Bye-bye Kristy-pooh

There is something about having

a best friend that you have known forever to help you

feel like a 17 year old again!

Thanks for the fun Kristy-pooh!

Can you believe we didn't shop at North Park while you were here, What's wrong with us?

Tia (kristy's sweet daughter) and Ella.
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Cloth Diapers

Before I was pregnant I was introduced to cloth diapers from my friend Farrah and

since I have been trying to be more environmentally conscience

they were right up my ally.

While I was pregnant I was so excited about getting to use them but once

Oscar was born I was a little afraid; I was worried they were going to be too nasty, leak all over the place and just be too much for me to handle with 4 children.

Once I finally started to use them fell in love (even Gordon likes them).

They are so easy to use, soft, cute and most of all they are good for the Earth.

This is a link to my cloth diaper of choice (Farrah did all the research on cloth diapers and I just reap the benefits. Thanks Farrah!)

http://www.fuzzibunz.com/

Sunday School lessons

A few Sundays ago Josh's Sunday school class was learning about the Holy Ghost. One of the things that was talked about was the fact that he can protect us; Josh quickly raised his hand and asked "Can the Holy Ghost protect us from Aids"?
After his teacher picked herself up off the floor the other children quickly began to ask what Aids was and not knowing what to say she told the kid's that the Holy Ghost can help us make right choices so we don't get aids.
My questions are: how does Josh know about aids and did the other children go home and tell their parents that they learned about aids in church.
Seriously who is this boy I’m raising?

The last 9 months

I couldn't help myself.


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Can't get enough of that baby!

My three boys

A good angle
I really do sit and look at him this way
The whole crazy group
His hands are huge!!
I am too tired to actually blog anything good so pic's with captions will have to do.

A week of wonderful!

This has been such a wonderful week!

I am happy to say that the children have welcomed Oscar with open arms, especially Ian who can’t get enough of his baby brother; he sits and "pets" him constantly. Josh has really impressed us with his level of responsibility; he is always asking what he can do to help out. Ella loves Oscar too but has very little to do with him because the brother scene is old news for her.

I loved having Gordon at home with me and I wish he would never have to go back, luckily his boss is very understanding and is cool with him working from home.

We are so happy that Oscar is here and I am especially happy not to be pregnant anymore!

Oscar

Our sweet boy;

Robert Oscar was born Yesterday

at 4:55 p.m

weighing 8lbs 14oz's and 20 3/4 in long.

We are feeling so blessed and are so grateful for all the

help that our friends and family are giving to us.

I'll keep you posted on all the new adventures we will soon be

embarking on.

The story of my life

It seems, when I am pregnant that there are no cute maternity clothes and then when ever I am not pregnant there are tons. Right after I had Ella they came out with Gap maternity I was so mad that I missed out on all the cute clothes that would have helped me feel so much better about myself and the only thing I had to wear was from Motherhood maternity store and Target and the clothes they had were not all that cute. Now, for the second time I am going to miss out on the greatest maternity collection ever, Ann Taylor Loft http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/department.jsp?N=1200121&categoryId=619 (my favorite store, where everything looks good on me or did before I was pregers) has now come out with a maternity line. Again I am so mad that I am missing out! Why does this happen to me? All I have ever wanted was to have cute maternity clothes.

Just something else that ticks me off while I am in an never ending ticked-off state.

On second thought

Okay, so after 2 hours of "contractions" every 5 min. apart 1 min. long I've decided that I am not so ready for this baby, in fact I don't think I want to do this whole give birth thing. Can I back out now?

I am so ready to have this baby!

New Shoes

For my birthday I got a kick-a pair of shoes, the only problem is that my feet and ankles are so swollen they kind of look silly.

I am determined not to let this stop me, in fact the whole time I wore them I thought of this song.

ENJOY!

Baby Shower

A few weeks ago I had the greatest baby shower ever. Not only did I get all the cloth diapers I needed but I got a ton of other stuff as well. It was a really fun party (Thanks to Farrah the wonderful hostess) except for the fact that I was stinking hot and the person taking the pic's of me was sitting on a chair that was quite a bit shorter then mine and almost every picture of me was horrible. I was so amazed by all the gifts and by how many people took the time to come to my shower, it really made my day.

Nastics

Ella has successfully completed her 2nd year of gymnastics. At the end of the year for the parents they do some what of a show and tell, I absolutely love it! Mostly because Ella struts around with a huge smile on her face making sure Gordon and I are watching her at all times.

I don't know if Ella will stay with nastics or not but she sure does look like she has the upper arms for it!

Birthday

In keeping with Birthday tradition I will give 28 somewhat scary facts about myself. I can't promise that this will be good but it should be entertaining!

