Today was the ultra sound!

Well the big news is....we are having a BOY! Although I was kinda hoping for a little girl, James and I are just very happy he is healthy and doing so well. Today I should be 18 weeks and 6 days along, but he is measuring 20 weeks and 3 days, which, because of the miscarriage, is not at all possible so he just must be growing very well! Here are the ultrasound pictures and a video! He was moving around a lot while we were in there, he kicked (which I didn't feel) and James swears he was sucking his thumb! We heard his heart beating, I think she said it was around 147bpm.

Ready for the Weekend!

Its Friday!!! woohoo!!!

Not much going on in our family lately. James and I are very excited for Monday, hopefully the baby will cooperate and we will get to find out the gender! This weekend looks like its going to be pretty quiet, not much going on at our house except laundry and basketball.

Everyone have a great weekend!

Happy Wednesday!!

Well yesterday we took Bailey to the dentist. I made the appointment over a week ago and was able to keep it from him until I picked him up from school to go. Bailey doesn't like the dentist and I didn't want to freak him out until the very last minute possible. The bad news is he needs 5 teeth pulled because they are infected and could possibly infect his other teeth. The good news (for Bailey at least) is that they are going to put him to sleep to do all of this so he won't have to hear all the drilling and such that they will be doing on him. His appointment is Thursday, Jan 31st at 8 in the morning! The dentist said he should feel ok by the following day so off to school he will go! HEHE! The dentist is just following a long string of things Bailey has had wrong with him lately. On Friday, Jan 11th we took him to the doctors because he was complaining about a sore throat and had a fever. Come to find out that he had strep throat and a virus on his lips that made him break out in blisters. The poor thing could hardly open his mouth wide enough Saturday morning to drink from a straw. He is healthy now and doing well...luckily, no one else in the family caught any of what he had.

Update on the Cubby situation...James forgot the stuff to seal the door with yesterday while at his job so I had another night of letting the cat in and out all night. Only this time she decided she wasn't going out at all, she'd scratch and scratch until she heard me get out of bed then take off running...BRAT! So after 3 times of this I decided she could just scratch all night, so around 5 this morning she started in with the scratching and I just stayed in bed and then about 10 minutes later James gets out of bed to let her out! Can you believe it? He actually heard her. Anyway...the dumb cat goes out when he opens the door, I think she is messing with me! Hopefully he will remember the stuff to seal the door today and neither of us will have to get out of bed to let her out tonight. (Just talked to him and he says the stuff is already loaded in his truck...keep your fingers crossed for some peace tonight!!!)

OH! Exciting news, only 1 week left until the new season of LOST starts...will they get off the island??? I THINK NOT! Will we finally get some answers as to what is going on on the island??? I THINK NOT! Why am I so addicted to a show that is so annoying? It's James' fault, he was hooked on this show from the first episode. But hey...at least its something new to watch instead of re-runs.

Well that's all I've got for you today. Bring on the weekend!!!

After the long weekend!

So, I was planning on keeping this going even through the weekends, but that means getting Bailey off my computer long enough to type something and that just didn't seem possible!

The weekend was quiet for our family. Saturday I spent cleaning the kitchen and living room while James and the boys went to play basketball at the church. After that James and I made a quick run to St George to go to Costco, I love Costco! Later that evening we had friends over from church, we had dinner and played Apples to Apples (our new favorite game). Sunday we went to church, watched part of the Green Bay-Giants game (can you believe the Giants won in over time???), and then ate the yummy dinner I made-homemade chili with homemade bread bowls, I'm very proud of myself! I was actually planning on coming to work on Monday, but with so little to do and everyone else hanging out at home I decided to do the same. James' truck batteries (yes he has two of them) both stopped working so we ran into town to get him some new ones, luckily they were under warranty! Other than that we didn't do too much. I had a headache off and on all day, so I spent most of the day laying on the couch or napping in the bedroom. Dad was on his way back to Panguitch from Riverside and stopped by for dinner, that was fun. We were all watching Deal or No Deal...who else is addicted to that show? I want to be on it, who doesn't?

