Thankful Day #22

Today I am thankful for the knowledge I have that I will see loved ones again that have passed on. I have been missing my grandpa a lot lately but I know he's on the other side doing work over there!

Thankful Days #20 and 21

20-  I am thankful for naps!

21- Thankful today for Linda (my mother in law) providing us with foods we can eat while we are sick with a 24hr (hopefully) flu!

Thankful Day #19

Today I am thankful that we got to the Stein Ericksen in one piece :-)  

Also thankful for a weekend away (even though the kids are with us) lol

Thankful Day #18

I am thankful for rain today! I especially love the smell of rain!!

Thankful Day #17

I am thankful for sleep! We have all slept very well in this house the last 5 nights and I'm so happy with that. It makes me really appreciate those kind of nights because of the nights that Aidan wakes up screaming.

Thankful Day #16

Today I am thankful for our pediatrician. Dr Bosworth is very attentive, patient, and non-judgmental. Our kids seem to be very alike which is crazy. Aidan isn't speaking well still and will be going into speech therapy and so did our doctors son. Lucas has bad ezcema on his face and so did one of the doctors kids. The pediatrician that we first went to when Aidan was born we never liked. I am very happy with Dr Bosworth :)

Thankful Day #15

I am thankful for days that I can sleep in a little! These don't happen very often anymore, so I should be thankful when they do come around :)

Thankful Day #14

I am thankful for my nephews! Matthew and Kyler are such cute kids and I love being an aunt. I love even more that each of them are 2 months younger than my kids, I think that's just awesome!

Thankful Day #13

I am thankful for sweatshirts! The cold is coming (which I always hate and dread) and sweatshirts just make you nice and cozy. My favorite sweatshirt is still the one I bought at Cabelas the day I foolishly tried to drive home in a huge snow storm and got so wet coming back into the store. I had soaked what I was wearing and had to buy a sweatshirt to get me warm. (A girl I worked with also tried the same thing as me and bought the same sweatshirt too. I ended up staying at Cabelas about 5 or 6 hours after my shift ended, waiting out the storm)

Thankful Day #12

I am thankful for my double stroller! I got it off a yard sale group on Facebook for $20.

It's a baby trend sit'n'stand stroller and now I can go walking (if it's good enough weather) with both my boys in tow comfortably. I am going to miss using it in the winter :(

Thankful Day #11

I am grateful for the house we have. It's not that great and needs a lot of work (result of being a rental for so long) but it's home :)

Thankful Day #10

I am thankful for the church in my life! I am truly happier with it than I was without. I am grateful that we worked to get to the temple to seal our family for eternity. I loved being in the nursery and am excited for my adventure in Activity Days.

Thankful Day #9

I am thankful for my sisters and brothers! Each of them are unique and different in a lot of ways, I wouldn't change a thing about anyone of them! I am glad we get along well (of course there are fights, but who doesn't fight with their siblings?) I love them all!

Thankful Day #8

I, like so many, am thankful today for Veterans and those currently serving in the military. I love living in a country where we enjoy many freedoms!

Thankful Day #7

I am thankful that I get to be a stay at home mom to my kids! It was so hard for me to go back to work after I had aidan, but it was necessary back then. We are at a place right now that I can be home with both my boys now and I love it!

Thankful Day #6

(I stole this picture from my mother in law's page)

I am also thankful for Josh's parents. Not only did they raise an awesome kid that I married, but they have done so much for us with our family! Linda watched Aidan 3 days a week back while I was working and that was such a big help!

Thankful Day #5

I am thankful for my parents! They have stood by me through the good times and the bad. I am especially grateful for them for sticking with me through the bad, never giving up on me, and loving me through it all. I hope I can be as good as a parent as they have been to me.

Thankful Day #4

I am thankful that we were able to go to the temple and be sealed as an eternal family this past July!

Thankful Day #3

I am thankful for my second son (3 and a half months), Lucas! He is such a sweet baby and he brings joy to this family everyday also. Sometimes I wish that we had waited a little while longer to have another baby, but I wouldn't trade when it did happen for anything!

 Thankful Day #2

I am thankful for my 3 year old, Aidan! I love nothing more than being a mother and this guy made me one for the first time. He brings so much joy to us on a daily basis! He is spunky and strong-willed. I will love him forever and always!

Thankful Day #1 

(I'm late in starting this, but thought I'd just go from here.)

I am so thankful for this wonderful man that I married! We have been married for a little over 6 years and they have been some of the happiest years of my life :)

I can't imagine spending my life (or eternity) with anyone else. I have so much respect for him and the way he loves me.

Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point

Monday, October 21, 2013

My parents took my family and my sister Mindee's family to Cornbelly's.

It was a lot of fun! My nephew, Matthew, had so much fun that he didn't want to leave! (he walked by a bag of popcorn, grabbed it, and tried to walk away with it LOL) Aidan had fun but as it started getting late he kept saying "I go home". We went on a couple of "tractor" rides (was pulled behind a tractor in some seats made to look like cows and just a normal one looking at carved pumpkins) Aidan called them "roller coasters"

There was a corn maze we walked through and there were some wheels that you would spin that would tell you something to do in the corn maze. I made Aidan think I was eating a corn cob in there. It was all around a fun night :)

I should do these more often!

I found a page where I can make collages with pictures. I have so much fun trying them out, I need to do more of them! (using pictures that I don't post to Facebook)

2 months old!

Lucas is 2 months and 1 day old! He is such a fun little baby! He is still really strong (while on the floor during tummy time, he starts to lift one leg and looks like he is trying to roll over (already?))

