Finally baby came

So we had another weekend like last weekend only this time we saw results. I was having contractions starting Friday night. I decided to just try to get some sleep after about an hour and a half of contractions. So I went to bed waking up Saturday morning to stronger contractions than before. I called my mom about 9:30 crying because I didn't know if I should go in again only to be sent home, but the contractions were hurting this time. She said I will be at your house in an hour. My in-laws were already planning to come get the boys and the girls were going to spend the day with my mom.

We finally got to the hospital around 11am. They hooked me up to the monitors, checked me, and then called my doctor. After calling my doctor the nurse came in and said "Who would want to wait until March 3rd to have a baby when they could have it on February 19th." When she said that at first I got excited. And then I got nervous and started to cry. I couldn't remember how much it hurt (the actual surgery) so I was anticipating the worst and I wasn't ready mentally to go through that. The nurse looked over at me and asked if I was crying and why. I didn't know what to say except that I'm just not as ready as I'd like to be. Ready or not....

She got me prepared for surgery in like 20-30 minutes and off we went. Jeremy was still changing his clothes when I went down and the nurse said she would bring him when she came. They did the spinal and got me all situated on the surgery bed. I kept asking when Jeremy was coming. The nurse came in and was getting things ready and still no Jeremy. I was worried he wasn’t going to be there. Finally they assured me he would come when I was all ready to start the procedure. And sure enough he was. He was right by my side holding my hand the whole time, well until baby came.

The first time I saw baby Bradley. I got to kiss him and say hi to him and then they took him.

The proud daddy.

Grandma Sue got to feed Bradley when they took him up to the room, while I was in recovery.

Our first visitors...Sheree, Rob & Zakary Bindrup. (My sister and her family)

Bradley got all cleaned up in the hospital the night he was born.

So peaceful after his bath.

During the night I couldn't sleep so I was just taking pictures of my cute little boy.

Daisha finally got to hold Bradley but we made her wear a mask because she has a bad cough.

Jillian's not so sure what to think of the whole thing.

Pictures of Bradley Don

Daisha loves babies...especially when they are her's to hold all the time. She is a great little helper.

Jillian is a helper too. She sees a bottle and wants to feed the baby. She isn't quite sure what to think of the baby though.

Coincidence? He's holding his own bottle already. He's only 2 days old. :)

Getting dressed to go home. YEAH! Isn't he so cute. I love his hair!

This is Debra my nurse that I had the whole time I was there. She loves Bradley. She wanted to take him home herself. She was a great nurse and even turned into a friendship.

Bradley Don Kiester going home from the hospital.

Tucker loves his new little brother. He is a great big brother!

Bryton loves his "baby Bradley". He is very protective of him. They are going to grow up to be great friends!

Update

Sorry, I guess I should have posted sooner... So the update is....no baby yet.

Ok, so Sunday I was having steady contractions and Jeremy kept telling me that I needed to call the doctor's office to see if I should go into the hospital or not. I didn't think I needed to, so I ignored him. Then my mother in law came over and she was worried about me and before she left she made me promise I would at least call the doctor's office Monday morning. I said I would. Well then all of a sudden I thought I should call my mom and make sure she goes to bed kind of early incase this baby is coming in the middle of the night. She then went on to tell me I should call the doctor's office. She was concerned because it was a little early for me to be in labor.

Finally I called the doctor's office...guess I just had to hear it from my mom to get it through my head. Calling the doctor's office got me to I'm not sure who...but he gave me a direct number for the doctor that was on call that evening. I called him and he asked me if I was planning on going straight to c-section that I shouldn't be laboring much and I should go into the hopsital and have them check me and then go from there. So I called my mom back and that's what we did. My dad stayed home with the kids who were all already sleeping while my mom drove Jeremy and I to the hospital.

At the hospital they hooked me up to the machines, monitered the baby, made me drink lots of water to make sure my contractions were not being caused by dehydration, and checked to see if I was dialated. I was dialated to a 2 1/2 at that point. After all the tests and the contractions were because I was in labor they decided to give me some shots to slow down my contractions. Boy did those shots hurt. I don't know what's wrong with me but the shots hurt worse than the contractions. LOL They gave me the shot every 20 minutes, 3 times total. The first and second shots didn't help AT ALL, in fact I think they made the contractions more intense. But then the third time it felt like they slowed down. Then they checked me again and I was "about the same" still dialated to a 2 1/2 so they decided to give me a pill to make me relax. I don't remember what they called it, but it must have helped because they sent me home and I slept like a baby. When they sent me home they told me no lifting, no exercise, and just take it easy. HAAA...with 4 kids not possible, but I feel like I have been doing a pretty good job so far with that, considering what I do on a daily basis. And Jeremy has really had to step up and he's done a great job.