1. I love to shop. My favorite place to be is at North Park.
2. I am a great friend but a better enemy
3. I love to bake
4. I love to throw parties big or small.
5. I talk to Gordon on the phone at least 5 times a day
6. I don’t really like other people’s children (except for my friend’s children)
7. I don’t really like other people!
8. I love being right.
9. I am a night owl
10. I have to eat by a certain time or I get MEAN.
11. I have a fowl temper
12. I crave working out
13. I would rather sleep in the nude
14. I love to read but don’t want to waist my time on a bad book so I wait for friends to pass books they like on to me when they finish.
15. I love TCBY
16. I love to be in the mountains, they feel like home.
17. I wear a retainer to bed
18. I am legally blind
19. I spend way too much money on craft supplies
20. I hate long song endings
21. I like being in charge.
22. I don’t like animals (after owning 3 cats and 1 dog I finally realized this).
23. Ice cream always makes me happy.
24. I hate being woken up from naps
25. I am a crier and I have duck-lips when I do so.
26. I love properly pruned trees
27. I am becoming somewhat of an environmentalist
28. I really love who I am!

In keeping with Birthday tradition I will give 28 somewhat scary facts about myself. I can't promise that this will be good but it should be entertaining!

1. I love to shop. My favorite place to be is at North Park.
2. I am a great friend but a better enemy
3. I love to bake
4. I love to throw parties big or small.
5. I talk to Gordon on the phone at least 5 times a day
6. I don’t really like other people’s children (except for my friend’s children)
7. I don’t really like other people!
8. I love being right.
9. I am a night owl
10. I have to eat by a certain time or I get MEAN.
11. I have a fowl temper
12. I crave working out
13. I would rather sleep in the nude
14. I love to read but don’t want to waist my time on a bad book so I wait for friends to pass books they like on to me when they finish.
15. I love TCBY
16. I love to be in the mountains, they feel like home.
17. I wear a retainer to bed
18. I am legally blind
19. I spend way too much money on craft supplies
20. I hate long song endings
21. I like being in charge.
22. I don’t like animals (after owning 3 cats and 1 dog I finally realized this).
23. Ice cream always makes me happy.
24. I hate being woken up from naps
25. I am a crier and I have duck-lips when I do so.
26. I love properly pruned trees
27. I am becoming somewhat of an environmentalist
28. I really love who I am!

7 going on 13

So, I am not one of those Mothers that just automatically think their children are the most beautiful children ever, for me it's the whole package. Having said that, I do think Joshua is a smart, funny, and a sweet little boy but I happen to think he's quite good-looking and that he will grow up to be a very handsome man (It might be because he's the only child that really looks like me).
Last night, out of no where Josh lands a bomb on us that he doesn't like his face. I didn't know what to say all I could think was how in the world did I get a 7 year old that has the thoughts of teenagers and what else is he not telling me. We talked about it for a while and I really tried to help him but I honestly don't know how to help him, I don’t want him to have a low self-image that people take advantage of but I also don’t want to have an arrogant son that isn’t so nice to girls. Bottom line is I don't know how to help him, I am really at a loss.

My favorites

Today I went to upload some pic's to blog and upon doing so I realized I haven't taken any pics in weeks. So I am going to do the same thing that TV shows do when they don't have anything new to air; it's time for a trip down memory lane. These are some of my favorite photos of my children & Gordon whom I love dearly and am so grateful for.


Seriously, not a great one of me but I love it of Gordon!

32 weeks going on 40

So, I am really not a big picture taker when I am pregnant, but since this is most likely the last time I will ever be pregnant I've decide to suck-it-up and document it for posterity. I am now 32 weeks and have gained 35 lbs. I am saying this because I still have 8 weeks to go and have gained all the weight that I should have and my belly is already huge! If this what I look like with 8 weeks to go I am really afraid of what I will look like at full term.

Joshs check-up

Today Josh went in to the doctors for a check up. It went great and at the end of the appointment the Dr. likes to remind the kids of things they should be doing everyday. After going over 4 or 5 things the Dr. paused, at which point Josh asked "should I be writing this down"? The Dr. had a hard time finishing the rest of his list. He's such a funny, funny kid.

Bathroom

A few months ago we had a leak in our bathroom, it was an absolute mess so naturally I need to re-do. We put up bead-board, re-painted, put down a new floor, and I had Gordon's dad build us the cabinet for the sink (Which he did exactly how I imagined in my head) and my friend Farrah gave us the tile for the counter tops that matched perfectly (In the pic's it looks a little brownish but it really is the same color as the walls). I am in love with the bathroom, it's seems so much bigger now that we don't have cabinet doors to bang on the toilet or drawers that don't pull out all the way. The last 2 day's I have left the door open and the light on so I could look at it every time I walk by. Oh, the pic's just don't do it justice but trust me it's way cute!