Devin's Baseball Practice 2016

I cannot say enough how proud I am of Devin!! He tends to be a little shy and nervous, and always wanting direction. he warms right up though once he has the hang of it. Today at baseball practice he made me so proud. He came to me with tears in his eyes when it was his turn to bat. I looked at him and asked "what's wrong buddy"? He said "mom what if I don't hit the ball"? I took the oppurtunity at that moment to let him know it was about having fun, learning how to swing, and most importantly that it didn't matter if he hit the ball. In the video below I caught him hitting the ball, and he was so proud of himself. This is a moment I wanted to remember and never forget. I'm so thankful that I get a chance to be a mom and feel the emotions of unconditional love. I would do anything to make my kids happy. 

Addison's Christmas Dance Recital 2014

This beautiful girl of ours did awesome at her christmas recital! She was put front and center because she knew the dance so well. Her teacher told us that all the other girls would just watch her and copy. We couldn't be more proud of our baby girl. I have waited my whole life to first have a little girl, and secondly to watch her dance. The energy and enthusiasm she had during the dance was priceless. let's just say this girl is not shy, and likes to perform. I myself loved performing at dance when I was a little girl. I guess we can say she's a chip off the old block. We love you Addi Lynn and are so proud of you!

How To Truly Parent

So these past couple of weeks have been emotionally exhausting. My husbands first cousin passed away. She was only 22 years old. Such a sad situation of how it happened too. It was a drug overdose that ultimately took her life. I couldn't wrap my head around the whole concept of losing a child. I imagined that as the parent you are thinking to yourself: where did I go wrong?, Should I have done more of this or that? etc... I have discovered that you only get one shot to raise your children. You better implement everything you think you should. Then reality kicked in, which was even more terrifying. You can do everything just right and your child can still stray. So now I'm completely distraut at this point in my mind. What is the key then, what is the answer to good parenting? Well take it for what it's worth, but the answer I came up with is LOVE! Not just any kind of love though. I'm talking about unconditional love here. You just have to hope and pray for the best for each of your children. Being that I have 3 kids under the age of 5 it's pretty overwhelming. The only advice I can give as a parent that (definately doesn't have all the answers) is to love each child individually. Do your best to meet their needs that matches each of them. Make them feel special and important in this life. Make sure that no matter what you always say "I Love You". What are any of your thoughts on how to truly parent?? I would love to hear :)

"Best Buddies"

This right here is what it is all about!! They all may say "Oh those Duncan's are CRAZY!" Let me tell you though there was a point to why we had our 3 kids so close together. We wanted them to have a best buddy ofcourse that was in there same age group for their whole lives. So far Devin and Addison have proven this theory to be true. Don't get me wrong they still beat eachother up etc... but they don't like doing ANYTHING without eachother. I took this picture the other day outside in the backyard. Ofcourse they both had to have the same color otter pop :) I am grateful for my three beautiful children, and the friendships they will have for life.

"Addison 2 Year Photo Shoot"

Okay okay I wouldn't really call it a photo shoot, considering I took the photos. Let's be honest I know I'm no photographer! I do have to say though I didn't do to bad. I'm going with a "Fairy Princess" theme this year for her 2nd birthday. I'm doing a princess and knights theme. I wanted a gender nuetral party. Addison tends to have alot of friends that are BOYS. Hmmm this better not become a pattern :) Anyways take a look below at the photos I got.......

"Devin's Having Surgery"

I can't believe my little dude has to have surgery. I am so so scared for this and just pray that everything runs smoothly. Devin goes in the morning of November 9th to be prepped for surgery. Please keep him in your prayers and thoughts! I appreciate all of my family, friends, and my ward that have already offered a helping hand in advance :) thank you!!

"Me And My Little Girl"

I loved this picture of Addi and I the day before halloween at Granny and grandpa's house!! All of my kids were farm animals this year hence the name "Duncan Baby Farm" on my blog :) I figured it was fitting considering we have 3 kids under 3. So my little Addison was the cow! This costume is size 9-12 month, she is just our little petite girl! Back when she was in the NICU they used to call her a little pixy because she was just so danty and tiny, not much has changed. I am just so grateful to have a little girl to call my daughter! She is so full of life and is just hilarious. Addi has such a presence about her that just lights up a room, especially her extra cheesy grin :) She makes me want to be the best woman I can be. I want to be the best example to her as a duaghter, wife, mother, and sister!! She inspires me to work hard at obtaining all of these qualities that she already exudes! Sometimes I wonder who really is the example to who. I learn far more from my beautiful daughter sometimes then I feel she learns from me. Thank you Addison for being my precious daughter and always putting a smile on my face. You are my best girl and I will love you forever and always!! Love Mommy

"Weight Loss Count Down"

So here I am once again trying to lose pounds after a baby!! Well this time folks it is my THIRD and LAST!! You all heard me right the Duncan's are done having babies :) So with that being said I can really focus on getting myself back in shape, but not just back in shape, in the best shape I can be in!! Now that I am done having kids I can get myself where I want and try to keep it there knowing I don't ever have to be pregnant again aaaahhhhh! I can breath a sigh of relief. Being 28, having three kids, and being done is a good feeling. So with all that being said I am on a weight loss count down.

