So, last evening I took the night off and we, as a family went to church for our annual chili cook-off! It was delicious....Chris was one of the judges, so he loved that part! So, sitting at the table, one of Lexi's teachers from Primary class was asking me if I had heard the funny statement Lexi made! It went like this:
Teacher: Name some things that Heavenly Father has blessed us with- Physical things like things we can see and feel.
Classmates: Food, clothes, animals, grass, trees
Alexis: Insurance!
Teacher: What hunny....what did you say?
Alexis: you know, insurance!
What can I say....I think she overheard Chris and I talking about us switching roles at work...and she must have picked it up from that conversation!!!!
Ethan is doing well too and as always trying to be the big brother by doing lots of chores without being asked like making his bed, separating the laundry. Today he even started the laundry without me knowing it....a little too much soap...but hey, I'm impressed!!! I can't believe how much the kids are growing up. It makes me so happy....and yet so sad!
Pregnancy is going great! Baby is kicking all the time and the best thing is that I only have 4 more IM injections in the hip/bum to take!!! YEAH!!!!! I hate those things...I love to start IV's and give shots but am horrible at being on the receiving end.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Sayings from 'a little monster'
Mom: Lex, please stop picking your nose....get a kleenex and I will help you blow if you need.
Lexi: Well, mom! If you had as much stuff in your nose as I do, you'd pick it out too.
Mom: Go and get a kleenex and you can blow it out
Lexi: Mom, I can't. It tells me to pick, so I pick!
What am I going to do with her!!!???!!!
Thanks for the helpful hints...When I get some time after this weekend, I will attempt a few things.
Lexi: Well, mom! If you had as much stuff in your nose as I do, you'd pick it out too.
Mom: Go and get a kleenex and you can blow it out
Lexi: Mom, I can't. It tells me to pick, so I pick!
What am I going to do with her!!!???!!!
Thanks for the helpful hints...When I get some time after this weekend, I will attempt a few things.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Help??!!
So, everyone else has such cute blogs....I'm trying to update ours. How do you change the top to say words....a few pics....ect? I've tried a few things....but nothing works! Also, any ideas on videos? I've tried to use the blogger video....but after so long...I just figure it has frozen up....how long do the videos take to upload? Do I just need to be patient longer and wait?!? Also...I would like to put music to our blog. How do I do that? I know these things are probably so simple and I'm just the 'new kid on the block' whose just learning but ....someone help!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Car Wash Mahem
This is probably my first post on this blog, but it was a good laugh and I should share it....
To get the kids out of the house we went to wash the car. Ethan was very excited about using the power sprayer. I put the money in and sure enough, as I experienced when his age, he was blown into the wall when the spray kicked in. I held onto him and Lexi--who was squealing about not wanting to get sprayed--and our troop worked our way around the car. I heard the beeping and tried to get the kids to make their way back to the beginning in order to add more quarters. I repeatedly told Ethan just to spray the car and my reminders became louder and more frantic as Ethan was deviating more and more away from the car and...Yup, he got me.
He ended up doing a 360 and blamed it on the sprayer. The string of cars waiting for the automatic wash got a good show watching the Dad hollering behind a cloud of mist with the Girl squealing while the Boy was grinning and still spraying.
To get the kids out of the house we went to wash the car. Ethan was very excited about using the power sprayer. I put the money in and sure enough, as I experienced when his age, he was blown into the wall when the spray kicked in. I held onto him and Lexi--who was squealing about not wanting to get sprayed--and our troop worked our way around the car. I heard the beeping and tried to get the kids to make their way back to the beginning in order to add more quarters. I repeatedly told Ethan just to spray the car and my reminders became louder and more frantic as Ethan was deviating more and more away from the car and...Yup, he got me.
He ended up doing a 360 and blamed it on the sprayer. The string of cars waiting for the automatic wash got a good show watching the Dad hollering behind a cloud of mist with the Girl squealing while the Boy was grinning and still spraying.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Welcome to March.....
March is such a fun month...no particular reason! Usually winter is on it's way out and the very beginnings of spring are starting to show. Well, it is snowing buckets right now! We already have about 2 inches from earlier in the day, and now it's a beautiful, delightful winter wonderland! Too bad both Ethan and Lexi have pnuemonia!!! "Just a titch" says the MD but both have a follow up appointment on Tuesday! Oh, I hope they get better. You just hate to see your kiddos sick and feeling rotten! Actually, both Lexi and Ethan have been pretty pleasent until night time comes...they cough and cough and cough all night long! Albuterol nebs bring Lexi to a heightened state...she jumps around for atleast 1 hour after her nebs are given! Ethan has been asking for treatments so he can be hyper too! No way, hosea! What a sly thing he is. When Lexi is getting her treatments, he will get really close to Lexi and breathe in the vapor too. Lexi has been "sharing" her treatments with Ethan! What funny kids they are! Luckly, Chris and I are not sick....well, I just sick of working so much but nothing new. The baby is kicking all around most of the night! I often think I have made this boy a night time kid...hopefully things change once he is born!
