Updates

Not really sure where to start since our life is totally back to normal now and I don't even want to think about the crazy past month anymore...it is just a memory as far as I'm concerned.


This is our "normal" Sarah!

We got our tax return and yeah! we will survive :) which also means we will be getting internet in the apartment as soon as I figure out where the best deal is!

We've had a few sunny days, so we've taken a few walks outside...the kids have loved it and Sarah has just wondered what in the world the thing is she's riding in...I totally forgot that she was so little last time we had the stroller outside and used it!




We've taken our weekly trip to the library for story time and some forced quiet time :) (15 minutes of sanity)

The best day this week was Sunday-Kayelynn turned 3!! She turned into a little girl overnight, so now I only have one toddler. She loved her birthday. The pictures are from the simple party we had Sunday night...I do not have the pictures from her huge Monday night family party available yet...those will be posted next week!
She is such a princess.









We made a trip to Boise, we arrived yesterday, which is where I am blogging from. Just me and the kids...they traveled so well (almost a miracle, we'll see how they do going back home). We will be here until Saturday afternoon. It's sure looking like March will roll in like a lamb :)

Thank You

Well, I managed to find an access point in the apartment (I'm totally stealing someone's internet :):)).
Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have kept us in your prayers and in your hearts over the last few weeks. I have recovered well and am feeling, well just pregnant now - good thing it's not too annoying to be pregnant :)
The kids and Jake are on their second round of strep throat for the month, so recovery in the sleep department is not happening, but that's what happens when you move into a basement, I suppose.
We are still unpacking and getting a routine set, but we love just being a family and learning to be with each other all day in a way that is very foreign to us all. I hope it doesn't take too long to get used to it, but getting into full mommy mode has not been an easy transition especially with the immediate hormone changes that are kicking in - I did not think I could cry this much, I don't remember crying this much being just pregnant - I sure hope I get used to this weirdness soon.
Jake is still doing well in school, but has a boatload of homework every night that is almost impossible to get done each night, but he is managing just fine.
Bryant LOVES preschool - he will totally be ready for kindergarten, he asks to go to preschool every day.
Kayelynn is really developing her vocabulary even more. I asked her the other day if she wanted to have something and her response was unexpected; "actually i rather not..." - what two, almost three year old says that? she is just so stinking funny with her words these days...she's very excited to turn three on sunday!!!
Sarah is a cheese! She really knows how to find the compliments for herself and get people to smile!
I wish I could post some updated pictures now, but I'm lucky I can get this out to you all :)
Hope to get on again soon. We love to read all your comments!

Life...back on the road to normal

While sitting here in the hospital I am finally past the sleepiness and yes, still on drugs, but I am aware enough to let you all know how things have worked out the last week.

As you know from our previous post we moved on the 1st of the month, what a long day that was! With A LOT of help from family and friends we were able to get everything packed and out that day before Jake had to get to work at 6pm. I finished cleaning the other house Saturday and we made it to our new ward on Sunday. We felt so at home in that ward, it was neat.

Monday and Tuesday were crazy, I literally had two days to get everything unpacked and put in it's place and without the help of Melissa and Danielle (my sisters-in-law) and Jodi (my mother-in-law) I would have never gotten as far as I did. I wouldn't say that I am all the way unpacked, but I would say that I have a functional house. I exerted too much energy over the weekend moving and cleaning that I was really not able to do a whole lot Monday and Tuesday without Melissa doing a lot of lifting and with her bad back I know it was a sacrifice for her to help me or without Danielle helping me get things organized.

Late Tuesday night we got a phone call from the hospital letting us know that the surgery had been moved up 3 hours and I needed to be at the hospital at 6am! Whoa, freak out time! I was not prepared for that, but again Melissa and Jodi came to the rescue where Melissa came over at 5:30 that morning and took the kids for the day and Jodi had them last night and all day today. I have never had an epidural during the delivery of my children so to have a spinal block (a 1/2 epidural) was very frightening, I did survive, but I will not have an epidural during delivery, I did not like the side affects or the feeling (or rather lack of).

The surgery lasted about an hour and the large 9cm. mass growing inside my ovary was a bone...with a full grown molar attached to the bottom of it and two other teeth floating around inside. Yes, that's gross and no, I do not know how that was possible (I'm not really sure I want to know either). I slept almost all of yesterday and today have really felt the pain of the incision, which will be painful throughout the rest of the pregnancy simply because I get so extremely large in my pregnancies. I have also felt the first real noticeable movements of the baby today...quite the active mover! I guess it's just as excited for space as I am :) Throughout this whole thing Jake has been extremely supportive and helpful. I am so glad that he was able to miss a day of school to be with me.

So, in a nutshell everything has turned out just fine although I will be on the recovery side for quite a while. I hope to post again before March, but without internet I do not know how quickly that will be. Thank you all for your support and prayers and faith on my behalf. I have truly felt your love and concern. Thank you for everything!