After having family home evening, I asked the kids what would they do if a stranger asked them to get into their car with them? To which I get this very excited response from Bailee....
" Get in the car and go with them!!!!!!!"
Sigh, I wonder if that girl will ever learn. So Justin and I were very blunt and told her exactly what would happen if she got into the car. Then I asked what if they said they have a puppy or candy, what would you do?
Once again Bailee response is "Take the candy and go look at the puppy!!!"
Double sigh, I REALLY don't think she is getting it. I think we will be talking a lot about stranger danger for a while.
But on a funny note Sydney has been sneaking in to the bathroom with Joel when he is going potty. Much to my dismay and disapproval she has seen Joels little squirt gun. So now she is standing up when she pees and very proud of herself, but the other day I get asked this question.
"Mom, when will my pee pee get big like Joels?"
Of course I explained to her that boys and girls have different body parts and that hers would never grow big like Joels. It was a little awkward, but I love the innocence of children. But from now on I will be watching the bathroom situation much closer.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
4 on 2
We are excited to announce that we will be adding another little one to our family!!!!!!!
I am due October 7th which makes me 9 weeks along. I am so excited because I've known that someone was waiting to come and join us, but it took a while to convince Justin :) But finally the pleas from his children softened his heart and he agreed and I cannot wait for this little one to get here. We decided to change things up and tell the kids first, which of course may not have been the wisest choice, but they were so excited that they couldn't wait to tell people. So we told people early on which ended up being a good idea because at 5 weeks I started my morning sickness, and once I start that I cannot hide it.
Ahhh morning sickness, what can you say about that. It last all day and never goes away. But thankfully I am on a wonderful drug called Zofran which is AMAZING!!!!!!!! Instead of throwing up 10+ times a day and getting IVs, I can pop one of those babies and be perfectly fine. I wish I had that with Joel, Bailee and Sydney life would have been 10 times better. Despite that I know that this is all worth it and I would do it again and again for my kids. (although sometimes I need that reminder from my mom on those really hard days). The really sad thing is my kids have seen me throw-up so much, that they get a cup of water put some water in their mouth and run to the bathroom and "throw up", it's become a favorite game at our house. Oh well what can you do.
The kids are very happy and they make sure that they give my belly hugs and kisses everyday, and they keep asking if they baby is okay and when my tummy is going to get bigger. I love it Sydney asks me to open my mouth so she can check on the baby. The only problem is we are already having "wars" over if the baby is a boy or a girl. I hope for Joels sake it is a boy because he is surrounded by girls. They all have names picked out already. Rapunzel- Bailees choice, Carter- Joels choice and Sydney-Syndeys choice are all in the running.
This is a very special pregnancy for me because I know that it will be the last one. After this the oven will be closed for business. So I can't wait for the growing belly, the ultrasounds, being able to hear the heartbeat, feeling the movement and of course to hold that precious little one in my arms. And for the first time I will actually take pregnancy pictures and post them because I want to remember everything!!!!!
I am due October 7th which makes me 9 weeks along. I am so excited because I've known that someone was waiting to come and join us, but it took a while to convince Justin :) But finally the pleas from his children softened his heart and he agreed and I cannot wait for this little one to get here. We decided to change things up and tell the kids first, which of course may not have been the wisest choice, but they were so excited that they couldn't wait to tell people. So we told people early on which ended up being a good idea because at 5 weeks I started my morning sickness, and once I start that I cannot hide it.
Ahhh morning sickness, what can you say about that. It last all day and never goes away. But thankfully I am on a wonderful drug called Zofran which is AMAZING!!!!!!!! Instead of throwing up 10+ times a day and getting IVs, I can pop one of those babies and be perfectly fine. I wish I had that with Joel, Bailee and Sydney life would have been 10 times better. Despite that I know that this is all worth it and I would do it again and again for my kids. (although sometimes I need that reminder from my mom on those really hard days). The really sad thing is my kids have seen me throw-up so much, that they get a cup of water put some water in their mouth and run to the bathroom and "throw up", it's become a favorite game at our house. Oh well what can you do.
The kids are very happy and they make sure that they give my belly hugs and kisses everyday, and they keep asking if they baby is okay and when my tummy is going to get bigger. I love it Sydney asks me to open my mouth so she can check on the baby. The only problem is we are already having "wars" over if the baby is a boy or a girl. I hope for Joels sake it is a boy because he is surrounded by girls. They all have names picked out already. Rapunzel- Bailees choice, Carter- Joels choice and Sydney-Syndeys choice are all in the running.