Chris has been a saint....keeping the house together and laundry...cleaning...ect. I leave a list everyday with a few things and he gets them done! What a great MR. Mom!
I've actually been feeling great, except for being tired on my stretch of shifts on. I can't seem to get enough water! The baby is busy growing because it's all I can do to keep my lips from peeling off. I feel so dry! I think it's the hospital dry air getting to me! During a regular night shift, I usually consume 3Liters of water! Running around the unit as busy as we are right now, I'm constantly running to the bathroom and I feel like I'm growing everyday! Is that possible!!!!!
So...we have come up with a few names...but why are boys names harder to come up with than girls? Any suggestions?
I'll put some pics on next post!
Poor Chris' family is stuck in Florida until Tuesday at least because of the snow.....how often does FL get snow anyway?!? Atleast being from UT they all know how to drive well in it! Good Luck guys!
Chris has been a saint....keeping the house together and laundry...cleaning...ect. I leave a list everyday with a few things and he gets them done! What a great MR. Mom!
I've actually been feeling great, except for being tired on my stretch of shifts on. I can't seem to get enough water! The baby is busy growing because it's all I can do to keep my lips from peeling off. I feel so dry! I think it's the hospital dry air getting to me! During a regular night shift, I usually consume 3Liters of water! Running around the unit as busy as we are right now, I'm constantly running to the bathroom and I feel like I'm growing everyday! Is that possible!!!!!
So...we have come up with a few names...but why are boys names harder to come up with than girls? Any suggestions?
I'll put some pics on next post!
Poor Chris' family is stuck in Florida until Tuesday at least because of the snow.....how often does FL get snow anyway?!? Atleast being from UT they all know how to drive well in it! Good Luck guys!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
So, I finished up my last of 8 shifts last night....wow! What a week this has been! I feel like I could sleep for about 2 days straight....Glad it's OVER and I can look forward with fun activities to do with the kids. Tonight, after putting Ethan to bed, he said, "Mom, Happy Valentine's Day! I love you." How did he know that I needed to hear those words! Kids are such a blessing. Alexis was busy telling me about her trip to the zoo as she was lying in bed, supposed to be attempting to sleep this evening. My dad and sister took the kids this past Sat. to the Washington Zoo with the cousins. Of course they loved it! Lexi was busy telling me about the monkeys and why is it that they don't have any hair on their bums?!? The things this kid things of is so funny! She still asks me daily why my tummy is so big and when I tell her it's because there is a baby brother in there, she rubs my belly and says, "I love you brother!" Melts my heart everytime!
Chris is off on Friday and so it's our first day spent together in almost 2 1/2 weeks! I can't believe our schedules, but it will get better! I'm not going to be picking up that many shifts anymore and Chris is going full-time work soon, so hopefully we will be able to actually spend some time together instead of just passing in the wind!
I cut the boys' hair yesterday! Ethan needed a haircut and so did dad! Ethan was amazed at his pile of hair and how much I had cut off. He then kept saying how small dad's pile was and asked, "Dad, where is all of your hair?" Somethings we will never know!
I appreciate all the comments on the last post. I really did read them over and over to get me through! Thanks for the love and support! It's good to know that I wasn't the only one feeling the weight of life all at once! Sometimes bad things happen....that's life! Thank you for all the encouragement.
For Young Women's tonight, we tie dyed shirts for our stake basketball tournament coming up. It was fun. The girls had a good time! I am learning so much from them. We have such a really great group of girls in our YW program and I'm really blessed to be able to learn from them.
Chris is off on Friday and so it's our first day spent together in almost 2 1/2 weeks! I can't believe our schedules, but it will get better! I'm not going to be picking up that many shifts anymore and Chris is going full-time work soon, so hopefully we will be able to actually spend some time together instead of just passing in the wind!
I cut the boys' hair yesterday! Ethan needed a haircut and so did dad! Ethan was amazed at his pile of hair and how much I had cut off. He then kept saying how small dad's pile was and asked, "Dad, where is all of your hair?" Somethings we will never know!
I appreciate all the comments on the last post. I really did read them over and over to get me through! Thanks for the love and support! It's good to know that I wasn't the only one feeling the weight of life all at once! Sometimes bad things happen....that's life! Thank you for all the encouragement.
For Young Women's tonight, we tie dyed shirts for our stake basketball tournament coming up. It was fun. The girls had a good time! I am learning so much from them. We have such a really great group of girls in our YW program and I'm really blessed to be able to learn from them.
Friday, February 13, 2009
When it rains....it Pours!!!
Why is it that when something goes wrong....in the back of your mind, you are saying to yourself...this could be the first of several things going wrong! Why do these things happen in 3's or sometimes even more. It seems to me that Heavenly Father is trying to teach me something. Although I have been praying for increased strength and patience...so I guess He's answered my prayers faster than perhaps I would have liked!? Our civic has been having problems. So, in the shop it goes. Everyone knows that a simple oil change/tire rotation can end up to cost several $100's of dollars because, "well, it also needs this....done to it," so the shop says. And when you get your car back, it's nice when it drives and gets you from A to B without leaving you stranded on the side of the road after a long shift at work! So, back in the shop it goes....this time...the BIG expense. And you think....my gosh, how much more now needs to be fixed! Basically our car has almost a brand new engine by the time we were finished with it!!!