The reason they didn't want to go ahead with the procedure is because I was only 36 weeks and 2 days and they want the baby to have a little more time to make sure he is fully developed. Which I guess is ok. It's better for the baby that way so I guess that's what's best. Even if I am ready to be finished with this pregnancy. The joys of motherhood. :)

So I called the doctor's office Monday morning and they told me to keep my already scheduled appointment for Monday the 21st and we'll go from there. So that is where we are at right now. Since going to the hospital on Sunday I have had a few contractions but nothing regular or of much strength. So looks like baby is following doctor's orders. I'll keep everyone posted as best I can on everything.

Contractions are a sign....

Well I have been having contractions started steadily yesterday. They were about 12 minutes apart and steady for about 3-4 hours. Then just randomly throughout the day but still all day and night.

Today I have had consistant contractions every 5 minutes and they were a little harder than yesterday. They were consistant for about 4 hours again and then I decided to try to go to sleep. I slept for about an hour and woke up to contractions. I have been walking around the house this afternoon to find out if they are real labor contractions. I believe they are. They didn't go away when I was walking. The contractions have been slowly getting longer and harder.

I am thinking baby may come some time this week. I'm excited about that because I am very uncomfortable, but we had things planned this week that we need to do that are important for us buying a house and Jeremy has a few tests this week. So...a little mixed feelings here. Either way, I'm sure we will get it all done. I'm not going to stress about things until I hear the baby crying :)

Please vote for the name you like. Jeremy posted a thing you can vote...we are having a hard time deciding. Please help us. Don't cheat though, only vote once! Thanks!!!

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Doctor, House and such

So yesterday we went to our appointment to talk about being qualified to buy a house. Everything looks good, now we just have to do all the paperwork. There is a class or two we have to take also, we will start on that and get the ball rolling. Jeremy and I are both excited. We'll keep you posted the more we find out.

Also yesterday I had a doctors appointment. I didn't know why I was going, besides the fact that it had been 3 weeks since my last appointment. Well I think my doctor likes to play with the ultrasound machine. He gave me an ultrasound just to check and make sure everything looked good. Passed once again. Baby looks great and he said there's lots of clear fluid. The only problem was, doctor wanted to get a good picture of the baby's face so he pretty much picked up the baby and turned him over. Oh my goodness, it hurt so bad. I was thinking it's less than a month away, we can just wait to see what he looks like. It was very painful. But we did get a good picture he looks like he has a fat nose, not long but fat. and he looks chubby. We'll see how he looks when he comes out. :) 23 more days! :) I am getting excited!

And on top of all that for Family Night we went with some friends from church to the YMCA. The kids got to go swimming. They loved it. Jeremy's not a big swimmer so he didn't get in and I didn't get in because I don't have a swimming suit that would fit me right now. I didn't know they let you wear just shorts and a t-shirt. Maybe next time I will go, if it's soon. ;) But the kids loved it. I did take a few pictures.







After the YMCA I was exhausted and I guess the kids were too...they all went straight to bed when we got home (8:15pm), and didn't fight sleep at all. I told Jeremy we should take them swimming more often.

Everyone's HELP

Ok if you are reading this you HAVE to post a comment. In the comment you HAVE to give a boy name suggestion. Make it something unique. I need help. I like the name Konar, Jeremy doesn't like it. He like the name Dax, and I don't like that one. So I am asking for help. Give some suggestions and maybe we will end up with something you suggest. :) Thanks for your help!

So yesterday my sister in law, Anne threw me a baby shower. It was so wonderful. She made it an open house thing. And instead of playing games and entertaining everyone she made it relaxed and easy going. Everyone could visit, decorate a white onzie and have something to eat. It was fantastic. Thanks to all who helped and came! We got lots of diapers which was very much needed. Thanks everyone!!!

