Birthday Cake

So I came home from work last night and found my wonderful hubby busily baking. This was the finished product - a beautiful Guitar Hero Cupcake/Cake!! How cool is that?!! He's so good to me! Thanks honey!

Pregnancy

Trying to to remember that your hormones are no longer under your control is one of the other un-fun effects of pregnancy. I'm sure there will be those who will remember that usually the hormonal trouble I have during pregnancy is losing my temper, but since everything else about this one is different I guess that should be different too. I have recently turned into a giant bawl baby. Everything makes me cry!! It's quite annoying actually.

I love each of my children. I am thankful for each of my children. I am also thankful that after this next child is born, our family will be complete and I won't ever have to be pregnant again. :-)

What a Weekend!!

This weekend was supposed to be one of joy and excitement, but turned into one of fear, dread and concern. My brother-in-law Dave was due to come home from Iraq after a year deployment on Sunday, so we had decided to drive down to Utah on Saturday to be there for the celebration.

Friday morning I received a phone call from my mother-in-law informing me that his daughter, my niece, Hollie, was severely injured in a car accident in Provo canyon. She was taking a roommate to Heber, when a car going the opposite direction slid on snow and ice and hit her head on. She was in critical condition with a broken arm, broken foot, leg, and we later found out, a broken back. Thankfully, the army saw fit to let her father, who was luckily already in the states, to come home two days early to be be with his daughter.

By the time we got to the hospital Friday night, we learned some amazing things. First, was that both cars had passengers in them and both were fine. Second, that Hollie's spine had not been permanently injured. The doctors said that if the bone had moved more than 1mm more, she would have been paralyzed. And third, a bystander who had witnessed the accident right after it happened, came over to the cars to see if he could help. At that point, Hollie was screaming hysterically from all the pain and this man offered to give her a blessing. She accepted and as soon as he was done, she stopped screaming.

Hollie has since had several blessings, one before each surgery, and some for comfort. We were actually able to speak with her a little bit, and she said she knew how blessed and lucky she was. She is young and strong and determined and has such great friends and family to help her that we know she is going to be ok.

We are so grateful for the Priesthood and for our knowledge of the gospel. Sometimes we don't know why Heavenly Father sees fits to allow these challenges to come, but we know that He will be with us through it all.

Family Fun Day

So since we had a three day weekend, I though it would be fun for our family to do something together, especially since we weren't going down to Utah. My first thought was to go to Lava hot Springs, but it turns out, not good for pregnant women. So we tried to find things to do in Idaho Falls - not easy to do in the winter if you can't ski or snowmobile. We ended up going to see an early showing of Madagascar 2 - very funny, went out to lunch at the brand new Red Robins, came home and everyone wrestled Daddy for about an hour, and then we went roller skating. You would think that all sounds like fun right?! Apparently, not for 3 of the 5 of us. Scott, Josh, and Alivia did NOT enjoy the roller skating part. Josh was excited at first, until he actually went out on the rink. Alivia wouldn't even go on the rink at all, until I had to pull her on and then she would only cling to the bar on the side. Scott got to chase Josh around for the next hour, since he was trying to play every video game they had at the rink. We ended our day, by having a picnic dinner in our living room, watching movies (without popcorn because Scott can't stand the smell). Family Fun Day!! Yeah!!!

Blogger Slacker

Yes I admit it - I am a blogger slacker! I could say we've been gone for the past two weeks, but still not an excuse....

We had a great Christmas! Santa actually came a day early due to the impending snow storm which would have prevented us from journeying down to Utah. It was a bit more hectic but we were glad to be able to drive down safely. We had a great time hanging out with our families - football, basketball, and of course - Karaoke!! Scott actually had a business trip to Washington during our stay, but was back in time for New Year's. We're glad to be back home and back on a schedule. Although, next year I may bid to go to Hawaii for the holiday! :-)

Also, even though most of you already know - we are expecting a BOY!! I actually have another ultrasound tomorrow to confirm this, but we're already pretty sure. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll move up my due date or something.... :-)

I've also ordered a new usb cable for my camera - finally - and should be posting new pictures soon!

Camera Woes

So I haven't written anything lately because I've wanted to add pictures as well. However, my usb port was chewed up by my sisters dog, so I can't get my pics off my camera onto my computer.

Anyhow, I am finally starting to feel better now. I'm hoping this means all I have to look forward to now is the weight gain and accompanying heartburn! Yeah!!

Scott and I are trying to learn to be better parents by listening to this book called "The Happiest Toddler on the Block." I can't say that I agree with everything the author writes, but he does have some really helpful tips. For example, speaking in "Toddlerese." Doing this you get to talk like a caveman would have talked, (if you believe in cavemen), use short, simple phrases and repeat yourself a lot. Kind of embarrassing, but kind of fun too. Baby steps I guess.... Someday I hope to get to talk like an adult MOST of the time! :-)

Apples to Apples

So today for my young women's lesson, we were discussing the importance of realizing your individual worth. There was an object part of the lesson that had to do with apples. The poem goes like this:

There are many different varieties of apples.
There are some red one and green ones.
Some are bitter and are meant for use in baking.
Some are sweet and are good for eating,
But they all serve a valuable purpose.

So I told the girls this poem and handed out apples to munch on while we watched "The Touch of the Master's Hand." One of my favorite church videos of all time! Throughout the whole thing, you could hear the girls munching, crunching, chomping and chewing on their lovely apples! But, I think they were still able to feel the spirit through all that! :-)

After church, we came home, had lunch, and of course, had nap time. However, apparently Joshua decided NOT to take his nap today - un-be-knownst to his sleeping parents! He decided instead to eat the rest of the apples I had brought home from church. And by "eating them" I really mean that he chewed up little pieces at a time and then proceeded to SPIT them out all over the kitchen, dining room, and living room!!!

During my lesson today it was mentioned that we were all sent to this earth for a divine purpose. ............. As of today, I believe my divine role is to make sure Joshua lives to his 4th Birthday! :-)