more photos

So its giving me trouble downloading more than 2 pictures at a time so there will be a lot of posts...SORRY!

Some new family photos......

So we recently took some new family photos. I have always wanted to get pictures while I was pregnant and I have never really done it. So I decided lets make it happen. Funny thing is we put it off forever because of being busy moving and unpacking, etc so I really wasnt sure it was going to actually happen. Thanks to Jolene and her kick butt camera and photo taking skills it did!

We love our new photos. I dont care if anyone else does. I just think they are so random and real and not posed and fake. I love that about them. She snapped some very candid shots and they are fantastic. We cropped them a bit and played around with the color because you know FALL only comes ONCE a year and the colors it brings with it are AMAZING to say the least!

Also we did this at the end of the day after she got off work so we were fighting daylight disappearing. Turns out taking pictures during sunset makes for some gorgeous photos.

So thanks again Jolene for doing those we couldnt be more grateful and in love with them! Again you ROCK!

XOXOXO

Thankful Tuesday

So I have decided that in the spirit of Giving Thanks that I spoke of earlier I am going to post at least once a week, maybe twice (depending on the pending arrival of this baby girl in my belly) for someone/something I am thankful for. I just think its nice to know how appreciated you are at times and you can say thanks so many times and you just want to let that person know how you feel!

So yes its technically still monday. Im tired however and have a doctors appt tomorrow and we have been busy putting our house back in order. We painted a few rooms and revamped a couple things. I will try to find time to post before and after pictures later. We are really proud of our projects and love how much it improved our home. The babys room is in the process of being done. Cody finished painting it yesterday and the color is a little darker than what we hoped but we still love it. Now we just need to get all the odds and ends put into place. Its so exhausting but SO fun at the same time!

So back to the subject at hand. Im good at talking on and on. We all know this to be true.

I am truly thankful for many people in my life but right now I want to thank my mother in law Jolene. Really I feel like just calling her mom because she plays that important of a role in my life. I always hear stories from people about them hating their in laws and I have to say that one my favorite things about Codys parents has always been that they are just ALWAYS wanting their kids to be genuinely happy and healthy. Other than that they really just sit back and enjoy having all the family they do.....I LOVE LOVE LOVE you Jolene & Floyde.

I have to say I love that you always accept me for who I am, no matter how ditzy I can be, I often speak before I think, Im impatient at times, bossy, etc. But I love that even if I say or do the wrong thing you are not going to disown me at the drop of a hat or even hold a grudge. Half the time I think you may laugh at me more than I see (even if its after I am gone) but I love that you are so accepting of me.

I am thankful that you tell your son he is lucky to have me and our girls and that he loves me. He does love me and he tells me so often and I know its because you and Floyde taught him how to love and also to have patience. Which anyone who lives with me has to have. This you must know by now. ha ha ha.

As a mother life can be a scary place. Some days you feel like you are on top of the world, other days every choice seems to have a devastating impact. You make mothering look so easy some days (as a mom I know its not) but I love that you make it look possible and give me hope that tomorrow always brings another day no matter how stressed out I may get. You have the most patience of anyone I know and for that I AM SO THANKFUL!!!

You are so much fun to hang out with. You are such a good listener and I love that you never gossip back when I am upset with someone you just keep listening and pointing out the good......its amazing that you can do that. Our girls love you SO much and we love that you are an amazing Grandma and such a big part of their lives. Its been amazing this year watching you bond with them.

Okay so this is getting long but I had a lot to say. One other thing. You are SO cute when you are so naive about the bad things in life. I love that you just like to think the good. You are not stupid by any means but just that you look on the sunny side of things.

Well there are so many more things I could say about you but I have to stop typing now. Much to do and I am beat from such a busy day!

Just know how much we LOVE you! You are an amazing woman. You have an amazing strength in you and you have really instilled some of it in me. I will forever be grateful to you for that. You are just like a mom to me. And honestly this would be the case regardless of whats happened in my life the last year. I just think we share so many likes, dislikes and interests that it would be impossible to not get along with you. I rely on your opinions and support in my life and our lives........thanks for always giving so much of yourself.