I have been reading in my pregnancy book the last couple of days. Knowing my time to have this baby is getting closer I am starting to get that excited feeling. I feel like I have about 80% of the things done that I need to get done before baby comes. So just a few more things and we'll be set. Most importantly, I need to get a bag packed to take to the hospital. oops...forgot about that. LOL

Ok, I will let you all get back to what you were doing...don't forget to leave a name suggestion or two. Thanks!

Not sure

I am not really sure what to write about. It's been a week or two since I have posted anything but not much has really happened. So...I will just talk about me. :)

I am 36 weeks pregnant and feelin' every bit of it. I am thinking I might not last until the scheduled date of March 3rd. I have a doctors appointment on Monday so we will see what he says. Maybe it's just me wishful thinking. But I have the house cleaned and some what prepared for the little guy. I got one of those closet hanging things that has little cubbie spaces for his clothes. I put that in Jillian's room and I have the basinet for him to sleep in. And that's all the further I've gotten.

Oh...I just thought of something...Jeremy set an appointment for us to meet with the lady on Monday to see if we can be qualified to buy a house. There is a grant we are working on getting and in order to get that we have to buy in Canyon County, so if it all works out we will still be in the area but be in our OWN place. I'm excited but I'm trying to hold my excitement back just incase we don't get approved for some reason.

It looks like Monday is going to be a busy day for me so I will probably post again on Tuesday or maybe if you're lucky Monday evening and update everyone on everything. So until then....ENJOY LIFE!!

In the middle

So tonight was so wonderful! My dad buys season tickets every year to watch the College of Idaho AKA Albertson's College basketball team. Well my mom is not a huge sports person so she goes with him once in a while but they had two games in a row this weekend. So my mom went Friday night and Jeremy and I got to go tonight with him. My mom, at the last minute, said she would babysit for us so that both Jeremy and I could go with my dad. I was so happy she said she would!

At the game I was sitting in the middle of the two most important men in my life, my husband and my dad. I felt like I was the most special person in the room just knowing that they were both there with me. I loved every moment of it.

The games were great! The girls team started the night out right by winning. Then the boys played. The boys were playing the number one team in the conference. It was an intense game, and our team pulled out the win. During the games my dad and Jeremy would talk about what they would do different if they were coaching and how they would have handled situations when they were in high school while on the court. It was nice to see them interacting with each other and I got to be in the middle and witness it all.

I just had a great time tonight. No kids, which I love my kids but I got a much needed break tonight. Thanks mom and Thanks dad for taking us with you!

GREAT NEWS!!

So the great news is Jeremy changed his schedule around a little for this semester. He took some needed online classes and drop his yucky night classes. So Tuesday and Thursdays are pretty much all day until 6pm, but that's it. And then some online work, but he can do that whenever he can or needs to.

I am excited! That makes it easier on me. And less money out for parking every day at the campus and less driving back and worth.

I am so happy about this change Jeremy decided to do. And hopefully it will get him through his schooling faster too. We'll see.

Doctor appointment

Well this morning I was hoping to wake up and be heading out of town. Jeremy and I were going to go to Eastern Idaho to get a break and pick up some mailers for our business. But we were both up all night with the kids. SICK KIDS....A mother's worst nightmare.

I did have to get up anyway and go to my doctors appoointment. It was just a check up to make sure baby is doing well. Everything looks great. Baby is growing as he should be (I guess). I am measuring 32 weeks...which is how far along I am. I weigh way too much...but I am blaming it on the baby. Hopefully all the weight will come off easily after the baby comes. Doctor asked me if there was anything he could do to make my life better...I told him make March come faster. He just laughed at me. RUDE!

Yes, I am very uncomfortable all the time. But 7 more weeks...I can do it!!!

School starts tomorrow for Jeremy, and the kids are back to school tomorrow also. Back to reality I guess. Bummer! Well, since everyone will be gone tomorrow for school I better go enjoy them while they are home. I love my family!!

More posts

So I have decided that I am just going to write on some days. I feel like I don't post on here much because I don't have a picture to go with it. Well, I am just going to write about what's going on and not always have a picture...sorry. But there still will be pictures just not with every post.

