"Bring on the Shot"

So I got word today from the team of specialists that Chris and I now have for baby #3. I had to do some blood tests last week at my first appointment. They were testing for certain antibodies in my blood that may be a contributor to what causes growth restriction in my babies. It also is a contributor to placental insuffieciency, which is why may babies are small. So with knowing all of that, my test came back as moderate positives. Anytime you even have a slight positive in this case they see it as an objective, and they will treat it immediately. Well the only way to treat this and hopefully prevent a small baby this time is taking heparin shots. It is a low weight blood thinner that I have to inject into my stomach twice a day for basically the whole pregnancy. i'm not excited about it, but I am grateful that they may have found a breakthrough that will give me a shot at a normal pregnancy this time. So here's to getting shots twice a day everyday woo hoo............ wish me luck!!

"Diaper Disaster Twice"

So my poor little devin has a double ear infection :( I took him to the doctor on thursday. The doctor told me that his right ear was so full of fluids he couldn't even see inside it. In other words that meant he had a mean ear infection. The left ear was conjested, but it wasn't near as bad. Anyhow they of course put him on antibiotics and ear drops, but anibiotics can cause diarreah bad in babies or toddlers. Well with that being said my little man has been having some pretty outrageous blowouts the past two mornings. Thank goodness it was the weekend and I had Chris's help, because it was nasty. I went to go into his room both mornings and I just saw poop all over his sheets, hands, face, on stuffed animals Yikes!! I immediately called for chris to come in and help. It was so bad we had to wipe him down so much before we could even remove his pajamas. Once we got all of that done it was straight to the bathtub! There was no messing around with this disaster. I'm just hoping this isn't an every morning thing while he is taking the antibiotic, cuz I can't do it by myself in the morning. This was definitely a two man job. Thanks daddy for coming to the rescue, and doing all the cleanup :)

Salad @ 9:00am

Well I guess I am biting my tongue now by saying that I haven't been to sick! Not so true :)although I will say it is alot more managable than my last pregnancy. That tells me this little bean could be a boy. For me I was way more sick with Addison than with Devin. So I'm kind of going off that for now, but who really knows. Anyhow I titled this post post salad at 9:00am, because I really ate salad this morning at 9:00am. Your body gets so messed up in the first stages of pregnancy. I mean seriously for as queezy as you feel who wants a cold salad at 9 in the morning. As long as I'm not throwing up and can still be active, then I will take what I have going on. I guess we can chalk this up to the first weird craving so far :) Oh and it's not just any salad, it's Rock Creeks Pizza's salad bar. So until next time I hope you all are enjoying the blog......

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! FROM THE DUNCAN'S........

We had this cute picure done of the babies for christmas. I think it turned out so cute. We hope you all have happy holidays! :)

Baby Dunc #3 Is Coming Soon........

Okay so in case you haven't noticed the newest name to the blog :) with the 3 babies, well it's true baby #3 is on the way. Little baby Dunc decided they wanted to be a part of our family when they felt like it. So Chris and I ofcourse were pleasantly suprised on Dec. 4th to find out that we are PREGNANT! People may think we are totally insane, but we are super excited,besides this was not planned at all. We may end up having 3 kiddos under 3, but we will be done and finished! I figure in two years from now when everyone else is still trying to get babies here we will have all kids, and be past the hard part for everything. So truthfully I am grateful for what we have been given, I truly couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift :) So baby Dunc will be here August 18th. I know I know what you are all thinking....... We don't go to our due date, but the docs already have me on meds and protein treatments to prevent the growth restriction this time (They aren't messing around). So fingers crossed we can hopefully get to 37 weeks this time with a bigger baby.