I can't believe I am going to reveal my weight to you all, but it's a tradition I have revealed after each pregnancy!! So whatever I will just tell you my weight now, and then my target goal. So I am now 125lbs. I was 117 before I got pregnant with Dayton soooooo I am hoping to lose just a couple more pounds below the 117 mark. I would like to be 115lbs. I know that may sound steep to some of you, but I have always been around that weight until I started having babies. I am only barely 5'4" so that weight looks fine on me. I just need to work my butt off to roughly lose 10 pounds. Any suggestions of good weight loss programs would be much appreciated :).........

"I Think So"

I had to post about the funniest thing Devin said to me!! So the other night driving home I was saying to him "mommy loves you". Then he was saying back "love you too". So after a minute or two of silence I asked him "Do you love mommy"? His reply was "I think so"! Oh my gosh I started laughing so hard and could not believe that was his answer. I didn't teach him that phrase, and how did he know to answer my question that way. All I know is that I wanted to write this down so I didn't forget. It truly is amazing what your kids observe you do even when you think they aren't looking or oh they wont get that!! Well news flash they DO. I have decided that our kids are a product of what we are. So I want to make sure that I can be the best example I possibly can be to my kids! They mean the world to me and they make me want to do such good things :)

"Brotherly Love"

So this picture melted my heart!! I love seeing my two boys together and knowing what best buddies they will be. Devin and Addison are so adorable together now, and I know they will be the same towards Dayton. I don't care if people think Chris and I are crazy for having 3 kids under 3 years old! I absolutely love it and quite frankly haven't found it to be that hard. Our kids have found a friend for life in eachother by being so close in age. This picture says it all and makes everything we have done worth it. Dev just recently wanted to start holding dayton. He just stares at him and says "Hi brother Dayton" He will pat him and say "shh shh shh" trying to keep him calm. Just goes to show how smart a 2 year old is. He only could have picked that up by simply watching how I am with Dayton. I love these two precious boys!!

"Loving Young Women's"

So I got a new calling just recently in church! I got called to be a miamaid advisor in young women's. I was really excited to take on this calling. I have a feeling these girls will teach me much more than I will teach them!! That is the great part about getting to work with the youth, they remind you of what it is like to be 14 and 15 again. It really is very eye opening to see what young teenagers face now days. It really scares me to think what things will be like in 12 years from now when my kids will be teenagers. I have my first lesson this sunday and can't wait to teach it!! Things like getting up in front of people doesn't make me nervous or bother me, I just get encouraged by the challenge! Well I will keep you updated on how my first lesson goes until then goodnight :)

"Dev, Addi, and Dayton's Photo Shoot"

Ok so I totally love how the pictures of all three kids turned out!! That is so weird to say THREE... I have to just say I love being a mom of three it has been such an easy transition. I'm grateful for my little munchkins. A shout out to Jamie Ault that did the pictures for me. She is a great friend and is very talented :) thanks Jamie. ENJOY I will be posting more pictures!!!!....

"I'm Back"

Well i have said this many times before, but I mean it this time I'M BACK!!! I want to blog on a daily basis even if it is about silly things! I have Dayton's newborn pics, our day up at the homestead, and chris and I's 6 year anniversary COMING SOON :) check it out!!

"Welcoming Baby Dayton"

Baby Dayton Born June 27th 2011
Weighing 3lbs 5ozs and

17 1/2 inches long

Our newest and sweetest addition arrived Monday at 12:50 pm!! He is in the NICU now at IMC Hospital in Murray. Truly he came out screaming and so far is doing great. He does need assistance with his breathing, by using some pressurized oxygen. Other than that he is hardly hooked to anything and is doing great! I tell you what those small little IUGR babies do the best in the NICU. The nurses seem to tell us that every time. As for me and delivery it has gone really well so far. I do seem to have some extra pain this time along with my incision. I had a tubal ligation done at the time of my c-section, so i did two surgeries in one. I will be posting another post this evening of little Dayton to keep you updated.