So since the last time I wrote on here...I have finished working at Hickory Farms. I am happy about that. Although I love working there it got a little difficult for me towards the end. I was starting to get emotional and just worn out. Although the extra money has been great. I know it's not very professional to talk about money but...I am just so excited that I have to share. We are going to be able to pay off almost all of our debt. All we will have left is Jeremy's student loans and our car. I can't believe I have finally done it. That's been a goal of mine forever. I hate debt. But we did it!

Jeremy's business of selling books has been doing fantastic. He has come across some really rare things that we have been able to sell for high amounts and make a big profit. We are both also pushing really hard to make enough money to qualify to buy a house. We can't wait to have a place of our own again and make it our home. We are hoping to find something in the area (Caldwell, Nampa, Meridian, Boise). Both of our families are close and that's what it's all about, family. We want to be close enough to everyone that we have enough "space" but can still go visit for an evening or afternoon.

College for Jeremy starts back up on Tuesday. I am not very excited about that. He has a rough schedule this semester. He has to drive to Boise Mon-Thurs in the morning and then again Monday and Wednesday evenings back to Boise. Going to be an expensive semester. And to top it all off during this semester is when we will have the baby. The c-section is scheduled for March 3rd.

March 3rd...holy cow! That is not very far from now. I have been worrying about it a lot this past couple of weeks. I don't have anything ready. Jillian is still using the crib, where are we going to put the baby? I don't have any boy clothes back from my sister. I am just not ready. I am not sure how I am going to do this. 5 kids...what were we thinking? Sorry, I am just a wreck. So today I kind of started well sort of not really. We went to a thrift store and I found a bunch of cute boy pajama like outfits, so I bought them.

So Jillian is off the bottle. What a headache! She is so grouchy and clingy to me now. I can't even put her down without her crying her eyes out. Well, she's not feeling well to top it all off. She has an ear infection and from the medicine she was taking for that she got a yeast infection. Poor girl. But last Sunday at church she got to go to nursery class for the first time. She did pretty well...but that was before we took away the bottle. We'll see how she does this Sunday.

I'm sorry I know this is all kind of random. But it's an update on all of us.

Oh...that reminds me. We are still struggling coming up with a name we like. If anyone has any suggestions please let us know. Boy names...and not Bob or Gina. :) Thanks all! With love...

Christmas Pictures

So here are the pictures I was trying to download last night.


My dad at our Christmas Eve party. That's when we knew it was time to start playing games....Dad sleeping in the chair, with his mouth WIDE open.


All day Christmas Day Jillian would just sit on someones lap. She was not feeling well at all. Here she finally moves from my lap to Jeremy's.


Daisha being a good sport letting my play with my camera, blowin' me kisses. I love you Daisha.


Jillian's medicine finally kicked in for a little while and she played with one of her toys she got. She is so cute when she is her happy self.


Tucker playing with his Christmas present a DS. He got the Tansformers game with it and he didn't put it down all day.


Bryton crashes after a long fun Christmas Day.


Jillian loves to take care of the little kids. Here she is sharing something with her cousin Zakary.


Jillian playing with a toy at "Mem's" house. She is feeling a little better the day after Christmas. Isn't she so cute in her Christmas outfit?!


The whole Kiester clan the day after Christmas.


Ok, so there are a few pictures of my beautiful family. I love my kids so much! They are the joy of my life...and my husband too. Love you all!

Christmas

Ok, it's taken me a few days since Christmas but my excuse is...well I have lots of them and none of them are good ones. :)

So I don't have a whole lot of pictures of Christmas and the kids opening their presents because I got a new camera for Christmas. The whole time the kids were opening their gifts I was trying to figure out how to work the new camera. So here's what I have.



While I was trying to upload the pictures Jeremy was playing xbox with a bunch of his friends and every time I would try to upload it will kill his connection...so maybe we can get pictures on here tomorrow.

So we had a wonderful Christmas Eve at my parents' house with LOTS of food and games. We had a great time. Our favorite game was Catch Phrase. Tons of fun!! The girls (my, mom, my sister Sheree and myself) beat the guys (my dad, Rob and Jeremy)...no the girls SLOTTERED the guys. LOL.

Then of course we had to track Santa. Finally he was getting so close we had to convince the kids he wouldn't come unless they went to bed. Finally they gave up about 11-11:30 and went to bed.