He is starting to become more vocal with his "coos" and he's starting to become more aware of his environment. I love this time in his little life!

Here are a few pics I took recently:

September 1, 2013

Today I turned 31 and Josh blessed Lucas in church. I was so happy to share this event with my birthday and Josh did a wonderful job!

(don't pay attention to me in this picture, focus on cute little Lucas!)

The boys didn't want to pose for pictures.

2 weeks!

I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks since Lucas came into our lives! He is an amazing little guy and we are so blessed to have him in our family!

He had his 2 week check up yesterday and the doctor says he's doing really well! Lucas is such a strong little guy. The doctor put him on his stomach to check how he lifts his head and Lucas was lifting his head AND turning it side to side. The doctor said they aren't supposed to be able to do that for another month or so! The doctor agreed that he is strong! He is in the 50th percentile for height, weight and length. He is currently 8 lbs 13 oz and 20.5 inches long. (He was measured 21 inches at birth, but the pediatrician said that they probably "over stretched" him at the hospital).

Lucas (sorry for the whole, long story)

July 16--

On this beautiful day, our beautiful second son, Lucas, arrived! 

Tuesday started out pretty normal....(at this point of the pregnancy, I had been feeling some Braxton Hicks but not a lot and not often) I went to work for my whole day (8:30 am to 2 pm). Josh was at home with Aidan since our babysitter was out of town. As I was leaving, a co-worker said "I hope I get to see you back here again" to which I said "I hope not". (just because I was SO DONE with this pregnancy) He was like "What?!" (this is a co-worker that everyone teases all the time because we love the reactions he has to everything!) 

Around 4:30, I started to get some contractions. So I hopped on Google Play and found a contraction timing app. They kept coming, even though they were small and didn't hurt! (It was a weird experience because I didn't get small contractions with Aidan, I went right into the painful ones) Josh about now went into the kitchen and starting making dinner, but I didn't tell him I was having contractions until I was sure that they would keep coming.

When I told him, he asked to let him know how far apart they were coming with the timing of them. I did and they were always so weird......some were 2 minutes apart and some were up to 10 minutes apart. They eventually got to around 2 to 3 minutes apart constantly, so we decided to head over to the hospital. Josh called his mom to let him know what we were doing and she offered to come pick up Aidan over there in case I needed to stay. I called my dad at home, let him know we were headed to the hospital, but that him and my mom (when she got home from picking my sister up)  didn't need to come up until I was sure that I was going to be admitted.

We handed over Aidan to his nana and headed up to L&D. They put me in a small room to monitor me for an hour to see if I progressed any. (I had been sitting at 5 cm for about a week at this point) 

The monitoring showed that I was indeed having some strong contractions (still not really hurting at this point) so they sent me upstairs to admit me.

I got checked again and I was at about 6 cm. So they called the anesthesiologist to get me an epidural. (I can not imagine having a baby without one...I know some women can brave it, but I just can't.) It took him quite a while to come into my room, having to give one to another mother. When he finally did, we got that put into me and pretty soon I was at 10 cm. The contractions were very strong then. I was so afraid of hurting Josh's hand, I felt I was squeezing the life out of it. He was so awesome to have by my side. He would watch the monitor when I was having the contractions and letting me know when I was coming down from one, that was such a huge help! Helped to reassure me. 

My doctor showed up and I started pushing. I'm not sure how long I pushed. The only thing I really remember is someone (turned out to be Josh) saying, "if you want to scream to help you push, just do it." So i did and it felt wonderful :)

Then Lucas arrived at 10:55 pm! They let me hold him skin to skin for a little bit before taking his stats and cleaning him up. He weighed 8 lbs 10 ounces and was 21 inches long! He's now almost 3 days old and such a joy already. Just waiting for him to get over the "gotta sleep all day long except to eat" phase!

Here's a few more pictures:

at hospital

ready to head home

big brother, little brother, and mom "napping"

June 29th and July 6th.........special days :)

June 29th--

I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and received my endowments!

July 6th--

A week later......Josh, Aidan, and I went back to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and were sealed together as an eternal family! We have worked so hard for this day since we came back to church in Dec 2011 and it was an amazing one! Here are some pictures:

12 more weeks........

......until our second son arrives! I wish it was closer just to meet him and get the labor over with, but he needs to stay in for 3 more months!
It's going to be a LONG summer!

On March 19th,2013...........

.........we found out we are having another baby boy on July 27th!
Most people already know this because I announced it on Facebook and a lot of people don't read this blog....but I like to think of this blog as my family journal so I wanted to put it up.
This is my favorite picture from the ultrasound:

So far this year .......2013

So far...

We have found out (this was actually in November when we discovered) but that I will be having our second child in August.

Our ward started at 9 am this year. Do you know how long it's been since I've gone to 9 am church? ( I have been inactive since 2007 and just started going back in December 2011)

Josh and I are going to take Temple Prep classes with our ward to prepare to go to the temple and be sealed as a family. (I went this last Sunday, Josh was sick with the flu)

Talking about the flu..........I got it on Thursday and it stayed around until about Saturday morning. Josh then got it Saturday and ended about Sunday night. Meanwhile, I have been having morning sickness 24/7 for the last month or more. It is not fun.

Aidan knocked his cousin, Matthew,  in the eye with a shoehorn at Grandpa Rigby's house (while Grandpa watched!). Matthew had to get stitches, poor little guy.

We lost my Grandpa Rigby about 15 days before Christmas last year (2012) and it's been so emotional for me, even still  to this day. I always knew I'd be sad of course when I lost a grandparent, but the pregnancy has magnified my feelings 100% more.

Well, that's it for now.