Circus

On Wednesday, my friend Alison had us over for a DELICIOIUS breakfast. THANK YOU!!! We looked out the window and discovered that Chief was in his tighty whities and had somehow put the bike on the tramp and was riding around. It was the funniest thing ever. I really think this boy belongs in the circus!! Thanks for snapping these pictures Alison!

Letchworth State Park-Balloons

Every year we try and get to Letchworth to watch the hot air balloons. Unfortunately, this year there was too much wind and they were unable to launch them. However, they did inflate a few and Chief loved that! This is such a beautiful place to visit!

Chief loves his Scooter!

Chief loves his scooter! I am amazed at how well he can ride this thing. He is super fast!!!

Night Time Fishing

The other night the older boys headed out and did a little fishing. They ended up catching quite a few!

Remembering Maxwell

My mother in law and sweet niece sent me this picture yesterday. It made my day.

Thank you for remembering Maxwell! It means the world!!

I wanted so badly to go and put flowers on his grave, I really miss visiting there.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

29 Weeks Pregnant

Went to the doctor on Friday. I officially have Polyhydramnious (excessive amniotic fluid) I have had it with all of my children except Oliver and Adelaide. :) I fall in the catergory where they don't know why I have it. Every week that I go in I have more and more. I believe this is why my kids have all been good swimmers. I start them early. :) The good news is I still have a whole lot less than I did with all four other pregnancies. I am being monitored so much and other than a lot of fluid everything looks great. At this point I was already going into labor with my other chickens because of the excess fluid. So far haven't went into labor, which is a good thing! This baby needs to cook until my C-section which is only 5 weeks away! Like I mentioned before they are taking the baby at 34 weeks by C-section no matter what because of my history with uterine rupture, high amniotic fluid and pre-term labor. 34 weeks is early so I am just praying that I make it to then. So far so good. I am excited to meet this little boy or girl!





28 Weeks Pregnant

28 weeks pregnant and I am still in awe at this little life growing within me. I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and for the atonement. I know that He has suffered not only for our sins, but for our pain, our sorrow, our losses, our sufferings everything. When life gets hard I know that there is someone always by my side. I am so grateful for the power of prayer and for the Priesthood. I am so grateful for Jeremy. I don't know how he has put up with me to be honest. : ) I was so sick in the beginning of the pregnancy and then had a newborn baby. Now I am just feeling round, uncomfortable and pretty much exhausted 24-7. The house has seemed to fall apart and the laundry is high. I like to have things in order and prefer a tidy house. I realize my limits and try to not take on too much. I function better when I have a house of order. I have tried to let everything go and realize that my house is not going to be tidy and there may not be a hot meal at the table 7 nights a weak. I need to relax, but it makes me ornery. Jeremy has been incredibly patient and for that I am grateful. Despite the messy house, never ending laundry and a tired mom I am so grateful. Being a mom is extremely difficult and demanding. However, if I am going to be busy this is exactly what I want to be busy doing. Motherhood is what I have time for.

Love

I could kiss these little cheeks all day! We are in love with our little Adelaide Pearl and her anchor outfit! :)

27 Weeks Pregnant

I walked out of my OB appointment this week and felt so incredibly blessed! I cannot believe I am pregnant! Such an enormous blessing and miracle. I thank Heavenly Father for this most beautiful gift every day. I had a lady come up to me this week, she told me she didn't think it was fair that I was getting two babies at once. I know many people feel this way. My heart broke. I want everybody to have as big of families as they want. I am so grateful and humbled that my Heavenly Father has allowed me to have so many children. I don't take it for granted. I am so grateful. I can't explain why things happen the way they do. I can't explain why people struggle with infertility. I can't explain why righteous couples desire more children and can only have one. I can't explain why some women have the strongest desire to get married and have a family and don't. I don't have the answers. I know God is in charge. I know that He is completely aware of our pain, sorrow and suffering. I remember after our son Maxwell passed away doctors told me that I could no longer and should not even attempt to get pregnant. My life was on the line if I attempted it. I was so grateful for the blessing of my beautiful children, but at the same time I grieved the idea of not being able to have more children. This was not my plan. God works in mysterious ways and through years and years of fasting and praying my Heavenly Father blessed me to adopt two beautiful children and then become pregnant. It truly is a miracle. I am in awe at the goodness of God. I know through Him anything is possible. However, He allowed me to suffer and experience great sorrow before I was rewarded with more children. Not a day went by since Maxwell's death that I wondered how I would go about getting the rest of our family here. It filled my thoughts daily and brought me to my knees. It has been a really long and extremely difficult journey filled with so many tears. Getting our family here has been so hard, but so worth it. I wouldn't trade the heartache, pain, lessons learned and sorrow that I went through for anything. I have tasted the bitter and now I can say the sweet is oh so good. Life is a gift, it is beautiful. Our bodies are miraculous and can do amazing things. Every thing good in my life is from my Heavenly Father. Without Him I am nothing.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!