Santa did come. YAH! And brought more than just coal. We must have all been pretty good this year. My parents along with my sister Sheree came over to watch the kids open their gifts. We got to see and visit my grandpa, the one in New Hampshire, for a little while. That was fun, he has some great neighbors who invited him over for Christmas day. Thank goodness because all of the family is far away.

After a while everyone went home and took their naps. I got a short nap but had to continue playing with all the new toys. Later in the day my other sister, Yvonne, came over with her girls and my parents and Sheree came back for a little while. It's great to have everyone together for the Holidays. No matter what happens in my family I am always happy to see everyone. Family is what the holidays are all about. I love all of my family.

So speaking of family, I consider my husbands side of the family my family also. And we got to spend some time with them the day after Christmas. My mother in law and father in law had everyone over to their house, which makes it even better. I get to enjoy everyone's company and not have to do the preparation or clean up. :) Thanks Laurie and Greg! We had almost the whole family together. We were just missing a few people, which with a big family that's pretty good. But it's just not the same without everyone there. (We miss you Anne and Jas)

So as the year comes to an end I have been thinking about this year, and I decided I feel like I wasted this year. I don't feel like I accomplished much, but was lucky enough to not have a lot of bad things happen to say it was a bad year. I guess what I am trying to say is just that I want to make the year 2011 one to remember. I want it to be a GREAT year not just an ok year. I want to go out of my way to make more people happy. I want to spend more QUALITY time with my family. I want to go on more dates with my husband. I really thing that is what is important in life. We all get so caught up with having to have the house clean and blah blah that we forget what's important. So that is my goal for this coming year. Wish me luck! :) With that being said...I love you all!

Have a Happy New Year.

Just an update

I just wanted to update everyone on what's been going on here. I have one more week of working. Thank goodness! I love working at Hickory Farms but I am just worn out. I think it might have a little bit to do with having 4 kids at home and being 29 weeks pregnant with baby number 5. I am worn out!!!

Jeremy finished another semester of college. He did REALLY well this semester. He raised his GPA to a 3.2! Great job Jeremy!!! Next semester looks like it's going to be tough though. I'm not sure if the classes will be hard but he will be gone a lot. We'll just wait and see how things go.

Jillian has been getting more teeth in, so she has been kind of grouchy and clingy. Jeremy says that while I am gone to work she won't let him do anything.

Bryton has been regressing. Since I have been working so much he's gone back to baby fits and having accidents in his underwear. One more week buddy we can do it. I can't wait to be back home with him and get him back to doing learning activities and having mommy time.

Tucker oh that boy is a spittin' image of his dad. Tucker is our gaming boy. He loves to play xbox. He will do anything to have time on the xbox. Which I use to my advantage a lot. :) He is nothing like Daisha was when she started school. He doesn't really care to go. In fact he'd rather not go if he didn't have to. Tucker is still very much into Star Wars and Transformers things.

Daisha is still my big helper. She makes me lunches for when I go to work. She helps take care of all the younger kids. She is my lifesaver at times. Some days I just need a hug and she is always there to give me one. And when I am not feeling well she tells the other kids to "leave mommy alone, she needs to rest".

Anyways, we are planning on staying home for Christmas. No major plans really. On Christmas Eve we are going to have a party at my mom's. My dad even told me he is going to play games with us. That doesn't happen very often. I'm pretty excited about that.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and Happy New Year! Make some goals for yourself and make it a great 2011.

Snow, Birthday, and Fun

This was our first big snow fall. The kids love to play in the snow, or should I say they like to eat the snow. :)


Just hangin' out.


Putting up our Christmas tree. The day after Thanksgiving. What a fun time we had. The kids are so excited for Christmas!


Cousins...Jillian and Maddilyn Kiester trying to play in the snow with the big kids.


Rob brought his 4 wheeler over and took the kids in tubes out in the field behind our house. I wasn't out there with them. I stayed in with Jillian and we made them hot chocolate for when they got back, but we opened up the back door and could hear them laughing and screaming and having a good time. I did take some pics of them but it was so dark you can't tell what they are.


Our miracle child, Tucker, turned 5 years old. He had to have a Transformers cake. So he got what he wanted. I think he had a great day. All day, I was at work and Jeremy kept sending me messages saying Tucker was making him crazy because he was ready to have his transformers cake. He was just so excited.


