So Dad was able to get it to work. This is my baby!!! Just adorable!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Baby Update
So as you can see above, this is the "baby bump!" There isn't much of anything there at the moment. I just say I look bloated! The jeans that I am wearing are in fact maternity jeans, I got them from Jana and since they are very small I figured that I would have to wear them now to avoid missing the chance! I have to say they are much more comfortable than some of my regular jeans, I was able to eat in them and not feel like I was cutting off circulation!! I was pleased to find that in the last 3 weeks I did gain weight, 5 pounds!! I weighed in yesterday at 116. I am also excited that the weight that I am gaining is in fact healthy weight since I am not able to eat things like ice cream! I eat mostly vegetables, some meat at dinner (if the smell of it cooking wasn't to bad!), and salads.I tried to post a picture of the baby on here but will have to get it done later. For some reason the computer is having problems bringing it over to the blog. I will have dad look at it when he gets home and see if we can't get it posted, it is sooo cute!!
I went to the Dr.'s office yesterday morning and had to wait a little bit over an hour after my scheduled appointment time to see Dr. Nolte because he had to deliver a baby! Kevin got frustrated about having to wait but in my opinion, some day it will be me that is causing the delay for all others so I can deal with it!! When it was time to see him David and Kevin came back to the room with me and after him talking to me we had to wait about 15 more minuets in the room for the sonogram to be done ( that was a long 15 minuets!) I had to have the Dr. look at a spider bite that I got on my neck a couple days ago and he said that it looked like it was a small spider that bit me and since there was not tissue breaking down around the bite it should be fine. If however the bite got larger or infected I was to return immediately!
After waiting in the room for what seemed like forever we were called back to the other room and then the baby was on the screen!! He said it still is showing a strong heartbeat so that is a very good thing!! Kevin said it looked like it has webbed hands, I think it was adorable and completely amazing that it is inside me!! I almost cried but was to excited about see that everything was OK to make it to that point!!
My next appointment will be on June 1st so mom will get to be there for it as well as Adrian and Ashley (since school will be out by that time!) Kevin will also be there for it as it is again on a Monday and that is his days off. He never got to do the appointment thing with either Adrian or Ashley as his ex wife never went to a doctor at all during either pregnancy. i find that sad as well as dangerous that she made that decision. I was sent over to the hospital yesterday after my appointment for blood work and boy did they take some blood!! 5 of those vile things full of it! I was told that was normal but still, that is a large amount in my opinion. I was also informed that future blood work would be 1 or 2 at a time instead of 5 so that is nice to hear!!
Well that is all the info that I have for now!! I will keep you posted as things get bigger!!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Just a Few Things
To start out with, Adrian went yesterday with a group of youth to Vernal and did baptisms for the dead!! When I picked him up he told me about his experience, he had a great time and the way it sounded would be interested in doing it again sometime! He talked most about what everything looked like! He said he thinks that it was 10 people that he was baptized for but one of them he had to do it 3 times so he kind of lost track of how many times he was put under the water!!
David's sickness is in the sidewall of his chest. Apparently he has been having chest pains and so he went to an appointment at Sterling's office and was given medicine. Hopefully the medication will do what it is suppose to and he can get over the pain. Chest pain is a scary thing to me and I am sure to all people!! We will keep you posted on how things are going with him!
Nathan has been sick for a while and he has problems eating anything on some days! I gave him a bottle of papaya to see if that did anything and it did a little but it was still happening. He also went to the doctor the same day as David and had some blood taken and was given some medicine for heartburn and ulcers. As of the last time I spoke to Nathan he had not heard back on his blood tests, I told him that he needs to call for them but as f yet he has not done it. He ate the day before yesterday, but last night was the same as usual and he was not able to eat. Hopefully he can soon be able to eat regularly as he is not healthy. Once again I will let you know what happens with him!
