"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 :)