This is all of the grandkids on my family's side. From left to right we have: Tucker, Daisha holding Zakary, Amber holding Jillian, Bryton and Lindsey. (sorry about the red eye...didn't have time to edit first)


The baby bellies...

Thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for a lot of things. Right now I am thankful for my husband and the great date he took me on last night. I'm thankful for my in laws who are ALWAYS willing to help us when we need it, and even when we don't. :)

Last night my mother and father in law watched all of our kids and our neice so we could go on a double date with Jason and Anne (Jeremy's brother and wife). We had such a good time! It didn't start out very well for me. I worked all day until 5:30 then I stopped at the grocery store to get some candy to take to the movies, biggest mistake ever! It took me like 30 minutes to get in the store get the 3 things of candy and get checked out. There were so many people in the store the day before Thanksgiving.

Finally I made it home and I snuck into my bedroom to change my clothes and then we left. We went out for dinner at a Mexican food restaurant. It was my choice. We went to El Tenampa. I love that place. The food was great and the service was even better. We had some good conversation and just had a good time. We finished dinner with about 45 minutes before the movie was suppose to start. So dreading seeing the movie I gave suggestions of other things we could do. Jeremy, Jason and Anne all wanted to go see Harry Potter. I have seen the first Harry Potter about 7 years ago and had no desire to see any of the others. Well, we had some free movie tickets so I thought I can sit through it for Jeremy. I love him that much. ;) I didn't know the movie was 2 1/2 hours long. Longest part of my day. Before the movie started since we had some extra time we sat in one of those picture booths and took some fun pictures to remember our experience. I just scanned the print out so it doesn't look very good but at least you have an idea.



It was kind of fun to pretend we were all teenagers on a double date. Then into the movie we went. I didn't care for the movie but the lady sitting in front of me made it all worth it. There was one part where a snake pops out, we all knew it was coming we just didn't know when. It scared her so bad she jumped so high and flung her arms in the air. It was so funny!!! I laughed for the next 15 minutes of the movie. And I was laughing loud. I couldn't contain myself. Jeremy said he was about ready to move away from me cause he was so embarrassed. I don't know what it is but when I am pregnant and I start laughing it's just a laugh fest for at least 10 minutes each time. Finally Jeremy asked me for a piece of gum to get my mind off of it and focus on somethings else. It worked, but as soon as the movie was over and Jeremy brought it up again I starting the laugh attack again. Finally got composed again and when we got home we had to tell the inlaws about it. So then I laughed so more. I had a great time and a wonderful night. Thanks everyone!

I am also thankful for a warm home to live in. A nice car to get me to the places I need to go. I am thankful for the knowledge of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and the love they have for me. I am thankful for my children Daisha, Tucker, Bryton, Jillian and baby boy to come. Even on the days they make me crazy or kick and hurt me, I am still VERY thankful for each one of them and their personalities they bring to our family. I am thankful that the laundry is all piled up because that means I have clothes to wear. I could go on forever... I am thankful for my parents and the way they raised me. I am thankful for my sisters, and sister in law, that I can call when I need to talk about ANYTHING. I am thankful for the good health I have and the healthy family I have.

Thanks everyone for being a part of my life. If you are reading this you are important part of my life. Thanks for just being you! Love you all. Happy Holidays.

Just playing around

So my sister called me to inform me that it's been almost another 2 weeks since I have posted again. So here goes nothin'.
I have been trying to take more pictures than I had been. Even if it's just of the kids saying "take a picture of me mom". So I will share some of those with you.

This is one of those "take my picture mom" moments. Bryton is definately not camera shy.

Jeremy gave Jillian an oreo cookie to occupy herself with while we tried to get some work done.

We upgraded Jillian to the booster chair from the highchair. She loved it! I don't like it so much...to get out she crawls up on the table and if there is any kind of food left on the table she has made a mess. We use to use the highchair as a part time babysitter. Just give her food and she was trapped for a while. Not now.

Help yourselves to the breadsticks kids. :)

My little helper...I'm not sure if she wanted to help or if she wanted to be washed. :)

Well now that I look at the pictures I have taken lately I must be more snap happy during the day when Daisha and Tucker are at school. Wow! Oh well, at least I have some pictures to share.

