I have a list in my head of things that I need to find motivation for. This blog is one of them, along with eating right, exercising, hanging tons of family pictures up that are just stacked on my desk, cleaning out my pantry, finishing the bedding for the boys' bedroom, etc, etc, etc. I think I will update this blog and hang my pictures today. Perhaps I'll get to the pantry tomorrow which might motivate me to start eating better once I can actually find stuff! And if I could just find a spare 45 minutes a day without a toddler or infant wanting my attention at the same time I might actually get some exercise in!
So speaking of infants, Connor is almost three months old now (on the 19th). If you have read my previous post you will see that I did NOT get this blog updated before giving birth, I warned you that I was a slacker!
Here are some adorable pictures of our new little guy. He is pretty much a twin of his older brother Asher. He was born May 19th at 7:20am via c-section. He weighed 6lbs 13oz (the smallest of the 3 kids I gave birth to) and was 18.5 inches long. Now that he is almost 3 months old he is weighing over 14lbs. He has some tummy issues, the doctors think he has acid reflux. Poor little guy. But other than that he is doing wonderful, growing big and strong and developing his own personality.
In other family news...Bailey has moved back to Utah! I'm so excited about that. He is starting the 8th grade this year at Canyon View Middle School. Hard to believe he is 13 years old now...a TEENAGER! YIKES! I think he is most looking forward to the winter so he can learn to snowboard this year.
Other kid updates: Jadeth is living in St George when he isn't out of town working. James, Jadeth, Jared and Chad all work for the same company and they are constantly out of town working. Right now they are in Bozeman, Montana for two weeks. They are all looking for a new job! LOL Anyway, Jadeth's little girl Jade is getting big and more and more beautiful everyday. Here is a cute picture of them with Connor.
Josten is also living in St George. He is starting another semester of school, at Dixie this time. He is completely committed to working out and staying in shape. I wish I had even a little bit of the drive he has to stay fit and healthy. He loves to ride bikes and hike in Zion. He is hoping to get a motorcycle soon, I guess riding James' motorcycle got him hooked!
Jared is also living in St George with his girlfriend Kimmy. They are expecting a baby in about 6 months (I think, I actually don't know the due date). They are both pretty excited about the baby. One thing is for sure, boy or girl, that little baby is going to be adorable with such adorable parents!
Sabelle is getting married in about 3 weeks (September 10) to Chad Smith, her boyfriend of about 4 years. Right now they will be staying in St George but they both want to go to school so I'm not sure if they plan on staying in Southern Utah or if they want to try some place new and exciting.
Asher is getting so big and so smart! We celebrated his 3rd birthday in June. He loves having a little brother. He is constantly giving Connor hugs and kisses. He hates James being out of town, he is a total daddy's boy. He loves singing Mamma Mia (from the movie) and Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 and he loves stealing my Nook to play Angry Birds. He was potty trained until about 3 weeks after Connor was born. He got really sick and since then has reverted back to Pull-Ups. The doctor says that he will come back to it in his own time but its been almost two months and I'm wondering when that will happen...hopefully soon!
Update on me and James: I was suppose to finish SUU with my teaching degree this December but with the pregnancy that pushed me back. I was going to take a few classes this semester to get back in the swing of things but I'm debating that now. Not sure if I'm ready to leave Connor for a few hours a day yet. I should probably make a decision soon because classes start in a week! I haven't been baking a ton, but I do miss it. I just don't have the free time anymore with a 3 month old. One of these days I will get my online cakery up and going but for now I'm happy just spending time with my little ones!
James is working for a large company that builds metal buildings. The work is hard, physically, but I think he enjoys the challenge of it. He hates being out of town so much, but he loves that he gets to work with Jadeth and Jared. When he is home he loves taking his motorcycle out for rides and he is even more excited to do so now that his nephew Kasey just bought a bike too. But the weather will be changing soon and he'll have to park it for the winter....poor James :( LOL
One of these days I might actually change our blog background and post more pictures that I have missed over the last year of my blog absence. However I don't know when that will be. For Christmas James bought me a Passport hard drive. I was so excited to get one, I had tons of files on my computer for scrapbooking and such that was really slowing it down. I transferred all my files, including my pictures, itunes music, webiste info, recipes for my cakery, scrapbooking kits, etc to this hard drive. My computer was so happy to be free of all that "weight." Then a few months ago Asher was reaching up to the table to get a toy and pulled my hard drive down to the floor. It hasn't worked since. I took it to Best Buy and a local computer store here in Cedar City to see if they could pull the information off of it but no luck. They both told me that I would need to send it to a data recovery company to see if they could get the information off of it. I contacted a company I found online and they told me it would cost me at least $400 to get it the information, and possibly up to $1800 if it was difficult to get to. HOLY CRAP!!!! I need to get into the data recovery business because that is outrageous! Needless to say, everyday I try plugging it back into my computer praying that it will register on my computer just once so I can get my information off of it without it costing me $400!
Well there it is...an update on our family. I'll try (do or do not...there is no try!) to keep this thing updated more frequently. But please don't hold your breath!