This is a very special pregnancy for me because I know that it will be the last one. After this the oven will be closed for business. So I can't wait for the growing belly, the ultrasounds, being able to hear the heartbeat, feeling the movement and of course to hold that precious little one in my arms. And for the first time I will actually take pregnancy pictures and post them because I want to remember everything!!!!!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Happenings!!
Since my camera isn't working and I can't post pictures I'll just write a few things that have been going on.
I got pulled over for the very first time and I must say it is pretty unnerving. So much so, that when the officer asked me for my drivers license and I handed it to him he, he handed it back and said
"Umm, Mam I don't take Visa."
Oops!!! Luckily I got away with only a fix-it-ticket because my headlight was out. The Officer was kind enough to look over the 5 year old in the front seat without a car seat, the 3 year old in the back who had unbuckled and was wondering around in the back, and the lack of glasses on me, which on my drivers license specifics that I need them to drive. Did I forget to mention that it is the law to change your drivers license 90 days after you move to Utah, it's been a year and I still have a Washington license.( I guess I'm not ready to let it go and be officially considered a Utah driver) That could have been bad, but he let me go and I will be forever grateful for that nice officer who could have given me a lot of fines and tickets but didn't.
Parent /student teacher conferences were this week. Joel who is struggling didn't even wait until we were out the door before he yelled " I hate this school" then broke down and cried for 30 minutes. Poor kid, he breaks my heart when he is so upset. Can't wait until this year is over and he gets a new teacher. Luckily we have karate which he loves and is doing very well at. He is now a yellow belt and is half-way to getting his orange belt. Last month he did 382 chores to earn a red star, way to go Joel!!!!
Bailee's was the complete opposite. She was happy going in and just as happy coming out. She is doing very well in school and loves her teacher and class.. On a grading scale of 1-4 she is getting mostly 4s with some 3s, she is a little miss smarty pants. However she is soooo boy crazy, she has 3 boys that she is already planning wedding's with....sigh.. The next 15-20 years could be very long filled with a lot of drama.
Sydney...... where to begin......She is 3 (that explains a lot) and still struggling with her multiple personalities. We take her moment by moment, but I love the hugs and kisses and sweet moments when I get them. I love the time I have with just her when Joel and Bailee are at school. Her favorite thing to say if she wants me to do something is, " I'll give you a mommy treat if you......." She has learned the art of bribing.
I wish that I could say Justin was doing well, but once again he is at that point in life where he isn't happy, and doesn't know which direction to go in life. Not quite sure what to do with him other than love him, pray for him and try really hard not to strangle him.
But I am pretty lucky because for Christmas Justin gave me a gift certificate to a massage therapy place with 4 different massages on it. I've used 2 of them and love it, I come out of there so happy without a care in the world. My favorite is the hot stone massage, if any of you haven't had one yet, get one they are amazing!!!! I would give up my chocolate to have more of those, and we all know how much I looovvveee chocolate.
And that's a wrap!!!
I got pulled over for the very first time and I must say it is pretty unnerving. So much so, that when the officer asked me for my drivers license and I handed it to him he, he handed it back and said
"Umm, Mam I don't take Visa."
Oops!!! Luckily I got away with only a fix-it-ticket because my headlight was out. The Officer was kind enough to look over the 5 year old in the front seat without a car seat, the 3 year old in the back who had unbuckled and was wondering around in the back, and the lack of glasses on me, which on my drivers license specifics that I need them to drive. Did I forget to mention that it is the law to change your drivers license 90 days after you move to Utah, it's been a year and I still have a Washington license.( I guess I'm not ready to let it go and be officially considered a Utah driver) That could have been bad, but he let me go and I will be forever grateful for that nice officer who could have given me a lot of fines and tickets but didn't.
Parent /student teacher conferences were this week. Joel who is struggling didn't even wait until we were out the door before he yelled " I hate this school" then broke down and cried for 30 minutes. Poor kid, he breaks my heart when he is so upset. Can't wait until this year is over and he gets a new teacher. Luckily we have karate which he loves and is doing very well at. He is now a yellow belt and is half-way to getting his orange belt. Last month he did 382 chores to earn a red star, way to go Joel!!!!