So we have this cat, Cubby. For those of you who don't know, we found her in our 5th wheel when she was probably about 3 weeks old, her eyes weren't even open yet. We (by we, I mean ME!) had to feed her with a bottle for a few weeks before she finally learned to eat out of a bowl. Anyway, we've had her now for almost 3 years I think, I think we found her in May of 2005. Cubby is my husbands cat. Even though I fed her and kept her alive she loves James way more then anyone else in the house. Here are some pictures of her, she is true to her name, she loves to hide in small little "cubby holes". We actually named her Cubby because of where we found her in the 5th wheel, in the little hole where the plumbing is at! My issue with this cat is this, at nights she wants to go outside. The only problem with this is that I'm the one who has to let her out, she scratches at the sliding door in our bedroom and cries until I open it for her. Do you think she'd stay out all night? Of course not! Instead she wants in and out all night long, usually about 3 times a night. I've threatened to wake James up every time she wants out but he sleeps so soundly that an earthquake wouldn't wake him up. Plus I sleep on the side of the bed with the slider...of course! This has been going on for almost a year now, if not more. I finally told James to go buy one of those cat/dog doors that you can insert into the slider, no cutting holes in doors required, it just slides in and then the slider closes up against it. It was perfect! Cubby learned to use it within one night, she was going in and out all she wanted and I was sleeping...YEAH FOR ME! Then Sunday night happened...you see, the slider didn't seal up very well against the cat door insert. James said he had the perfect stuff to use to seal it up on one of his jobs and was going to bring it home the next time he was out there. Which was fine, it was a little chilly at nights but we have a electric blanket that kept us very warm. But not Sunday night...Sunday night it was really really windy so the very cold air was blowing in through all the little cracks that weren't sealed yet plus through the cat door itself! Now, until James can get out to that job and get the stuff to seal the door, I'm back to letting the cat in and out 3 times a night and not sleeping! UGH. And last night was the biggest pain ever! She'd scratch at the door, then when I'd finally climb out of bed to let her out she'd just stand there and look out, then decide she didn't want out and walk into the living room. Anyway, hopefully James makes it out to that job today so I can go back to sleeping through the night!

How it all got started!

James was asking me last night why I decided to start a family blog. Earlier in the day when we were at lunch I was telling him about this amazing story I happened upon while reading the message boards on babyfit.com. It was about this couple, a young couple, living in New Zealand. They were pregnant with their second child and at their 20-week ultra sound they found out that their son had something wrong with him and probably wouldn't make it to term. The woman decided to carry him as long as she could. The beginning of this month she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, not only did she make it full-term, she in fact had him after her due date. The problem is that he probably will not live long; he wasn't expected to make it but a few hours after birth. He is now on Day 11! I have been following their story through her blog. It's amazing and it inspired me to do the same. In a way its a journal about your family that you can share with anyone who is interested. For me, I will print out these blogs and save them for my future generations to read. Its a lot easier then writing in a journal every night.

If you are interested in reading more about the family and little boy I was telling you about you can read her blog at this address, there are also pictures of her little boy: http://mnssams.blogspot.com/

So on a lighter note....IT'S FRIDAY!! Wooohooo! We don't have any special plans this weekend. A friend of ours, Mark Weller, turns 40 today (shhh don't tell him I told you!) so we are hoping to get together with Mark and Patti to celebrate his birthday, maybe have them over for dinner and to play some games. Other than that it should be pretty quiet around our house, which will be a nice change. Last night was pretty boring too. James and the boys really like to watch Smallville but it has been re-runs for so long because of the writers strike that we are watching re-runs of re-runs...its getting ridiculous! I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

Oh, by the way...Doug...you are such a geek! Once James told me he had sent you the link to this I knew it was you that left that comment! Hey by the way...those are YOUR RAIDERS that ended the season 4-12 right??? LOSERS! :)

This is a first!

Well welcome to our family blog! For those of you who are not family or a very close friend let me give you a little background on this family.

My husband and I met through mutual friends the summer 2003. We were engaged Christmas Eve of 2003 and married March of 2004. When we met James had 4 kids (Jadeth, Josten, Jared & Sabelle) and I had 1 (Bailey). At the time the kids ranged in age from 15 to 5, now they range in age from 20 to 9. Crazy how time flies! We've had our ups and downs through the few years we've been a family but so far they've only made us stronger! We've also moved a few times. We started in Spanish Fork, Utah, then moved to Riverside (Perris), California, now we live in Cedar City (Enoch), Utah. I love it here. It's a small town with great people and beautiful scenery. Currently James is in the construction industry with his own business and I work for a local home builder, all of that could change with the way the economy is going, time will tell.



This picture is, as you can tell, our wedding. The kids look really small then, now they look and act very grown up! Like I said, time flies!

Through the years the kids living with us has changed. When we first got married Jadeth and Bailey were the only ones living with us. Josten moved in when we moved to California and then Jadeth moved back with his mom shortly after that. Jared also lived with us for a while in CA, until we moved back to UT. I can't count how many times Jared had moved back and forth with us! Sabelle lived with us for a year, 2006/2007, but moved back with her mom this past summer. Right now we have Josten, Jared and Bailey living with us. Jadeth lives on his own in Cedar City. He works with James and its awesome to have him close by, he visits whenever we have something good for dinner (HA!). Just kidding Jadeth!


Our biggest news of 2007 was finding out we were expecting another addition to this family. We found out the beginning of August. Surprised and excited, we started to plan for this new addition. We had our first doctor's appointment at 8 weeks along, heard the heartbeat and the excitement began to build. Sadly, when I was suppose to be 10 weeks along (Sept 9th) I miscarried. It was a difficult time for the whole family. But the happiness of adding to our family did not diminish so now we are expecting again. Now, at 17 1/2 weeks along, we are excited for the ultra sound scheduled for January 28th...will it be a boy or a GIRL (pray for a girl!!!) Our due date is June 24th. This picture was taken at 7 1/2 weeks along, we are really excited for new picture!

So that's our family for now. I'm hoping to keep with this blog thing, it seems like a great way to keep everyone updated. I might even have the kids add things to it every once in a while. Feel free to leave us comments!