...well....
Well the results are in.And I've been dreading this post all day.Ugh...I hate this...I hate this...I hate this...I don't even want to say it.Saying it just seems to make it more real.Like concrete in my brain."He has them."There...My son has Cavernous Angiomas.My first thought?"I hate you God."I have never told God I hated Him.In all my family's trialsBut I did today.I didn't mean it, or at least
We have had several big appointments recently. One being a high-resolution ultrasound to peek at our new little addition! My OB sent me to the high risk specialist (the one I saw during my pregnancy with Olivia) for the ultrasound, just to make sure everything looked ok and that there wasn't anything that he needed to be aware of. Everything looked great! In fact I don't even have to go back
Just a quick update and then I'm out the door...again.Caleb's MRI went well. He was a perfect angel when we went in and he did great under anesthesia.It was rough waking him up though. He was pretty irritable and grumpy but once he was fully awake he was much better. Still a little loopy...but better.We will have results within 24-48 hours. If I don't hear anything by tomorrow I will call.Rig
So much has happened in the past few weeks.So little time to post about it.We had a high resolution ultrasound of the baby!I was a nervous wreck...but as it turned out our little peanut is perfect!So perfect in fact that I don't even have to go back to the high risk specialistand my regular OB will be delivering the baby. YAY!We even found out the gender.Any guesses before I announce it?
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.~Unknown It's a rare and odd thing when you find that there is nothing more that you can wish for. When everything you have ever truly wanted out of life is all around you. We are not rich. But we have been blessed enough to comfortably provide for our family.Our marriage is not perfect.
Well it finally happened. Yesterday while I was out I ran into a friend I hadn't seen for awhile. One who didn't know I was pregnant. She quickly looked me up and down and then asked "Are you expecting?!" I beamed and said "Yes I am!" This may seem insignificant. But for me? It was the best thing I'd heard all day. The fact that she had the nerve to asked meant that she was fairly s
Just wanted to drop a quick note to say that I am currently having email trouble. And flickr trouble. That is why if you have been to my blog recently, you probably noticed a lot of the pics I had up weren't working. There are also many pictures in several of my posts that are not back up yet as well. Hopefully everything will be worked out soon, because if not I will have to go back through and u
I have finally started a post in my community. I've only had it set up forever now and am just now trying to figure the thing out. ha! I still don't know everything but I'm working on it. If anyone has pointers feel free to let me know!Anyway, I have gotten to know many of my followers and just want to say that I think you guys are just awesome! I think too that we all have a lot in common and thi
The month of April is Autism Awareness month.And I couldn't let it go by without speaking up and spreading the word.The statistics are staggering. 1 in every 110 live births result in an autism diagnosis and even more concerning 1 in only 70 boys. That's more than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. There's no known cause or cure.But the good news is, when caught
First I have to apologize to my readers. There hasn't been any real content posted to my blog in weeks. I'm sorry. But see, this pregnancy...this fourth little bundle of joy of mine, has seemed to destroy all my brain cells. I can't tell if it's the pregnancy itself or the fact that it's my fourth and I have three other heathens angels to take care of but I am beyond tired. I can't seem to re