Jonathan and Dad have both bought tailors and have placed them out by Nathans. We are starting to look like a camp ground outside!! We have a trailer of Uncle Arlen's as well out there. That makes 4 camp trailers!! One is ancient (Arlens), one is somewhat old (Dad's), one is a newer one and kind of nice (Jonathan's), and then there is Nathan's that is a tie died!!! Good times!!
The only thing that is new with Samuel is that he quit his job. He has been helping dad with plumbing and things like that around the house but he is more into demolition!! He has started to tear out the old bathroom that is across from the laundry room, there is black mold in there so he is having to cover his face while doing it and keep the door closed since it is not good for me to be around that kind of toxin! I wish he would have waited to start tearing into it but of course, if he is even told "at some point" then he is taking it as "it needs to be done now!"
Not to much is going on with Ashley. I was asked for my opinion on a situation with her and her friends, before I gave it I asked if she was going to take offense, she said no but in the end, it was bad! I also had a discussion about two of her friends, they are going to have babies! I told her that it makes me nervous that people today think that having babies at such a young age is perfectly fine and her having 2 of the people in her group of friends in that situation makes me nervous. I told her that I wasn't saying that she was going to go out and get pregnant but I gave me as an example that had I stayed with the LDS group of friends I probably wouldn't have made a lot of the same mistakes that I made. It was when I started hanging out with those people that had views that made things seem OK when they were in fact bad that I started to make decisions that were not OK. Peer pressure so to speak. We also had to have a discussion about her anger issues. She gets angry about things that are small and gets very violent. Sometimes the violence is directed toward things, sometimes it is toward herself, and then others they are toward the person that has made her mad! I talked to her and she said that it is because she doesn't want to feel vulnerable or be hurt so she just puts up the guard and then projects the anger and violence. I suggested that maybe we take her to someone to talk about her problems and that didn't go over well, now she is crazy! I tried to explain that it isn't that we think that at all, it is that we want her to get help to learn how to handle her issues in a way that is not violent and having someone on neutral ground that she would not feel as if they were judging her might help. Still not a good idea in her head so I am at a loss once again with what to do to help her in this. On a positive note, she has brought all but one of her grades up and is only having trouble with biology. She has started taking after school tutorials every now and then and I think that is is helping her a little. She has also gotten together with a friend in her class and they share the notes that each one of them take so that they have a better chance of getting all the info that was talked about!! Good idea!! Hopefully her grade will continue to improve but as I have told her before, if she is doing her best (which she is at this time) then the grade that she gets is a good grade, even if it is failing!
I am still feeling bad for the most part of the days, I get sick in the morning and then just feel bad for the rest of it. I am controlling my mood swings a little bit better (I think)!! other people may think different but at this point they haven't said anything to my face to tell me anything different!! I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday the 27Th and another sonogram will done to see how everything is going. I did learn a little bit of information that made me feel comfort, if a heart beat is seen at six weeks the miscarriage rate drops to only 3 to 5 percent!! I had a heart beat seen so that made me feel a little better!!
OK, the last thing that has happened that I find to be awesome is not even dealing with this household! One of the girls that has been Roni and Jeff's daughters, Chelsey, was beaten by Roni. Somehow they got into some kind of argument and Roni decided that punching her was the way to go. Desiree, the other teenager, called Cindy. Cindy if you are not aware or don't remember is Jeff's first wife. She in turn called the police and they went to the hill and arrested Roni!!! The situation was sad but the result is good! At that moment they only took Chelsey and Desiree from the house, they left the babies in the house with Jeff. He is not smart and bailed her out of jail within a couple of hours saying that one of the babies needed her. Her bond was $3700.00!! Ashley saw Chelsey in school on Monday and she had several bruises on her neck and chest and was very angry that Jeff bailed Roni out. Jeff was there in the house during the whole fight and didn't do anything!! My own opinion is that he should have gone to jail as well! As of yesterday I passed a caravan of state cars coming from up on the hill. CPS has removed ALL kids from that house!! Desiree has been put into Cindy's house and when she gets her GED she will be granted custody of her baby. Chelsey has been placed into protective custody in Salt Lake and the same will apply for her that when she is out of school and can support her baby, she will get custody!! Hopefully all will go well for them and all involved will have the opportunity for a wonderful, happy life!! One of the best parts of the situation is the info that was given about Roni!! She is facing more jail time for the child abuse charges, guaranteed jail time!! If she is to come anywhere close to Desiree, Chelsey, or either one of the babies she will go to jail for a minimum of 25 years!!! I am so happy that she is finally getting what she is deserving of and maybe now she will have no choice but to stop with all the law suits on the corporation and things can be finalized!!
