Baby Updates!

So yes, I am still pregnant and probably will be forever! okay, so maybe not forever, but I have a feeling this one too is going to be over due and large like Delia was but the difference from other prego moms is that I will be delivering naturally(with the help of an epidural of course) my appt. last Friday at 37 wks 5 days. I was not dilating yet and was only 20% efaced. Now now one week later I will hopefully get some news that I am progressing, if only a little bit. We find out tomorrow if there are any changes. But to make matter more escalated, Christian leaves tonight until Sunday morning to go on a rafting trip that he has had planned before we even got pregnant...soooo. My father in law is out here helping out with things that need to be done(organizing the garage, replacing the mail box, etc.) so that has been nice. I told christian that the chances of this baby coming while he is gone is slim to none, however I did tell him he needed to decide what to name him before he left just in case I do have this baby while he is gone, and we did!! Yes, finally! ANDREW CHRISTIAN is going to be his name. and considering it was his great-grandfather's name from all the way back to the civil war(which we just found out last night) that seemed to be the deciding factor for him. funny how we have choosen names that are family names!! This time is so excting for babies because christian's cousin and her husband are adopting a little boy that is due 1 week after Andrew and Christian's sister is pregnant with her second due in Oct. So we are all excited about babies!! Well I will keep everyone posted on the progress of this pregnancy..I am sooo ready!

A Nursery Mishap...and other Enlightenments!

So Sunday started out a pretty good day. Delia was dressed up cute in her new pink dress and I curled her hair. We were slightly late for church but we were not able to find an empty seat! So we sat out in the foyer..better for my behind anyway! Delia did pretty good although she still has a hard time sitting still. Later a couple of primary boys came and were standing out in the foyer because all the chairs were taken..this was during sacrament. They started rough housing a little, but it was just play. Delia however looked up at me and said, "that's not nice, mommy!" and of course I just say, "yep" because she says this a lot lately. Anytime she sees something that is "not nice" she lets me know, so now when she says it it's nothing spectacular anymore. So later while in nursery, about 5 min. before church is about over, someone is standing at the door of the cultural hall with Delia. This has never happened before, but figured it probably would since I ave been potty training Delia. So I just assumed she had an "accident" and was grateful church was over anyway. When I got to the door to pick her up, the primary president had told me that there was an incident in nursery and a little boy had bitten Delia's finger! What? Okay, wasn't expecting that. She said it had bled pretty bad but had finally stopped. Delia looked a little melancholly and sad, but wasn't crying and seemed fairly fine. She felt so bad and kept apologizing, but I was fine. I was just a little humored actually because little kids bite other kids all the time I just never expected it to happen to mine. I was just thankful that it wasn't delia who had done the biting.

Everyone was so concerned for her. Even the bishop called to make sure was fine and the 1st councselor stopped by to do the same thing. Never expected anyone to apologize really, it was no one's fault. But made me appriciate what good people we have in our ward and their true concerns for everyone. Makes me feel lucky to be a part of that. But they are 2. They are still learning what is okay to do and what is not. No matter how much their parents may have taught them or how good their parents are, little kids are going to do things that will make our heads spin. I can't be upset at a 2 year old child as if he were 16, or 25. I know better than that. that got me thinking.

Doesn't Christ do the same thing with us. Even when we are grown and know right from wrong, yet we still do them. We still disappoint our heavenly father and not necessarily intentionally. We are human and we are always going to make mistakes. That is why I am so grateful for my saviour and his sacrifice for us so we can be forgiven of our mistakes. So if Christ can forgive us of our mistakes shouldn't we forgive our own children for theirs? Whether we are teaching them not to bite or to avoid drugs and alcohol the same principle applies. We constantly need to be taught whether by our earthly parents or our Heavenly Father. And even so, we will still make those mistakes.

Just as there are those that do bad against us, we too do bad against others. We are not perfect. We need to make sure that we continue to be reminded about what is right and what is wrong, even in our adult years. It could have easily had been Delia who had done the biting because 2 year olds (and preschoolers) get frustrated and are still "experimenting" with how to portray that and get their message across. This is where we take these opportunities to teach our children, not if something happens, but because things like this are going to happen it is just a matter of when the teaching opportunity arises.