Chris' grandmother has been sick for quite some time. She was such a sweet, humorous women who loved life and loved her kids and grandkids and great-grandkids. She seldom felt sad and was an upbeat person until this last little while! Well, she passed away this past Tuesday in Utah. Chris is now there for her funeral and such with family whom he has not seen in quite awhile. This is also my weekend to work...it was just too pricey for all of us to go, so Chris loaded up the kids and away to mamma's again they all go while I'm working my normal shifts plus some extra to pay off the lovely car bill! They shall all return on Sunday night. Thanks mom for coming to our rescue yet again...It seems to be a normal thing lately!? I hope things slow down soon!
Anyway, so I get home yesterday...all upset and crying because life is ...well not going as well as I would like it to lately....and I guess I left the lights on. The civic is old- 1994- and so the newer cars have the ding when you leave the lights on before taking the key out of the ignition, but the option is not in our car. So, into the house I went to get some much needed sleep and when I came out to go to work again....dead car! I knew it was the battery this time, but still! I went to the neighbors house and she asked how I was doing....with suddenly sobbing she graciously lent me her car so I could get to work ontime! Thank goodness she was home...she's a school teacher and just happened to be home sick with the flu. (I have a note to remind me to make her dinner next week when I'm off) :) Anyway, another busy day at work and home late. I awoke to the phone ringing and then got up to see if someone from the car place that we owe lots of $ to could possibly come and help with the car. It would not come out of park and ended up needing a jump..for the battery and a $.10 fuse which he happened to have in his trusty work bag and hallelujah...the car is now working! Hopefully with no more issues for awhile! I miss my family...the kids are having a blast of course and Lexi has been asking my mother and sister, "why is your belly so big...are you having a baby too?" Oh, boy! She is something else! Luckily and thankfully we will be 27 weeks tomorrow with no problems and it's actually been a fun pregnancy so far...the baby kicks all the time...which is such an interesting feeling in itself! Anywho...does anyone feel like I do in that sometimes too many bad things happen all at once?
Help!!!
Thankfully, there is an end in sight and I know that 'this too shall pass.' I'm learning patience and realizing more and more that when life gives you lemons, you just have to make some lemonade with them!!!!
It's Friday the 13th...and so far, this day has been great!!! Hope you are planning something fun and loving for a special someone who makes your heart skip a beat!
Chris' grandmother has been sick for quite some time. She was such a sweet, humorous women who loved life and loved her kids and grandkids and great-grandkids. She seldom felt sad and was an upbeat person until this last little while! Well, she passed away this past Tuesday in Utah. Chris is now there for her funeral and such with family whom he has not seen in quite awhile. This is also my weekend to work...it was just too pricey for all of us to go, so Chris loaded up the kids and away to mamma's again they all go while I'm working my normal shifts plus some extra to pay off the lovely car bill! They shall all return on Sunday night. Thanks mom for coming to our rescue yet again...It seems to be a normal thing lately!? I hope things slow down soon!
Anyway, so I get home yesterday...all upset and crying because life is ...well not going as well as I would like it to lately....and I guess I left the lights on. The civic is old- 1994- and so the newer cars have the ding when you leave the lights on before taking the key out of the ignition, but the option is not in our car. So, into the house I went to get some much needed sleep and when I came out to go to work again....dead car! I knew it was the battery this time, but still! I went to the neighbors house and she asked how I was doing....with suddenly sobbing she graciously lent me her car so I could get to work ontime! Thank goodness she was home...she's a school teacher and just happened to be home sick with the flu. (I have a note to remind me to make her dinner next week when I'm off) :) Anyway, another busy day at work and home late. I awoke to the phone ringing and then got up to see if someone from the car place that we owe lots of $ to could possibly come and help with the car. It would not come out of park and ended up needing a jump..for the battery and a $.10 fuse which he happened to have in his trusty work bag and hallelujah...the car is now working! Hopefully with no more issues for awhile! I miss my family...the kids are having a blast of course and Lexi has been asking my mother and sister, "why is your belly so big...are you having a baby too?" Oh, boy! She is something else! Luckily and thankfully we will be 27 weeks tomorrow with no problems and it's actually been a fun pregnancy so far...the baby kicks all the time...which is such an interesting feeling in itself! Anywho...does anyone feel like I do in that sometimes too many bad things happen all at once?
Help!!!
Thankfully, there is an end in sight and I know that 'this too shall pass.' I'm learning patience and realizing more and more that when life gives you lemons, you just have to make some lemonade with them!!!!
It's Friday the 13th...and so far, this day has been great!!! Hope you are planning something fun and loving for a special someone who makes your heart skip a beat!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)