Uncharted Territory (a Baby Update)

These quick posts seem to work out well for me. I went to the OB today and I am STILL not dilated. It seems like a crazy miracle to me that I can have my first baby at 29 weeks, my second one at 20 weeks and dilate at 26 with the third and than make it to 36 (almost 37) with this one and nothen'.

I am so excited to have another healthy, fat baby that I can hold after she is born. That was an awsome experience with Brayden (whom after 10 weeks of bedrest, I had at 36 weeks 6 days)

My cervix is apparently swollen from the stitch, but my Dr. says that just means he needs to watch me closer so I am now going in every 5 days. It's a little painful, especially when she kicks at it, but at this point I think most pregnant women have one reason or another to be uncomfortable. My next apt. is Wed. and we scheduled the c-section for the 25th. Amazing, a scheduled c-section, that's a new one for me.

One of these days I'll have Ryan take a picture of my big belly and I'll post it. The baby has already dropped so I look different, but still huge.

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

Lately I have been trying to get the boys in the habit of picking up after themselves. (I am mostly motivated by the fact that it is getting incredibly hard to bend over.) Carson is usually pretty good about it, Brayden on the other hand is full of excuses. Here are some of my favorites.

My legs are broken.

My head is to0 heavy

My tummy hurts

I like my toys right there, they look cute

I NEED you to do it.

Daddy will do it when he gets home.

and my favorite. . .I'm too lazy, maybe later.

A Man's Valentines

We just finished up our Valentine's Family Home Evening. We made valentine cookies with blue frosting because pink is a girl color!



The boys frosted and decorated them all by themselves and Ryan was in charge of buying the decorations.

Aren't they pretty. I bet your mouth is watering.

A Great Weekend

I know I should be posting about Christmas, and my birthday and other exciting things, but I had such a great weekend with the boys I wanted to share.

1st two funny stories
Ryan's parents live down the street from the new Draper temple, so they were invited to a VIP temple tour before the official temple tours start. All week we have been talking to the boys on and off about the temple. EVERY TIME we talk about going Brayden start's to have a melt down. Finally Sat. I'm dressing the boys and Brayden is just freaking out that he does NOT want to go. So I ask, Brayden, why don't you want to go to the temple. He looks at me and yells, " I don't want to get married, I don't want to get married!". I laughed so hard my eyes wouldn't stop watering as I realized that what I had mistaken for dread of being bored was really a dread of coming home with a wife at the age of three!


A little later they were dressed and ready to go. I stopped them both and told them, how handsome they were and said, "I'm so used to having cute kids, what are we going to do if the baby is an ugly baby?" Carson stopped and looked at me very seriously, evidently deciding that this may be a very real problem that we might have to deal with, and he says, "Mom, we will just have to put lots of big bows on her."

Were does he even get these ideas?!


The temple open house was a great experience. The boys can be so wild I was a little worried about how they would act. Before we went in they had us watch a 12 min. video and to my surprise the boys were glued to the entire presentation. At the end the "Host" told us that while the temple had not been dedicated that the ground it stood on had, and promised us that we would feel the spirit. I thought that was a very lofty promise. From the moment we started walking into the the temple my kids were calm and wide eyed. It was such a great experience for them. Carson (in a whispered voice) asked a million questions and by some miracle I was able to answer them all. You could tell that my tiny, rowdy, usually out of control kids, could feel that there was something different about this building.

The temple its self was beautiful. The ordinance rooms were amazing, with huge painted murals. I was reminded of all the reasons there are to love the temple. My life experiences have made me incredibly grateful for the understanding my temple covenants have given me. Having lost my Dad, my baby, my grandma and my sweet niece, there is nothing I am more grateful for than that knowledge of eternal families and the opportunity I have had to make those covenants.

I LOVE Pictures

My Friend Jamie took these darling pictures of the boys. Her and her sister take fantastic pictures. You can check them out at Simple Moments








Classic Brayden look:Pictures for Grandma:

Blue Eyed Boys: My sister and I love that all four boys have blue eyes. That intense blue color comes from my Dad.


I bought these boots for Carson and Brayden for their cowboy costumes for Halloween. They have worn them every day since.

Santa's Work Shop

Thanks to everyone who came to our Santa's Workshop. It was a ton of fun. The food was great and the vendors donated some awesome prizes. It was especially fun to be able to visit with old friends and watch everyone make and complete their projects. We've already started looking at venues for next year!!

I wanted to especially thank mine and Ryan's family for ALWAYS supporting, and loving me.

Santa's Work Shop and Boutique

Just in case any of you are wondering why my blog posts are so sparse and far between it is because I spend my life working on Simply Creative.

We are hosting a Santa's Workshop and Boutique, Dec. 6th from 9-2 at the Mt. Vernon Academy (174 E. Vine St.)
It will be such a fun morning. We are offering about 10 different projects you and come and make that day, plus TONS of fun prizes and give aways from both us and our vendors. The grand prize will be a $75 refer a friend gift basket.

Lia Sopia.Modbe.Scentsy.Juzt for Gilrz Bows.Discovery Toys. and Usborne Books. Will be there taking Christmas orders. Plus tons of yummy food will be available.

We hope to make this a traditional event that people will look forward to every year. For more info you can log onto: www.CreateSomethingCute.com

Oh and I have to just say how proud I am of this website. Kim practically put herself through computer school in three days to figure it all out, and I designed most of the graphics. We are pretty impressed with ourselves