I love you and I hope that this year has been just as profound for you as it has for me in the relationship that we now share. I cant wait to see how many more memories we all share in the future and I hope that other women out there are just as lucky to have a relationship with their husbands mom like I do. It really is an amazing bond to have.

LOVE YOU MUCH!

So GRATEFUL.....

So during this time of year I always love how people stop to think how thankful they are for things. However I do wish we could all remember to be so grateful and gracious the remaining 335 days of the year.....I know some are but generally speaking we tend to focus on our problems and struggles and have more of a "woe is me attitude" instead of just giving thanks for the life we breathe each day and for such simplicity in life....these are things over the past year I have found myself being extremely grateful for and it has changed me profoundly. It may be hard for some to understand but really life has a whole new meaning and perspective for myself and the way I will choose to raise/teach my children in the future!

I just want to say Thank You to all the special people in my life. You know who you are there is no need to name you all. But there are some of you that in this past year have shaped/influenced my life more than you will ever know. I talk alot so I may say things alot to where people may not know how to take me, but there were days this year I would have boarded the first train to crazy town had I not had the love and strength of others in my life. Its amazing how another life or person can make you so weak yet in other ways make you so strong!

So all of you should GIVE MANY THANKS for the special people in your lives and the blessings that are bestowed upon all of us that we often neglect to recognize. Even our troubles can be blessings in a wierd way. I hope you all hug your loved ones tightly and breathe a little deeper tonight knowing that each breath you take is another minute enjoying life....

The clock is ticking.

So let me just start this post by saying I am utterly blunt about life and sometimes it can border on offensive to those who are not as honest as myself. So I apologize in advance if I can get a bit "graphic" about our lives at times. I just like to tell it how it is. No confusion, just real life.

This pregnancy has been so different from the other two. I wouldnt expect anyone to know this since I havent blogged about my pregnancy besides to announce it and some werent so thrilled we were expecting AGAIN! Yes I am knocked up AGAIN and its nobodies business but ours if you cant just be happy for us. Again, I tell it like it is.

I have been really uncomfortable this time around. However not as much "morning sickness" as they like to call it. The headaches though have been AWFUL! Migraines are the worst form of punishment I can think of. I hate them and get them far too often. All I can say is thank the Lord for some medicine my doc gave me and for a wonderful husband and family to help take care of my children when one has struck! You all are so wonderful for helping!

So where are we at now in this pregnancy, you ask?? Well we are DAMN sure of the day this baby came to be conceived so my due date was moved to Dec 9th. So as of yesterday we have a month left. However about 2 weeks ago I started having contractions. Some quite painful. Then I lost my mucus plug. So now the count is officially on. I am actually not excited for this. We just arent ready yet. I was planning to be ready by Thanksgiving, lets all PRAY she can hold out until then. Well at least let me eat some turkey and stuff myself to the gourd before going into labor. I will NOT be a happy MAMA if I have to go several days without eating like when I had Savannah. Food through a tube (i.e. IV) is NOT SATISFYING at all! Being hungry makes you think BAD, BAD thoughts by the way.

I have never lost my plug with my other two babies but Dr. Gagon says its normal after a couple kids. (By the way I feel like a mother cat or something when I hear that) I just keep being knocked up. Yes, we know there is a solution to this. No need to make suggestions. SO I promise we will keep everyone posted on when this baby comes or I will ask my WONDERFUL, SUPER HELPFUL mother in law or Sister in law Misty(I will just refer to her as sister after this usually, because she is like one) to do so.

