Christmas 2014

Here is my Christmas photo dump. Christmas eve we went sledding. The kids cried the whole time and it was hard to get them to go out in the snow at all. But they enjoyed chili and hot chocolate in the van while we watched frosty the snowman. Then we went home and did our christmas eve traditions. We took a car ride and looked at christmas lights in town, picked up pizza and had our eggnog and dinner. Then we sang happy birthday to Jesus and had a piece of cake. Finally we read the christmas story and put the kids to bed. Jonathan had to set up Emmett's present, a John deere tractor toy, who knew there were so many parts!? It took like 2 hours to put together. But it was worth it, they all love the tractor. We all got spoiled. We had a nice dinner at Jonathan's parents and then came home to play some games with the kids. Emmett didn't make it past 6 though and fell asleep in his highchair. He tried so hard to stay awake and was eating his cookie with his eyes closed ha ha! It was so cute.

Entertainment Center to Kitchen

For Christmas this year Jonathan and I tried to save some money and do something special for the kids. We took our old entertainment center and made it into a kitchen set for the kids. We did some cutting, drilling and painting. We tried to make it heavy duty so it will last years and years and we were very pleased with how it turned out. We bought wood food sets and heavy felt food sets and metal pots and pans to go with their kitchen too.

Christmas Season. Busy busy busy

We have been busy people even since my last blog entry. Christmas partys, shopping trips and house preparation. The first picture of Jonathan and Hunter I just had to document since they both zone out whenever they watch a movie. Emmett is busy trying to get on Santa's naughty list. He is into everything! But he is cute and he knows it. Autumn and I went to a girls party at Grandma Bush's. It was fun and got spoiled! Foot baths and sparkling drinks! But my favorite part of this month so far has been our temple trip last saturday. The temple was packed with people from the valley. It took some work getting into my temple clothes but we did some sealings and it was wonderful! It was very relaxing and stress free. After temple and some lunch we were able to find a blessing dress for baby girl! After doing sealings for children in the temple and getting the dress for our baby girl, I am getting very excited for our new addition and can't wait to add to our eternal family.

30 Weeks

Here we go 30 week belly shot. I am so tired and nervous. I am so sick of traveling! It makes me swell so much and the stress of being away from my kids makes me very emotional. I took Autumn to the doctors for a check up the other day and the nurse asked me when I was due. I said February and she said "Oh thats soon!".....I had a panic attack and I have been a wreck because it IS soon! And I am not prepared! I am nesting like crazy but I am so tired and sore I haven't had much time to think about labor or birth or anything! I still can't even believe we will have four. I can tell my body never got the rest and break it needed from having Emmett. My left leg had torn muscles and nerves from the last pregnancy and I am pretty gimpy and limpy most days. I am grateful this baby is a winter baby, it keeps the swelling at bay but with all my traveling and stress I am retaining water like I did with Hunter. But I have faith that this little girl is meant to be in our family. It is my biggest comfort that she was and has always been meant to be. Emmett is still a baby but this little girl just couldn't wait to come be a part of this crazy household. I have to have faith that I can handle this and be the best I can be for these sweet spirits.

November and December pictures

Loads of pictures. I know. So here we go, updates on november and december. We got a van! I can't believe I have gone without one for so long! It is so easy to put my kids in and the power doors and hatch are amazing! We got a Christmas tree and finally got some presents under it. I would have to say its been tough getting into the christmas spirit. No snow. Too much traveling. And over all exhaustion. Jonathan, Rachael and I went to Las Vegas. It was really good but I missed the kids so much, and the walking was killer. We probably walked 4 to 5 miles every day. Jonathan is into his basketball season. I finally went to a game and took Hunter. He loved it! I can tell he wants to be like his dad and his favorite part of the night was when Jonathan helped him dribble the ball and score some hoops. Emmett is 14 months old and does whatever his brother and sister do. He is getting some back teeth now so he can get cranky. Autumn had her 5 year doctor check up. She did well and is way over the 100th percentile for height.

24 weeks

I feel like I am in a dream, I still can't seem to grasp that this little girl will be entering our lives sooner than later! Had another ultrasound today to take some more measurements and to reconfirm that she is indeed a she :) She seems to be healthy and happy in her environment and can prod and kick me for hours on end. I think she likes to remind me that she is part of the family. But as she grows I have been having terrible heartburn the last week and have had to cut my meals in half just to get through the night without tums. Oh and I have been nesting like crazy! Too soon you may be thinking but I can't help it! Everything and I mean everything must be organized!!! As soon as we got home from our washington trip I mega cleaned the fridge, purged my closet and room, redid Autumn's room and closet and washed every scrap of laundry in the house. I have been working on a new big "project" every day to get my house to where I want it.  Lets just say we have a long way to go and not enough time.

Of course we did take a couple day break, Emmett got chicken pox from his vaccine and was so grumpy and miserable poor little guy. He just wanted held. Then we had halloween in there somewhere and yesterday we sold calves in La Junta. Busy busy busy!!!

Mostly about this pregnancy and happenings for the last 3 months.

The last few months have been quite crazy. We found out in June we were unexpectedly expecting. I say that because, I was still breastfeeding Emmett and I never got a period between his birth and finding out I was pregnant. So TMI but there it is. It can happen and it did. Shocked but happy! Lets just say it was the worst morning sickness I have had ever. I had to carry a bowl around with me everywhere and I couldn't drive or leave my couch hardly. Thankfully Jonathan was able to help me with the kids. Bless his heart. Around 11 weeks I started bleeding and after a ER trip we confirmed a heartbeat. I bawled like a baby when I heard it. We found out at our 12 week scan that I had complete placenta pre via (placenta covering the cervix). But the baby looked great and all tests came back normal.
So I was put on bed rest for the pre via. Hardest thing ever. Since I was feeling better from morning sickness but was put back in bed. We have had so much selfless help from people. I cannot express how grateful I am to those who helped our family get through the hard parts of bed rest. Long story short, after months of sickness and worry we had our 20 week ultrasound today. The baby kicked the ultrasound wand so much the ultrasound tech was laughing. My placenta pre via has resolved itself and moved posterior. I know for a lot of people that doesn't mean much but thats good news for me since that means my back labor will not be so painful during birth. I had a anterior placenta with Hunter and by far his was the hardest as far as pain goes.
Anyways, we found out our baby is a girl!! We had our suspicions since I crave tomatoes and salad and morning sickness was so bad like it was with Autumn. But still after two boys in a row having a girl is new and exciting. Time to dig out the pink clothes! When we told Autumn she just about freaked out and said "woohoo!!!" for like 10 minutes. Hunter just shrugged his shoulders and went to play with Emmett his "brother" lol.....
     In other news, Hunter is three as of July 31st. My big boy! He has grown so much and I can't believe how he keeps improving in his words and skills. Emmett turned one on the 2nd of October. Busy busy busy climbing and pointing and doing as big brother does. The hunting is under way for Jonathan. Thankfully september is over and this weekend I am headed to Washington to spend a couple weeks with family so its not so lonely without the husband. We miss him so much during the fall. He is so busy with the outfitting and cows. But we are going to have some fun few weeks and then we get to be together again.

This is an ultrasound picture when baby was 13 weeks. We thought it was amazing seeing every limb.