This made me grateful to think that my child is not the only misbehaved child, that I may not afterall be a bad parent, and that I need to reflect a little differently on what I have taught them when I see the good effects of it. When I get frustrated I need to step back and decide the best course of action rather than "acting out" without thinking which could have nasty consequences when Delia picks up on them as "acceptable" behavior. (this has happened on multiple occasions) But that doesn't if we are always the best example in front of our kids that they are going to be perfect either.

Because of my savior and the love he has for me to have scarificed for everything I have done wrong and will do wrong in my life I can look at situations like these and not even think about harbouring any bad feelings toward anyone especially those who are my friends. I am grateful that in the book of bad things that can happen to your child, this would be toward the back. I know Delia has been in much more peril because of my lack of parentship than a kid biting her finger! I took this as a personal learning experience for me and as a parent. Things are going to happen whether they happen to us or we happen to someone else, we need to be prepared on how to handle it and what better teacher is there than Jesus Christ to show us how!

The best part about all of this is how strong and tuff Delia is. She is still just as loving as she is with tantrums. She still asks, "a go to church a morrow?" She loves church and hopefully always will! If getting your finger bitten isn't the worst thing that can happen at church, we are on the right path!

34 weeks!! 6 more to go!

Here I am! I have finally gotten around to posting another picture of my growing belly and it has definitely gotten bigger since my last belly post! I don't look that glamourous because, 1) nothing fits, even my maternity close don't fit right becuase of how I carry. 2) I have no one to take pictures of me and I feel kind of silly asking some one to do it. 3) my camera is certainly not the best and dream one day have having one 10x better, but that is far in the future! So this is the best I can do. and may be the last you see until he is here.

Easter 2010

This year Easter was so much fun! The weather was much better than last year was and Delia is older so she got the concept of "finding eggs" much better also! I decided to make her dress more special this year rather than the usual "walmart" dress. I found a pretty purple one online and was also able to buy our little guy's blessing outfit too! I made a bow to match her dress and spent 40 mins curling her hair. Delia was pretty good at letting me do it and she looked so pretty afterwards! We taped conference so we could spend some time with some friends. We had an Easter egg hunt at the Country Club and this year they divided the ages, so it was a little easier for Delia, plus they were all just scattered about the grass and covering a large area, much different than last year so she got quite a few eggs. Then afterward we went with our friends, the Frank's and their daughter Ava to do our own egg hunt at a nearby park. The girls were pretty distracted playing on the slides while we hid some more eggs. they had a lot of fun finding them and on multiple occasionsran for the same egg. I tried to take some posing pictures of delia with some flowers, but that was not going to happen and I just wanted her to have a fun day to play. Delia got to see the Easter bunny multiple times. She even got to choose 2 prizes, which she ended up taking 2 jump ropes! We had brunch/lunch at the Country Club and it was really good! Then we came home, put delia down for a nap and watched conference. It was a nice day. Thank you Josh and Misty, we had a very fun time!

One day of Nice Weather!!

It reached 60 degrees on Sat. So we decided to go to the park with Daddy and have a picnic!! It was so nice to be able to enjoy nice weather. It never seems to come fast enough. Delia was so excited to go play she only ate 1/2 her snadwich! She loves playing at the park. I can't wait until we have grass in our back yard so she can go out and play to her hearts content! unfortunately the weather for the month of March is going to be a roller coaster going up and down in temp. It is supposed to snow 1 inch sunday night. I hope they are wrong!

My Birthday and V-day Gift is here!!!

So I have really been wanting this stroller, the Tike Tech City X3 Double in black, since we were anticipating having another child. once I actually became pregnant, I knew I would be needing it soon. But the unexpected early announcement that we were indeed having a baby came at a very inconvenient financial time!! that's how life works I guess. Lucky for us though, Christian still has a good job. We are buying into a new practice that was built in Bloomfield, NM, part of the other two dental offices christian works for. It is official now, but now we have an extra loan to pay that is twice the cost of our mortgage!! Yikes!! So thus here we are starting essentially at the bottom with a 2nd child on the way...and it's a boy, so many new things need to be purchased. I told christian that is is what I really wanted to be able to get active again after the baby is born. He really wanted me to get it, but we just couldn't afford it, at least at that time. Even after Christmas we still were not in a place to spend so much for a stroller..(yes..it costs $420) I have never wanted to splurge on a specific item before. Nothing we own except a new house, couch and TV downstairs has ever been really nice or cost much and never been put on credit..expcept for the mortgage of course. I looked all over the internet tryng to find a better deal on this stroller and didn't want to settle for a different one that was much less. I told Christian that for my birthday, V-day, and anniversary even, that I wanted this stoller, but smiled and said to wait and see how the next months look. Sooooo..