Well, there you have it. A post. It's not much sorry. I have been working so much and being 23 1/2 weeks pregnant now I am just worn out all the time. I know stop with the excuses. Until next time...

uh oh

Uh oh, I just realized it's been over 2 weeks since I have posted something. We had Halloween...Daisha was a bride, Tucker was Spiderman, Bryton was Ironman, and Jillian was a black cat.







Halloween was a little confusing this year since it was on Sunday. We celebrated on Saturday with the church trunk or treat and then hung out at my brother and sister in laws house. They decorate their garage all scary. They do a great job!



The kids helped carve the pumpkins for along the walk way into the garage. Even Jillian got to help.





I have been working so much. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and every other Saturday from 9:30-6pm. It is interesting at work. I have to tell you this quick story. I was working with one of the new girls one day. She is recently married and pregnant. She is about 2 weeks behind me in her pregnancy. One day she was telling me that she bought an electric blanket so she could keep warm if the power ever went out....umm!!! It took all I had not to start laughing when she told me that. Then she said she was heart broken when her husband told her it wouldn't work. Oh wow. Some people!

Anyways...with me gone 3 days of the week sometimes 4, Jeremy has school on Tuesdays, and Thursdays and is helping with coaching girls basketball at Eagle High School. So he is gone from 9:30-6 or 7pm. Needless to say we don't see much of each other at all. I just keep telling myself it's only for another month and a half.

Well I am now 22 weeks along. I feel like I should be further along than that. I feel like I have gotten huge just in the last week or two. I was suppose to have an ultrasound on Tuesday to make sure baby was growing correctly and everything was ok. Well things just kept piling up...let me vent a little. Jeremy had basketball try outs (which I guess are more important than an ultrasound - if you couldn't tell that hurt me just a little), which meant I had to take Bryton and Jillian with me to my appointment, by myself. I wasn't too excited about that but I told myself I would make it work. About an hour and a half before my appointment Daisha's school called and told me she was throwing up. So I had to go pick her up. Now what do I do? Take a sick kid and two other kids with me to my ultrasound appointment by myself??? Not happening. I called them and just rescheduled. So my appointment is for this coming Tuesday the 9th. I will let you know how that goes.

My oldest sister Yvonne had her ultrasound and found out that she is having a girl. So they will have a total of 5 GIRLS. LOL. They wanted a boy and I wanted a girl. Something got messed up. :) j/k!

Well it's not much blogger friends but there's a little update. Sorry I am not very good at this stuff. Until next time...

Not so "Merry" Maid

So an update on Jeremy. He got his grade for those 3 classes he has already finished. He got 2 A's and 1 B. YEAH! Great Job Jeremy! I am proud of you! He worked hard on those classes. They took a lot of Sunday nights away from the family, but looks like he did a good job.

Ok, so my title probably doesn't make sense to anyone so let me tell you the story... Yesterday I had the day off from Hickory Farms. I took Tucker to the dentist to get some fillings. Then I sent him off to school. Leaving me with just the two younger ones, Bryton and Jillian, Daisha was already at school. So my dad just recently bought a rental house and it needed to be cleaned before he could rent it out. He asked me if I would be interested in making a little extra money. I of course agreed...who doesn't love to earn extra money. Well yesterday was the day. I took the two younger kids with me to this empty house with a couple puzzles, some snacks, a ball and a stroller to clean this house up. Long story short the kids started to get tired of being there so I had Jeremy come pick them up when he got home and I continued working. While I was there I kept thinking someone was going to come and scare me as a joke or someone was really going to come and try to kill me or something. Just the weirdness of being in a completely empty house alone not knowing the neighborhood. So finally Jeremy called to check on me and I had him come help me finish. I never told him I wanted him to come cause I was scared. :) hehe. Tricky huh.

I was feeling good all day cleaning and I was happy I was getting it done. And I thought it looked great. Then about 5:00 rolls around. My back is starting to hurt and I am getting hungry. Another hour and work and we were done. Then I came home we had dinner and then I tried to relax. Not happenin'. My back is just killin' me. I even tried the heat pad. Nothing helped. So I just rolled over and went to sleep. This morning when I woke up I felt like an old lady. I could hardly walk. My back is really all that hurts but it hurts pretty bad. From all the bending over and scrubbing I did yesterday. Needless to say. I was being a "merry" maid while I was there but this morning I am not so "merry". I am sore!