Bailee's was the complete opposite. She was happy going in and just as happy coming out. She is doing very well in school and loves her teacher and class.. On a grading scale of 1-4 she is getting mostly 4s with some 3s, she is a little miss smarty pants. However she is soooo boy crazy, she has 3 boys that she is already planning wedding's with....sigh.. The next 15-20 years could be very long filled with a lot of drama.
Sydney...... where to begin......She is 3 (that explains a lot) and still struggling with her multiple personalities. We take her moment by moment, but I love the hugs and kisses and sweet moments when I get them. I love the time I have with just her when Joel and Bailee are at school. Her favorite thing to say if she wants me to do something is, " I'll give you a mommy treat if you......." She has learned the art of bribing.
I wish that I could say Justin was doing well, but once again he is at that point in life where he isn't happy, and doesn't know which direction to go in life. Not quite sure what to do with him other than love him, pray for him and try really hard not to strangle him.
But I am pretty lucky because for Christmas Justin gave me a gift certificate to a massage therapy place with 4 different massages on it. I've used 2 of them and love it, I come out of there so happy without a care in the world. My favorite is the hot stone massage, if any of you haven't had one yet, get one they are amazing!!!! I would give up my chocolate to have more of those, and we all know how much I looovvveee chocolate.
And that's a wrap!!!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A lesson learned
I have been trying to teach Joel about the importance of prayer and that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. But he, as sad as it sounds, doesn't believe that his prayers are heard. Mainly because he has nightmares almost every night. So I told him that if he is scared he can always say a prayer to help calm him down, and we normally pray before bed that he will have good dreams. Well the nightmares haven't stopped despite Joels pleas and prayers so he has decided that prayers are not answered. It's hard enough to convince an adult why some prayers are answered in different ways then what we think they should, let a lone trying to convince a 7 year old. Well I have been trying to find a way to help him understand and yesterday a situation presented itself.
Joel and Sydney had been looking for a toy and couldn't find it, and me being so wise told them to look harder. Well after coming to me 5 or more times Joel finally says:
"Mom maybe we should say a prayer."
My heart leaped for joy and I dropped everything I was doing to help them. Sydney said the sweetest little prayer then the kids asked me to pray as well. During the prayer Sydney was making sure that I gave a full description of the toy with all of the colors. We said the prayer and continued the search. After a while I told the kids that maybe if we sit still and listen we could hear the still small voice lead us to where it was. So we were all quiet until Sydney in her high squeaky voice said:
"The Holy Ghost will help us, and Jesus will too."
Shortly after that Justin found the missing toy and a prayer of thanks was said. But what really amazed me was how confident Joel, Sydney and Bailee were that the Holy Ghost would lead us to the toy. It was not only a great opportunity for me to teach the kids about prayer and relying on our Heavenly Father, but a lesson for me as well. I was able to see the faith of my children in action and the love of our Heavenly Father for my kids. It proved to me nothing is to great or small for him to pour out his tender mercies.
I am sure that Joel will still have his doubts from time to time but I hope he will remember and go back to this experience to help him when he needs it, I know I will.
Joel and Sydney had been looking for a toy and couldn't find it, and me being so wise told them to look harder. Well after coming to me 5 or more times Joel finally says:
"Mom maybe we should say a prayer."
My heart leaped for joy and I dropped everything I was doing to help them. Sydney said the sweetest little prayer then the kids asked me to pray as well. During the prayer Sydney was making sure that I gave a full description of the toy with all of the colors. We said the prayer and continued the search. After a while I told the kids that maybe if we sit still and listen we could hear the still small voice lead us to where it was. So we were all quiet until Sydney in her high squeaky voice said:
"The Holy Ghost will help us, and Jesus will too."
Shortly after that Justin found the missing toy and a prayer of thanks was said. But what really amazed me was how confident Joel, Sydney and Bailee were that the Holy Ghost would lead us to the toy. It was not only a great opportunity for me to teach the kids about prayer and relying on our Heavenly Father, but a lesson for me as well. I was able to see the faith of my children in action and the love of our Heavenly Father for my kids. It proved to me nothing is to great or small for him to pour out his tender mercies.
I am sure that Joel will still have his doubts from time to time but I hope he will remember and go back to this experience to help him when he needs it, I know I will.
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