On my birthday I wanted to do something fun. So I walked to the office to get the car and pick up chicken salads for dinner since I knew he wouldn't have time afterwards to go and get something, he rarely does. After I got back, christian had walked home and we were getting ready to eat when he told me that he tried to get away at lunch to go and get me something, but was too busy(as usual) so he was going to go after work, but then I showed up to get dinner and that he was sorry and told me he could give me a hug! Awww..how sweet! Just that he was tinking about me the whole day was enough for me! I told him that I still wanted that stoller and that would be a fabulous gift! So therefore kept looking. Then after coming across a website that sold it which you wouldn't think would sell something like that, I came up with a plan!

The website was Bed Bath & Beyond! My parents had given me a $75 gift card there for chirstmas, of course which I couldn't use enless used online or next time I was in Utah again and my sister works there and gets a 20% discount. So I would be able to save a lot with what I had. There was a shipping and tax fee, but still was better than paying full price somewhere else. Also 1 week before coming up with this plan we received a check in the mail for $180 for a doctor refund, which we were not expecting, and Christian said I could put it towards the "stroller fund" so once all was said and done, we only ended up paying $130 for it!! So excitied. Christian couldn't argue with that! And I have just recieved it today! I can't wait to get outside in this beautifu weather and try it out! Yeah!

The Many Words of Delia

So I don't know how many things Delia has said that I have actually posted...so Here are some that I have been writing down because they made me laugh so hard! I love this girl!

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting at the computer trying to do taxes on Turbo Tax while Delia was eating in her highchair. After getting pretty much to the end it said we owed the government quite a bit of money! What?!

Me: "Oh, no! No, no, no, no no!!
Delia: "Mom, whaz wrong?
Me: (ignoring her) "NO! This can't be right..but why?!" "Oh, no!"
Delia: "MOM! Whaz wrong!"
Me: (Still ignoring her..too upset!) "Oh, why us?! This is soooo not fair! Ahhhh!"
Delia: "Mom! You're either sick or hurt (using hand gestures) what is wrong?!!"

By this time all I can do is turn with a big smile and start laughing! She has never been so clear and direct before and made sense!! So cares so much about me!

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Usually before bedtime we read some books and do cards. This particular night I was so tired and here was our conversation.

After reading 2 books:

Me: "Okay, it's time for bed"
Delia: "A, do cards!"
Me: "No, mom is too tired tonight, lets just go to bed"
Delia: "No, a do CARDS!!'
Me: "No, but how about I sing you a song?!"
Delia: "Um...how about we do cards!"
Me: (mouth open...smile forming) "Excuse me?!"

Such a Sly girl!


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The last couple of weeks Delia has been sick and I know for a fact she is getting it in nursery!!! So I have been taking her temp.

Delia: (coming from the other room) "Mom? Moooom!"
Me: "what? I'm in here."
Delia: (comes into the bathroom with a temple thermometer touched to her head) "I takin' temture!"
Me: "Oh, yeah? What does it say?"
Delia: "Umm..is all better!" (and goes out of the room about her business)

She always wants to do what mommy is doing or has done! Including cleaning and putting makeup and lotion on...which results in many messy cleanups!! ;)

My baby girl is growing up! It makes me so happy and sad at the same time!

BYU Magazine article...featuring Christian, etc

So Christian has a pretty cool boss and he has a way with people and so many connections. While at a BYU alumni function, Christian's boss was talking to someone in the magazine dept. and told them about Christian's new hobby making replica Anasazi pottery and how cool it was that only 2 people in the world really know how to do it, Chris and his teacher. They said they were interested in doing an article about him. They called and got all the info (which some of it is incorrect..but hey..what are ya going to do!) and it is now featured in the Winter BYU Magazine and we even got almost a full page! I scanned a copy of it from the magazine, but it is kind of hard to read. Click on the link below and it will take you directly to the article! So cool! I am very proud of my talented hubby! I also thought it was nice that he included a picture of the whole family..very sweet. How neat to be able to leave something like this for his children!

http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2581