Sorry this was so long but there you have it, that is what is going on in this area!!
David's sickness is in the sidewall of his chest. Apparently he has been having chest pains and so he went to an appointment at Sterling's office and was given medicine. Hopefully the medication will do what it is suppose to and he can get over the pain. Chest pain is a scary thing to me and I am sure to all people!! We will keep you posted on how things are going with him!
Nathan has been sick for a while and he has problems eating anything on some days! I gave him a bottle of papaya to see if that did anything and it did a little but it was still happening. He also went to the doctor the same day as David and had some blood taken and was given some medicine for heartburn and ulcers. As of the last time I spoke to Nathan he had not heard back on his blood tests, I told him that he needs to call for them but as f yet he has not done it. He ate the day before yesterday, but last night was the same as usual and he was not able to eat. Hopefully he can soon be able to eat regularly as he is not healthy. Once again I will let you know what happens with him!
Jonathan and Dad have both bought tailors and have placed them out by Nathans. We are starting to look like a camp ground outside!! We have a trailer of Uncle Arlen's as well out there. That makes 4 camp trailers!! One is ancient (Arlens), one is somewhat old (Dad's), one is a newer one and kind of nice (Jonathan's), and then there is Nathan's that is a tie died!!! Good times!!
The only thing that is new with Samuel is that he quit his job. He has been helping dad with plumbing and things like that around the house but he is more into demolition!! He has started to tear out the old bathroom that is across from the laundry room, there is black mold in there so he is having to cover his face while doing it and keep the door closed since it is not good for me to be around that kind of toxin! I wish he would have waited to start tearing into it but of course, if he is even told "at some point" then he is taking it as "it needs to be done now!"
Not to much is going on with Ashley. I was asked for my opinion on a situation with her and her friends, before I gave it I asked if she was going to take offense, she said no but in the end, it was bad! I also had a discussion about two of her friends, they are going to have babies! I told her that it makes me nervous that people today think that having babies at such a young age is perfectly fine and her having 2 of the people in her group of friends in that situation makes me nervous. I told her that I wasn't saying that she was going to go out and get pregnant but I gave me as an example that had I stayed with the LDS group of friends I probably wouldn't have made a lot of the same mistakes that I made. It was when I started hanging out with those people that had views that made things seem OK when they were in fact bad that I started to make decisions that were not OK. Peer pressure so to speak. We also had to have a discussion about her anger issues. She gets angry about things that are small and gets very violent. Sometimes the violence is directed toward things, sometimes it is toward herself, and then others they are toward the person that has made her mad! I talked to her and she said that it is because she doesn't want to feel vulnerable or be hurt so she just puts up the guard and then projects the anger and violence. I suggested that maybe we take her to someone to talk about her problems and that didn't go over well, now she is crazy! I tried to explain that it isn't that we think that at all, it is that we want her to get help to learn how to handle her issues in a way that is not violent and having someone on neutral ground that she would not feel as if they were judging her might help. Still not a good idea in her head so I am at a loss once again with what to do to help her in this. On a positive note, she has brought all but one of her grades up and is only having trouble with biology. She has started taking after school tutorials every now and then and I think that is is helping her a little. She has also gotten together with a friend in her class and they share the notes that each one of them take so that they have a better chance of getting all the info that was talked about!! Good idea!! Hopefully her grade will continue to improve but as I have told her before, if she is doing her best (which she is at this time) then the grade that she gets is a good grade, even if it is failing!