" It's Been A Long Time"

So I know I haven't blogged in over 3 months now and I am soooo sorry!! Our lives have been such chaos around here. I am 32 weeks now and have a really big appointment tomorrow for the baby. We could be having our little dude in the next two weeks possibly :/ I just don't feel quite ready this time. I have so much to catch up on and so much to blog about even from just this last month, let alone the past three. So tomorrow they are doing a growth scan on the baby to see how far behind he is in weight etc... then also what percentile he falls in. I'm going to guess his weigh in at 2lbs 14ozs. It may sound big but that is actually the weight of more like a 28 to 29 weeker CRAZY!! So although this little dude has caused us less grief than our little miss Addi, he is still wanting to come early and be small like his brother and sister :) Please if anyone is interested I will be posting about how the appointment went and what the verdict on everything is dun dun dun. So check all the info.. out tomorrow. I have to get to bed now it is midnight and I have so much anxiety. My appointment is at 7:30 in the morning. So goodnight all and wish me and baby luck :)

"The Dreaded RSV"

I was hoping to avoid the "RSV" cold in my home. Dumb thought probably with a 1yr old and a 2yr old. Devin has had RSV the past week, and let me tell you for those that there kids haven't had it yet, be glad cuz it is a nasty one. Last Sunday night Chris and I had the kids up to my parents for dinner. Devin just started burning up out of no where and was acting really lathargic, so much that his eyes started to roll back. It was really scary and truthfully I just thought it was a ear infection. He tends to spike really high fevers with those. So Chris and I made the decision to leave addison at my parents and take dev to the instacare to be checked. The reason I jumped at the idea of something being wrong, was because I had Ibuprofen in him and his temp was still 103. He had a cold for about six days but nothing major. He started with a slight cough maybe 2 days prior to sunday. Addi had been so sick the two weeks before I just assumed that he had her cold. Well long story short when we got to instacare we noticed that devin's breathing was really shallow. He was so congested he could hardly breath. It was really scary, and his oxygens were even low. So needless to say the doctor saw him and sure enough he had an ear infection, but on top of it the doctor suspected RSV. So we had to do this horrible suction procedure to get some mucus. They took that to do a rapid test and see if it came back positive for RSV. Mean while chris was an absolute wreck. I have never seen him get so emotional. He had to hold devin down while they did this procedure, and the whole time devin kept screaming for daddy. I haven't seen chris cry over much before, but he did over his little buddy. After it was all said and done the doctor came back with a positive result for RSV :( Let me just say to you all this is nasty nasty stuff and is highly contagious. You do not want your little ones to get this. I'm just terrified now that my little squirt 1 yr old will pop up with it. It would be alot worse if addi got it because she had alot of lung problems when she was born. They told us back in the NICU that because she needed the ventilator to breath for her when she was born, that it may create some problems with her lungs when she is older. So something like RSV would really attack her little lungs, and could possibly hospitalize her. I just hope for the best that she doesn't get it. I have tried to keep the two apart, wash hands, etc.... but it's almost impossible to keep them from eachother 100%. I take Devin today for his follow up appt to see if he still has the RSV in his chest, and find out if he is still contagious. I will give you the update on how it all goes.....

"17 Week Ultrasound"

This ultrasoundsound was so exciting!! The little man looks awesome, and he is on TARGET! I don't want to ever get to excited, but I have to say it feels good to hear good stuff for once. There was a blood test they did on me to test my placenta about a week ago. It was to see if the placenta was having any problems yet. Well...... it came back negative they said they saw no signs of insufficiencies at this point. I was really excited to hear that, now granted this doesn't mean this pregnancy will go perfect, I'm just looking for better though :) Anyways I put the cutest little profile of the little man on this post, and I promised you all a belly pic for 17 weeks. So look below to see the belly pic of this little peanut. I wont lie I think my belly is already pretty big, but again I don't want to get my hopes up :) Well enjoy.......

"It's A Boy"

I have been way behind on blogging. So I'm posting the most important things that have happened in the last month. Well It's a boy!! Chris and I are so excited, we feel really lucky to be following the pattern of boy, girl, boy. I think Devin will be so excited to have a little brother to rough house with. Don't kid yourselves though, I think our little Addison will hold her own with these two boys, she is a little firecracker. Well I actually have an ultrasound this thursday, it's the first growth scan on the baby. We are just praying that all the heparin shots are working and he is right on target. So stay tuned for a post on that. I also will be posting my first belly picture with this little man on thursday. Until then look for any new posts in between.

"Addison's Big 1year Party"

I just cannot even believe that my little princess turned 1 year old on Feb 24th. I feel like it was only yesterday that I was waiting anxiously to deliver her. I will say she was a little pistol to get here, and fought every step of they way. I am so proud of what a beautiful little girl she has already become. She is so full of life and is more energetic than I could imagine. She cruises furniture like you wouldn't believe, stands on her own, and crawls like a wild woman everywhere Devin goes. She we will be walking I predict within a month. She is right where she should be for her age being that she was 2 months early. She is now 28 inches long and drum roll please, a whopping 15lbs 12oz LOL!!! She is the definition of petite :) Anyhow we had a party the 26th for her that was awesome. so enjoy the pics below.

"Chris Turned 30"

So Chris really wanted to keep his 30th birthday low key, but I had other plans in mind :). So I decided to throw him a suprise party. We had it at the Rock Creek Pizza in Sandy. I had the back room rented out and all of our family came to support the cause. It turned out awesome he was so suprised. How I found time to pull off a suprise party I'm not sure, but I'm glad I did. Devin and Addi had so much fun helping daddy open presents and blow out candles :)