"Prayers For Ponka"

If you are all wondering who Ponka is it's my (grandpa). My family has always called him ponka instead! The oldest grandkids never could say grandpa, but they kept saying ponka. So now that you all know who I'm talking about, I will give the short story. My ponka is suffering from lung cancer . It has finally caught up to him, and he is now fighting it from home. The hospice has been coming out to his home, nurses daily etc..... They have evaluated him recently, and they have come to the conclusion of him having a week or two to live. Now I know we all have grandpa's and are all generally pretty close to them. In this case I see my ponka literally as a second dad. I have lived a mile from him my whole life, and as the yougest grandchild he has treated me like a princess. He is the kindest sweetest man, and has never deprived me of anything! Now when he is in need of my help I feel helpless. The one time he actually is unable to things for himself ,and so sick, I can't take this pain away! After all he has done for me my whole life, and still at 27 he spoils me, I wish there was something I coud do for him right now. I realized at this point all we can give is prayers to help comfort him, and to ease his pain. I had a blessing arranged for him last night, and my ponka is not LDS, but he told me after that he really appreciated me doing that, and he got teary eyed telling me. I realized that I had done the right thing for him and my whole family. There wasn't a dry eye in the room, and there really was a sense of calmness. None of my family in fact is LDS, but they all thanked me and told me they were glad that I did it. I really felt good about doing that for my ponka, it was the least I could do to offer some comfort. So please I ask all of you to say a prayer for ponka, ask for some comfort for him. and for him to not be afraid to pass away!! I have such a special place in my heart for my ponka, and really don't know what I will do without him. I love you ponka!! Love carebear

"My New Calling"

So after living in my ward for over 2 years now I finally got a calling!! I was asked to be a sunday school teacher for the youth. They are 14 and 15 year old boys and girls. I will have 6 students, and my first lesson is tomorrow. I am really excited to learn and study the lessons every week. I feel I have really been given an important calling, and I want to take it very serious! I want to dive head first into all that I am going to be teaching, and make sure that I am living my life in the gospel. I have alot of challenges around me all of the time. I have diversity around me all of the time, but to me that is a good thing. It will just make me stronger to be able to stand up for myself and do things the way I feel is right. I am just so happy I can get such a good age group to teach. 15 years old is such an age that is sensitive and that I can share my experiences with, and have an impact on. The lesson I'm starting with this week is on "prophets". I myself don't know alot about all of the lesson subjects, but I know one thing I feel what I'm teaching is correct. So now all I have to do is dig in and do alot of studying, so that I can pass the message to all of my students. That sounds so weird to say, I can't believe I'm a teacher now. Well I just wanted to write a short message about the newest and latest. I will let you know how the first class goes.

"Devin's Playdate"

Ok so Dev's little buddy linkoln is such a cutie! They are only 6 months apart and really starting ineract with eachother. They both couldn't get enough of pushing the chair around on the wood floor. I had to get some pictures it was to funny! Addi wanted to play with the boys, but she still just a little to young. Addison is only 6 months younger than link. Does that tell you how close my kids really are yikes!! Anyhow I have some cute pics so enjoy! Thanks for coming to play with us Linkoln!

"Bear Lake"

We went to bear lake over Labor Day! It was alot of fun to go with 2 babies this year. Just 2 years ago Chris and I were going to bear lake ALONE. Now we have an 18 month old and a 7 month old (It's Nuts). Devin was such a blast this year. He loved playing on the beach, splashing in the water, but most of all eating the sand :) Addison was a little dolly on the beach. She just soaked up some rays in her cute pink chair. She wasn't as active as Devin yet, but she still really enjoyed bear lake. Enjoy some pictures below of all of us at bear lake!

"Our Saturday Beach Party"

Well Chris had left Friday night for Flaming Gorge, so Saturday I had a fun idea in mind for me and the babies! I had heard on the radio about a beach party at Gardner Village. It sounded so fun for dev and Addi. You had to dress hawaiin style ofcourse. I'm a sucker for theme parties, so we got all dressed up :) I got flower lays for all three of us, sun glasses etc.... and we headed out to Gardner Village. I met my mom, dad, and sister there to enjoy the festivities. We ate teriyaki bowls, smoothies with little umbrellas, and just did everything hawaiin style!! We got some really cute pictures so enjoy them below.........