Merry Christmas

time to update

okay sorry I am such a slacker on keeping up on my Blog posts. Here is whats been going on in our Family the last few months.

In October we went to Pumpkin land in vineyard. They have a corn maze, blow up toys, playground animals and other fun things. it is pretty cheap and more for the younger crowd. We also bought our pumpkins there. It was a lot of fun.

We carved our pumpkins Halloween morning we were a little behind this year.

from left to right: Dean's, Em's, Rob's

Every year we go all out on costumes mainly because Rob's work has a big contest. Well this yearwe didn't have time to make costumes, but my Mom lent us some she made last year for her and my Dad. we still ranked the same as other years. Thanks Mom!
(We got honourable mention which is $100 prize)

Brig got Blessed on November 1st. We had alot of family come. It was a nice event.


This is just a cute picture of Brig. I love his left ear the sticks out, I just hope it starts to lay flat before he gets to old. It started out completely folded over.


This is just another cute picture of Brig.


These are my three handsome guys, chillin on the couch.

He's here!

Brigham Marcus Lawrence was born Friday September 4, 2009 at 9:49 pm, he weighed 7 lbs 7oz, and was 20 inches long. Labor was about five hours and I pushed for about 7 mins


I'll post more pics later.

My babies

My little boy Dean will be three on Monday. I can't believe he is already going to be three. Maybe it is because the new baby coming, but I have found myself thinking alot about when Dean was born. I called him my miracle baby. It seemed like every step of the way was a trial. First I couldn't get pregnant, but then with some drugs that happened, then i was really sick the entire pregnancy, then he came five weeks early and was in the NICU for two and a hafe weeks. I'm so thankful that that was the end of the trials. He is so healthy now and growing up so fast. I love him so much and want to wish him a happy third birthday.

The reason I'm taking time today to wish him happy birthday is because I'll be having my baby in the next day or two. I went to the doctor's today and they wanted me to go to the hospital to have my baby because i have mild preclampsia. I asked to wait 24 hours, because I didn't want to miss my grandmothers funeral tomarrow morning. He agreed as long as I stay in bed other than the funeral. So I will be going into the hospital sometime tomarrow after the funeral. I'm very excited, nervous and scared. All the normal feelings of having a baby. I'll post pictures as soon as possible.

It's a...

Okay I will stop holding out. I had an ultrasound about a month ago and the little toad had his foot in the way. We checked again last Wednesday and we are having another boy. Yeah! okay so i cried a little the first day, but I am excited now. we have not decide on a name yet at least not the first name. Dean has made a few suggestions like fruit snack, cookie, but not Lawrence. Apparently he the last name is not to be shared.

We're back from California

Well we survived our long drive to and from San Francisco. Even though on our way home we were stuck in Wells, Nevada for awhile because some psycho threatened the police that he had a bomb in his car and they shut down interstate 80 for four hours. I was just happy that Dean did so well in the car for so long.
We went out there to visit with Rob's family(he is from the bay area, Martinez). We went with a plan this time I didn't want to sit around the entire time. We stayed in a hotel because it was closer to some of the things we wanted to do and Rob and Dean wouldn't do well with My mother in laws cats in the house. I liked it because I didn't feel like I was intruding on anyone's space.
Well the first full day that we were there we went to the Monteray Bay Aquarium. There were alot of things to do and see there It was very kid friendly too. Dean really liked it even though he would run from one thing to the next.


The next day we went to this fun little place called Coyote point. it was sort of a museum/zoo for kids. They have the oldest otter in the nation. He is 21 years old most of them only live to be 10 to 15 years old. Dean had fun with some of the hands on things in the museum.


The next day was Sunday and we went to church with Rob's mom then spent the day at her house. On Monday we went to Muir woods and looked at the redwoods. They are very pretty. Dean had a blast running down the path and getting attention from all the other guest. I saw my fist banana slug. I guess it was strange that I had never seen one before.




On our last day there we went to the beach. you can't visit California with out going to the beach. I was excited because it was the first time it was actually warm at the beach when I have gone out there. Dean didn't like walking in the sand with out his sandals on and didn't like the sand in his sandals. He sat on the edge of the blanket and played in the sand that way. He loved watching the waves too.

A day on the wild side!