I am still feeling bad for the most part of the days, I get sick in the morning and then just feel bad for the rest of it. I am controlling my mood swings a little bit better (I think)!! other people may think different but at this point they haven't said anything to my face to tell me anything different!! I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday the 27Th and another sonogram will done to see how everything is going. I did learn a little bit of information that made me feel comfort, if a heart beat is seen at six weeks the miscarriage rate drops to only 3 to 5 percent!! I had a heart beat seen so that made me feel a little better!!
OK, the last thing that has happened that I find to be awesome is not even dealing with this household! One of the girls that has been Roni and Jeff's daughters, Chelsey, was beaten by Roni. Somehow they got into some kind of argument and Roni decided that punching her was the way to go. Desiree, the other teenager, called Cindy. Cindy if you are not aware or don't remember is Jeff's first wife. She in turn called the police and they went to the hill and arrested Roni!!! The situation was sad but the result is good! At that moment they only took Chelsey and Desiree from the house, they left the babies in the house with Jeff. He is not smart and bailed her out of jail within a couple of hours saying that one of the babies needed her. Her bond was $3700.00!! Ashley saw Chelsey in school on Monday and she had several bruises on her neck and chest and was very angry that Jeff bailed Roni out. Jeff was there in the house during the whole fight and didn't do anything!! My own opinion is that he should have gone to jail as well! As of yesterday I passed a caravan of state cars coming from up on the hill. CPS has removed ALL kids from that house!! Desiree has been put into Cindy's house and when she gets her GED she will be granted custody of her baby. Chelsey has been placed into protective custody in Salt Lake and the same will apply for her that when she is out of school and can support her baby, she will get custody!! Hopefully all will go well for them and all involved will have the opportunity for a wonderful, happy life!! One of the best parts of the situation is the info that was given about Roni!! She is facing more jail time for the child abuse charges, guaranteed jail time!! If she is to come anywhere close to Desiree, Chelsey, or either one of the babies she will go to jail for a minimum of 25 years!!! I am so happy that she is finally getting what she is deserving of and maybe now she will have no choice but to stop with all the law suits on the corporation and things can be finalized!!
Sorry this was so long but there you have it, that is what is going on in this area!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Details
So I want to say thanks for the comments on the Easter post!!! I am glad that everyone caught it. I told mom that if no one made any comments on the baby Binky's then I was going to post stating how much of bone heads you all were!! Thanks for not making me do that!!
So I told all yesterday on the phone (except Marni) that the due date is November 20Th. That is obviously only 6 days before thanksgiving so that means that the date for the reunion once again will need to be changed. I was thinking around the end of September. I understand that school will be in at that time but hopefully no one would mind if the kids missed a couple of days!! Having it around that time would allow me to not be so far along that it wouldn't be possible to travel, David would be able to come since he would not be on his mission yet, and Alison should be OK to travel with the new baby in her family! What does anyone think of that time frame. We can do a "thanksgiving dinner" while we are all there, we will just have to pretend it is November! Since the baby is due so close to Thanksgiving I will not be making a dinner for the family this year, or at least not my traditional huge one!!! Kevin seemed bummed about that when I told him but I guess he can either get over it and enjoy what is prepared or he can make it himself!!
As I also have said to everyone I am sick!! Some days are worse than others but for the most part it is just the nausea that I have and not so much of the throwing up. I usually throw up in the morning and the rest of the day is spent just feeling bad. I am glad that I am not having to hide the sickness anymore from everyone, that is not an easy task. The fatigue is also something else, I have never felt so tired in my life! Some days it feels like I have no energy and could stay in bed all day if it didn't make me feel lazy!! I also decide that I am hungry and need to get up to find some food. On the food note there are days that I feel I have a hard time of eating anything and other days I can eat something and start looking for something else before I can finish chewing!! I have a problem with tomatoes and anything that is tomato based. I also have problems eating ice cream. I have tried a couple of times and have found no luck in any of them. I do however enjoy pickles and have cravings for salads!! I usually start wanting the salad around 10:30 at night. Depending on how my nausea is doing is what decides if I come downstairs and make me one or if I just say maybe tomorrow! I have found that most fruits are OK also. Peaches, pears and cantaloupe are the most common and I found myself the other day craving watermelon. I didn't have any so I settled with eating a bowl of cheerios! That is similar right?! I can drink orange juice but I can't eat oranges so that I think is strange. I also eat a lot of toast!