Working Woman

Well I am going to say I am offically a working woman. Well as much of a working woman a stay at home mom can be. LOL. Ok, Hickory Farms has started. I have worked there every season for the last 10 years. I love working there! It's only for about 2 1/2 months long. I am one of the "oldest" people there. Meaning I have been there for almost the longest amount of time. The manager has been there 14 years and then I am next with 10 years. We just can't stay away from that place. It's so much fun.

So we had to hire a new day shift crew this year and they let me be a part of that and the decision making process. But what comes along with the territory is the training. The manager also has a full time job that she works 8-5. So I have been training all the new people during the day. It's been a learning experience for all of us. I know what I am doing, but it's sometimes hard to explain it to other people. It's been fun for me though. Jeremy isn't liking me being gone all the time, but he is being a good sport about it...so far. Basketball season starts soon and then we will be overlapping our work time so this might be a challenge. We will figure it out though. We have for the last 10 years. :)

I am starting to feel pregnant. I keep having people ask me that know I am pregnant if I am sure there's a baby in there. They say I'm not showing, but I sure feel like I am. I've gained about 13 pounds. Not a whole lot for being 19 weeks pregnant, but enough for me. :) I'm not sure if I told everyone or not but my blood test came back that I am enemic, low on iron. So the doctor has me taking an extra iron pill. I have a check up in a couple weeks, I will let you know what they say.

Jeremy is doing great in his schooling. He's finished 3 of his 5 classes already for this semester. YEAH! So he only has 2 classes from now until January. What a relief! He's doing a great job!!!

There's no place like home.

Well I made it to New Hampshire and back safely. I have some bad news though. When I flew in on Tuesday I arrived in Boston because that is where the hopital is where my grandma was. My mom had arrived the day before me but my grandma's surgery was on Tuesday so she hadn't gotten to see her yet.
So after my grandpa and mom picked me up we went over to the hospital to see how the surgery had gone. When we got there they took us to a quiet room and told us that she hadn't made it through the surgery. I was devistated! I just wanted to see my grandma one last time. And my mom didn't really get to see her mom for one last time. Oh that was the worst feeling I had felt in a LONG time!!! But I know she is in a better place and someday I will be able to see her again. Make this a lesson learned, not to take advantage of the families we have. Go to see them and go often. Share time with them. My grandma only got to ever even meet my oldest daughter Daisha. She had never even met my other 3 children.

I had a great visit with my grandpa and my mom in New Hampshire. I was right there through it all. I got to help with the plannin of the service and all that comes with that. What an experience. Although it was a learning experience I hope I don't have to go through it again any time soon. My grandpa the whole 10 days I was there told stories all the time about my grandma. My mom and my grandma were about the same size as far as clothing and shoes. My mom sent herself home 2 HUGE boxes full of clothes. She just went shopping in her mom's closet. It was kind of fun going through some of her belongings. I never want to see another magazine in my life. My grandma had old magazines from a couple years ago all stacked up everywhere. That's our new family joke, get rid of your magazines. :) We tried to have a good time dispite the bad news and life changing news for my grandpa. He will be alone now so far away from all of us. But since I have left he's gotten a new computer and gotten high speed internet with a webcam and I have chatted with him a few times already. He has gotten to see the children, only via webcam but better than not at all. Grandpa made my trip all worth it by making a special effort to take me out to clam chowdah (chowder). That's my favorite thing in the whole world. Thanks grandpa! I love you!!!


My mom and her dad (my grandpa)


The whole clan: Jim, Gabriella, Ron, Brody, Stacy, Woody (grandpa), Sue (my mom) minus the picture taker my aunt Crystal.


My uncle Jim got some lobster for dinner one night. Eveyone enjoyed it...except me. I am not a seafood eater.


Grandpa sleepin in the chair. Surprisingly enough we didn't catch him like this very often.



Once I got home Jeremy and the children were very excited to see me. I think Jillian was a little upset with me at first. I would try to kiss her and she would turn her shoulder like "don't talk to me you just left me here for 10 days". She is since over that thank goodness, but now she won't leave my side. Jeremy, I hope, got a taste of what I go through in a week, with me being gone. ;) I love my family!