We went to the zoo on Wednesday. We've gone every year sense Dean was born and it gets better every year. I love to see him get excited to see animals that he recognizes. The best reaction this year is when we came around a corner and he saw the giraffe's. He started to yell "giraffe giraffe" and started to take off running. He also liked the zebras and monkey's. Of course we can't for get to ride the train. we saw the elephant show and learned that one of the elephants is almost done with her 22 month pregnancy (I'm so glad I'm not an elephant) I think Dean had fun even though he was suffering through allergies. He and cousin Ty were wiped out on the way home.

Easter

Thursday before Easter we got together with my sister's family and decorated Easter eggs.
It was so much fun. The two boys had colored hands for a day or two, but it was well worth it.

On Easter Saturday we went to my parents house and had lunch and an egg hunt. We then took the two boys down to the IFA store and saw the baby chicks and ducks. They really liked that.

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I've been feeling about 90% better as of late. That is with no medication also. I still have a few bad days or moments of the day but I already feel better than I did the whole pregnancy with Dean. yeah! anyway I'm just really bored today now that the weather decided to be cold again. It's been nice to go outside and get some fresh air. We have made several trips to the park and Rob's been taking Dean on bike rides again (Dean's favorite thing to do).
I actually felt well enough on Friday that I cleaned my bathroom and our fish bowl. this a big accomplishment for me. As you can tell not a whole lot is going on in my life right now. Just taking it Day by Day.

Surprise!

I know it's been a while sense I last wrote and I just wanted to let everyone know that I am not dead though some days I feel like I'm close. After my miscarriage last September we decided to wait until this spring to try again. Considering that I have not been able to get pregnant without the help of fertility drugs we just didn't taking the drugs. Well about a week into January I started feeling sick then about three days into it it started feel all to familiar and so I took the test and It said I was pregnant. I had mix emotions at first but now I am excited.

Those of you who knew me during my last pregnancy knows that i was sick the full time. I was so bad the first trimester that I was getting IV treatments for dehydration. until we tried what I call the miracle pill, zofran. It didn't make the sickness go completely away, but made it barable. Well this time around I knew what has worked out before so I got on Zofran right away, plus the have the gineric, which was not around three years ago. I have still been pretty sick this time around but not as much as last time and I'm not sure if that is just because I'm not or because I got on the medicine that worked for me before it got to bad or/and if it is because I know sort of what to expect.

I'm feeling pretty optimistic this week, I feel like I'm getting better. hopfully it stays that way. I'm about 11 1/2 weeks along now. I'm due September 15. There is something about september birthdays in my family I just hope that this little one has her(we can only hope) own birthday. The Doctor even mentioned that we could even try for 9/9/09 if we wanted to. Anyway I just thought I would update everyone on what's been going on. Now that i am feeling a little bit better maybe I will keep this blog updated more often.

Another year has come and gone!

Thank goodness 2008 is over. Over all I had a ruff year. with family and friends passing away and me having a miscarriage in September it has been a struggle spiritually for me this year. But I want to talk about the things that I am thankful for.
I am thankful that my husband has a job that has not been effected by the economy.
I am thankful that I can stay home with my son.
I am thankful that we started an annual family vacation with Rob's family, so I can actually get to know some of them.
I am thankful for people in my ward who never give up trying to be my friend (because I am not a very out going person)
I am thankful that I accomplished most of my New years resolutions from last year.
I am thankful to have a better relationship with my mother-in-law than I did a year ago. (We have never had a bad relationship, just not much of one.)
Most important I am thankful to have a husband who loves me no matter what I do, who puts up with me, who knows how I tick better than I do sometimes.

We talked about what we are thankful for or what brings joy into our lives, in relief society today. It was really good and made me realize that I need to focus on what brings me joy and not the bad things that happen. after all, "all these things shall give thee experience, and be for thy good." (D&C 122:7)

I am looking forward to 2009. It seems to be off to a good start. I am a big believer in new years resolutions. I've heard the statistics that only about 50% of people who make them actually accomplish them. I say that is because they are trying for something to big without making baby step to get there. If you just say that you want to lose 50lbs this year, you will most likely fail, but if you set smaller goals like losing 5 lbs this month, or even smaller than that, say I am going to eat the recommended calories every day this week. Make those goals as small as you need them, so they work for you. This goes for any goal you set, whether it is a spiritual, financial, educational, etc. taking on to much can be overwhelming! What are some of the goals you have this year? or that you accomplished last year?