On a side note before I end this I think you all should know how much time I have spent pregnant. It will probably disgust you. Or maybe not. Cody and I have been married 6 years (06.22.2002) and here it is November and we are due with Baby #3 in Dec 2008. I have been pregnant approximately 9 mos each pregnancy so 9*3=27 months of pregnancy. So I have been just PREGNANT for over 2 years of our 6 years of marriage. UNBELIEVABLE!!! However we really couldn't be happier! We are done having kiddos. Apparently a boy is NOT at all in our cards but thats okay I happen to think we make pretty cute little girls and they are VERY fun to hang around with!

Oh yeah and dont count on seeing us before this baby comes unless you live in Provo or Salt Lake. I am no longer allowed to travel past that point since this baby could make an appearance any day she chooses. Also my doc is leaving for a week so if this baby does decide to come during that time I will be driving up north to have this baby. There is no way the only other OB available in Price will be delivering our kid. NO WAY! Also I am not stoked about delivering at "Casketview" anyhow but we already did the constant driving up north thing when I was pregnant with Savannah and it was hectic.

So wish me luck on the delivery lets hope its SMOOTH, quick and relatively uneventful. We don't need any trouble. We have two kids 3 and under who can cause enough of that. ha ha ha.

Baby steps.....

I know I am behind on keeping anyone and everyone updated on whats going on in our lives....so I will start small. Baby steps, I suppose. I have a couple minutes while the girls are eating lunch to post because I am so tired today I believe I am going to make a repeat performance of yesterdays afternoon nap. Im growing another person inside of me. I deserve it. At least thats how I am justifying being lazy for such a long stretch of time. ha ha ha.

So at the first of October we moved to Wellington. Or Smellington as I like to call it. Don't ask me why it just seems appropriate to call it that. Wellington is kind of the armpit of Carbon County. I know I am not making our new town seem so appealing am I?? I just mean its like this hodge podge of people and there is literally nothing here. We have several gas stations, 2 hotels (1 nice and 1 not as nice)and a subway(inside one of those gas stations)

So let me give you all the upside of Wellington. Or at least what we are considering the upside, some really are great.

* We have a fantastic new park for our kiddos to play at. However its now a bit too cold to go out often and we dont like that we could walk there however we dont feel that walking alongside the HIGHWAY with our young children is the safest/smartest idea!

*There are 2 churches here. Not that we are really church going people (we should be) but they do beautify our city a bit more and we could use the help.

* Okay and our favorite....its like a city out in the country. It is totally accepted and apparently encouraged for people here to have a wierd animal/pet of some sort. We love that part. I am telling you if we lived in the right climate I would totally have a flamingo as a pet. ha ha. I was telling Cody we should get a Llama (joking, totally) and we get home and he informs me a Llama already lives right behind us. So it is now VERY amusing for Savannah to see if this Llama is awake in the mornings, mealtimes, etc. She is totally in love with it. If only she knew that they like to SPIT. Most likely she would no longer be such a fan.

Okay so this post is getting too long. But really we do love Wellington. Its quiet here and a far cry from living in the BIG city raising kids, which we love. We also love our new place. We are renting from some very close family friends and our rent is SUPER cheap, which makes Wellington even more appealing. We are saving to build/buy a house in a year or so. We have all the space we will possibly need here which we love.

Ella and Vana share a room and their matching antique bed frames I bought all those years ago in hopes of having 2 little girls look ADORABLE in their rooms! Cody and I have our room, The new baby will have her own room which we are in the process of preparing and we are embarrassed to say its not done yet. Well I am embarrassed Cody not so much. The girls have a totally awesome playroom and I even have a craft room. We have a huge fenced yard that the girls have already had tons of fun in and a BIG, HUGE garage. Let me just say it is filled with all sorts of crap already. Cody needed a place to put all his Green Bay collectibles and they are also banned there. I probably shouldn't have mentioned that after saying its filled with "crap." I didn't mean it like that. But its so adorable how he has decorated with it and he stole back his super cool tool storage too. It was one of those tool dresser thingys and back when we didnt have a garage I turned it into scrapbook organization. You can all say it....POOR CODY!

Okay this post is long enough. SO come visit us sometime in Smellington. We love to have guests.