I have found that I am not myself when it comes to emotions. I find that I get angry about things that are so minor that normally I wouldn't even bat an eyelash previously to them and I cry at things that I wouldn't normally. yesterday in church it was fast and testimony meeting and there was a little boy that got up to share his testimony with us and everyone was giggling a little bit because he was a cutie and then there was me, crying!! I just could not help myself! I have also cried at a TV chow when the bad guy died! What is that about??
All in all I am enjoying this experience and I have to say if there was no sickness or mood swings I would probably freak out and think there was something wrong! I will say that if there is anyone that has any maternity cloths, I am willing to accept them. I have discovered that they are very expensive or not so attractive!! Maybe I am just picky but either way, I am accepting of anything that anyone would like to give (or lend!!) I am not at this time posting a "baby bump" as there is not one yet. I got weighed at the Dr.'s office on the 6Th and was disappointed because I was only 111 pounds. i was sure that I was more!! Right now I just look bloated but after the appointment on the 27Th of this month I will post a picture at least once a month so that everyone can see my expansion!!
So I told all yesterday on the phone (except Marni) that the due date is November 20Th. That is obviously only 6 days before thanksgiving so that means that the date for the reunion once again will need to be changed. I was thinking around the end of September. I understand that school will be in at that time but hopefully no one would mind if the kids missed a couple of days!! Having it around that time would allow me to not be so far along that it wouldn't be possible to travel, David would be able to come since he would not be on his mission yet, and Alison should be OK to travel with the new baby in her family! What does anyone think of that time frame. We can do a "thanksgiving dinner" while we are all there, we will just have to pretend it is November! Since the baby is due so close to Thanksgiving I will not be making a dinner for the family this year, or at least not my traditional huge one!!! Kevin seemed bummed about that when I told him but I guess he can either get over it and enjoy what is prepared or he can make it himself!!
As I also have said to everyone I am sick!! Some days are worse than others but for the most part it is just the nausea that I have and not so much of the throwing up. I usually throw up in the morning and the rest of the day is spent just feeling bad. I am glad that I am not having to hide the sickness anymore from everyone, that is not an easy task. The fatigue is also something else, I have never felt so tired in my life! Some days it feels like I have no energy and could stay in bed all day if it didn't make me feel lazy!! I also decide that I am hungry and need to get up to find some food. On the food note there are days that I feel I have a hard time of eating anything and other days I can eat something and start looking for something else before I can finish chewing!! I have a problem with tomatoes and anything that is tomato based. I also have problems eating ice cream. I have tried a couple of times and have found no luck in any of them. I do however enjoy pickles and have cravings for salads!! I usually start wanting the salad around 10:30 at night. Depending on how my nausea is doing is what decides if I come downstairs and make me one or if I just say maybe tomorrow! I have found that most fruits are OK also. Peaches, pears and cantaloupe are the most common and I found myself the other day craving watermelon. I didn't have any so I settled with eating a bowl of cheerios! That is similar right?! I can drink orange juice but I can't eat oranges so that I think is strange. I also eat a lot of toast!
I have found that I am not myself when it comes to emotions. I find that I get angry about things that are so minor that normally I wouldn't even bat an eyelash previously to them and I cry at things that I wouldn't normally. yesterday in church it was fast and testimony meeting and there was a little boy that got up to share his testimony with us and everyone was giggling a little bit because he was a cutie and then there was me, crying!! I just could not help myself! I have also cried at a TV chow when the bad guy died! What is that about??
