a few more

By request!

Okay so it has been ages… A very long time! I think we have adjusted to a third child. It helps that Evelyn is the best baby ever. She honestly rarely cries, she is so smiley, she sleeps awesome, she eats awesome. I feel so blessed to have this sweet little spirit. Did I mention she is so stinkin cute? The other kids love her too. I have been pleasantly surprised that Jack has taken so well to her. A little too much at times, I caught him trying to pick Evelyn up today. YIKES. Her Grandpa is completely enamored. I basically just hand her over when I get to my parents. He is so funny with here.

We just go back from a trip out to Utah for Shari’s wedding. It was so beautiful. Shari and Bryce match quite nicely. They decided to do a ring ceremony since there were quite a few unable to attend the temple. I was too sure about it at first but it was so sweet. Bryce did such a nice job and made all the women cry. He read some excerpts out of his journal from when he was dating Shari. It was tender. Shari’s dress was amazing, she was gorgeous! I don’t really have a picture that does it justice. But I will post one anyway. We had so much fun visiting family. I love watching all the cousins play. We had our downs; it is never easy to travel with three kids. Jack had a really hard time sleeping. He basically did sleep the whole time where in Utah. He dislocated his elbow again. I don’t even know how this time. It’s called nursemaids elbow. Chris left the reception early and took him to Dr. Ryan (Chris’ Brother.) I got Pink Eye the next day; thankfully it was mostly cleared up the next day because I was able to get a script a couple hours after my symptoms appeared (thanks Dr. Ryan.) I got locked out of my brother’s house. We all got sick while we were out there and are still trying to get better. I swear we did have a good time though. We are glad to be home. Oh and third times a charm, it took us three rental cars to finally get one that worked right. Next time I will say no thanks to Alamo.

I finally got Evelyn’s birth announcements together. You know 3 months later. I am adding an updated photo to it hehe, good idea Susan. ;)

Life is pretty good right now. I just really love my family! I wish they could all live in MI. I guess I will have to wait for the eternities.

Here are a few pictures from the last few months.

Miss Evelyn

Well baby girl X, now know as Evelyn has made her arrival via C-Section on April 15th, 2009. Everything went great, it was a lot better than I thought it would be.

The scary…… The initial walk into the OR room by myself (Chris wasn’t allowed to come till after the spinal block.) It was freezing cold, completely lacking in any sort of thing to make one feel comfortable. The nurses were counting cotton swabs, and other tools. It took forever for the anesthesiologist to get there so I just had to sit on the bed and wait with my nerves. The CRNA was great. She was so nice asking me questions and telling me stories to keep me calm. I’m sure my nerves were evident by my monitored vitals. After the spinal block everything went very quickly. A very weird sensations to hear them announce the first incision, but not be able to feel anything.

The annoying…… The pain meds made me nauseous and itchy so they gave me something to stop that, but that wiped me out. I was pretty out of it for the rest of the day. I hate that feeling! I just couldn’t concentrate at all. The most annoying was these leg compression things. They were these leg wraps that would fill up with air and compress your legs from the knee down that went off every minute. I had to wear them for 24 hours! By the next day I wanted to rip them off.

The pain wasn’t too bad. I was expecting a lot worse. I really didn’t need much more than Motrin. I was very happy to be able to leave two days later. I am not a fan of post partum, my nurses were super nice but they harass the crap out of you. It seems like a million people are always coming in for something. Plus I always feel like a prisoner. I know I could go walk the floor but that is just awkward, so I never leave the room.

Home, the kids have been good. They have been very excited about Evelyn but crazy rambunctious! Jack has been whinier. Chris has been a super dad and husband. My water bottle is always full, the kids dressed and fed. He really has been great. I don’t know how I am going to do it once he is back at work!

Haha well this was intended to be short. J We are doing well. Not quite sure how much computer time I will have in the future.

Shari, Jessica, and Evelyn

Jack and Grammy
Jessica finding her Easter basket

looks like a yawn but really mid cry

Jack finding Easter eggs

Jack copies his dad. He loves cereal. He even has the hold the spoon with the thumb technique down!

Full of hope

I'm gonna get spiritual on ya.....

I really love conference weekend. Sometimes at the beginning it feels like a sacrifice to give up your Saturday but it is so worth it. I get way more than I give up. I do have to admit that my lap top follows me around the house so I did do some multi tasking (cleaning closets and doing ironing.)

I am thankful for the uplifting talks that put me back on track. The messages remind me to take the emphasis off me…. what I need and what would make my life better…… to look about, and see what I can do for others. President Monson’s talk at the end of Sunday morning’s session really made me realize I don’t have it bad and that I am extremely blessed. That heavenly father has a plan for each of us. He knows what he is doing and I don’t. Good weekend, even if my kids were little terrors.

Little Girl.

I am going to have a long chat with this little girl when she comes out. She has been quite difficult. I was sick for about five months, and now she is stressing me out like no other. She is breech and being stubborn. They have scheduled a c-section for the 15th with some Dr. I have never met. I changed practices at 20 weeks with the decision to have a midwife deliver this baby since my other two were for all intents and purposes easy deliveries. Jokes on me, so now I am at a practice where I have never really met the Dr.’s (7 of them.) I have never gone to my due date. Both Jack and Jessica were born at about 38 weeks. I really hope this one comes early because I really don’t want to wait till four days before I am due! Couldn’t they have some heart since this is not at all how I have planned it? They won’t do the c-section before 39 weeks and they are booked the 13th and 14th. On top of all that I won’t be out of the hospital in time to go to Shari’s bridal shower. We are really excited for her to get here just wish the process wasn’t so difficult!