All in all I am enjoying this experience and I have to say if there was no sickness or mood swings I would probably freak out and think there was something wrong! I will say that if there is anyone that has any maternity cloths, I am willing to accept them. I have discovered that they are very expensive or not so attractive!! Maybe I am just picky but either way, I am accepting of anything that anyone would like to give (or lend!!) I am not at this time posting a "baby bump" as there is not one yet. I got weighed at the Dr.'s office on the 6Th and was disappointed because I was only 111 pounds. i was sure that I was more!! Right now I just look bloated but after the appointment on the 27Th of this month I will post a picture at least once a month so that everyone can see my expansion!!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Happy Easter!!!
This is a picture of all 4 of the baskets together!! I know that they are older kids but Easter is still Easter!! I put them all together rather than them go on a hunt for two reasons, one I didn't feel like hiding anything (I know i am a slacker!) and two, I figure they are old enough that this way is just easier!!
This one is David's, he picked out the basket himself!! Most of what is in it he won't be able to eat, but I guess it is the thought that counts!!
This one is Samuel's, I don't know that he will get to much of a kick out of it but at least I tried!!! His looks the fullest because it is a little bit smaller of a basket, they all have the same amount of everything in them though!!
And then there is Ashley's, she used to be into purple but as I have just heard her say, "she is over it!" Hopefully it will still be liked by her, if nothing else the chocolate will win her over!!
Then we have Adrian's, his is the same size as Ashley's just a different color!! This will be his last Easter home so I hope he enjoys it!! The same goes for him on if nothing else the chocolate will win him over!!
I didn't get a basket for Tim, Nathan, or Jonathan but I did have a few chocolate bunny's and a couple of plastic candy filled eggs for them. Ashley and I also boiled us a few dozen egg's and colored them for any that want to eat a bunch of egg's!!
Below is a picture of two very special baskets that I have put together for Adrian and Ashley only. Before anyone gets any thoughts in the heads, it has very little to do with them being my children. If you look closely at the baskets you can see why they got the special one's in addition to the one's like David and Samuel!!
Happy Easter everyone!! I know mine is a very happy one!!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Remodeling!!
So we have put in carpet in most of the house!!! The stairs shown here are the only set of the three sets that are done and everything else is finished!! I am so excited to have this carpet in, I can't even describe!!!
Below is the family room that is upstairs, it actually looks like a family room now instead of a construction site!! There is a lot of stuff that is in that room so it is kind of hard to see the carpet in the picture, I like it though!!
Here is Ashley's room, looks good if you ask me! I think she is enjoying the carpet as well. She gets to go without house shoes all the time and there is NO splinters!!!
And then there is Adrian's room. He has more stuff crammed into his room than any other room in the house!! The carpet still looks good in it though!!
The below pictures are of the new bathroom that Dad has made!! Those of you that have seen it in its before state can see how hard Dad worked on getting it so nice!! I like it and besides still needing the cabinet with a mirror it is finished!! We have all started using it instead of the other main bathroom for showers. Dad has found that under the tub on the old bathroom, the boards are soaked threw. The bathtub should have fallen through the floor based on the look of the boards!! Very dangerous!! Fortunately we have the other one finished and can shower without fears!!!
I love the tile that Dad picked out, it is very nice. Cold on the bare feet but nice to the eye!!
This is 2 pictures of the bathroom shower so that you can see what the whole thing looks like (sort of!) Pretty nice huh!!
And of course you have to see the toilet, doesn't it make you want to come for a visit just so you can sit on it!!!
Finally below is the sink!! I like this sink a lot!! Dad has good taste in my opinion!! I will take the credit for the paint color, I picked it out!!!
So that is the remodeling!! What do you think???
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Congrats to the Bramhalls!!
So if I am right it is 10 years today that you have been married. I just wanted to post a little message to say congratulations to you on it!! 10 years and almost 4 kids, what are you going to do next?!?
Anyways, I hope the day is a fabulous one full of lots of love!!
p.s. I sent a birthday card but it may not get to you on time!!
Love ya lots and congrats again!!
Anyways, I hope the day is a fabulous one full of lots of love!!
p.s. I sent a birthday card but it may not get to you on time!!
Love ya lots and congrats again!!
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