In other news, I finally finished the baby quilt. I hit a wall after the quilting so I asked my mom to do the binding. I am happy with how it turned out. Both Jack and Jessica have one but in different colors.

Here are some fun pictures from the last week. Jessica had Jammie day at school. The other ones Jack was playing with the car seat that is out, cleaned, and ready for baby girl Evans. I though I would take a couple pics of the kids.

I know, a new post. :)

8 Things
Here are the rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six "8" items

8 Favorite Shows:
1. Lost
2. Mad Men
3. 30 Rock
4. Law and Order SVU
5. Scrubs
6. Design to Sell
7. Law and Order Criminal Intent
8. CSI Vegas

8 Things I did yesterday:
1. Took Jessica to preschool
2. Went for a walk with Chris and Jack
3. Went to pharmacy
4. Picked Jessica up from preschool
5. Picked up some things from the Library
6. Went to the bank
7. Made dinner
8. Went for another walk with Jack, Jessica, and Chris

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Warmer weather
2. For baby girl to get here soon!
3. Not being pregnant anymore
4. My sisters to visit.
5. being able to run again.
6. Chris not traveling as much.
7. for baby girl to get here soon! :)
8. Spring flowers

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. PF Changs
2. Jimmy Johns
3. The Pantry
4. Charlie’s Crab
5. Krause and Meir (sp??)
6. The Melting Pot
7. Pizza Papolis
8. Rodizio/Tucanos/ even though they aren’t in Michigan

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. Baby girl to turn herself to a non breech position
2. Economy to recover so I can sell my house for a bigger one.
3. That Chris didn’t travel a lot.
4. Finished Basement
5. The above ground pool to magically go away like it was never there.
6. Free gutters and siding
7. The ability to teleport myself.
8. A money tree

8 People I Tag:
1. Chris
2. Lisa
3. Jenny
4. Jennifer
5. Michelle
6. Charity
7. Jesse
8. Umeka

Well I have a few minutes to myself so I thought I would make a long over due update. Basically we are just living life. I can’t believe that in 12 or 13 weeks we will have another little one. I always get the itch to organize about this time. I have begun a mental list of closets that need makeovers, and a basement that needs a visit from Purple Heart. I’m trying to figure out how to make room for the new little one, since selling our home in this economic climate is out of the question.

*Have you ever tried to take a nice picture of your kids and got this? Hehe.*

The kids are great. They had a great Christmas, spoiled by grandparents, aunts and uncles with gifts, love, and attention. We really appreciate what everyone did for them. Jessica’s favorites being her camera/art table that hooks into the TV, and her handwriting practice books. Jackson loves all his toys, and loves to spread them around the house (Jessica is pretty guilty too.) I feel like I pick them up all day. His favorites are his big block dump truck, batman blow up punching thing, and his Einstein books. Mom and dad’s (me and Chris) favorite gift was the one they got for themselves. The new wall mounted flat screen with entertainment center bookcases. Chris also convinced me that a Play Station 3 was a better way to go than a blue ray DVD player. I am very happy to have to old space hogging entertainment center gone.

Chris was so so happy to go to New Orleans to see the Sugar Bowl. Even happier to see Utah victorious, and become the only team to be undefeated for the 2009 football season. I am very glad it was worth it, and once again can I point out that I am an awesome wife!

I am so happy to feel good again. I didn’t get sick with Jack and Jessica, but this little girl created a rough five months. I feel like I got cheated out of my second trimester. The one you are suppose to feel good because you aren’t sick anymore. I’m trying to convince Chris that we should go to Florida (sans kids) for a long weekend before we have the baby or at least a spa weekend. Chris if you are reading this nudge, nudge, KICK.

Jessica started ballet through parks and rec. I can’t see spending lots of money on classes, and recitals until she decides it is something she wants to do. She does love it. She thinks her ballet slippers are the greatest thing on earth right now. She will school you in memory. Jessica continues to love preschool, and loves to tell me who got in trouble at school. Turns out some kid named DJ acts up quite a bit.

Jackson is going through the cutest stage ever. He is so cute when he decides to turn on the charm. I took the pacifier away last week. Jack only used the pacifier for nap time and bed time. He would wake up in the middle of the night 4-5 times wanting us to get his pacifier. It was really annoying plus I wanted to kick the habit before the new baby comes. Chris was in Chicago last week, and I really wanted to surprise him when he got home. I ended up having to tell him because I needed support 45 minutes into crying the first night. We used the Ferber method, and it completely worked for us. You go in at different intervals of time to give verbal encouragement. The first night Jack cried for an hour. Mid cry he fell asleep. He woke up once that night for about 20 minutes of crying and fell back asleep. Since then it has been no cry bed times, very restful nights. The poor kid also has had a nasty cough since October. They recently decided that he has asthma so he is now on a couple different breathing treatments and a granular medicine I can mix into his food. I hope this will help out.

Wow I think that is it for our family….. And….. I wonder if anyone has gotten this far into my book! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We certainly did. We look forward to a New Year, and great adventure. I hope I can live up to the task I have at hand.