Big Belly

I haven't posted for a long time. Here are some pictures of my growing belly.

The girls wanted to make it so the baby could see out so they drew a face for her. Then they decided she would like pictures to look at.

Here is the finished product.

Keilani says the baby is growing and wants to come out so she can hold it. She kisses the baby constantly and they all think the belly button is a peep hole for the baby to see out of. she even brushed the babies teeth in the shower for me. Mint toothpaste on the belly button feels really weird.
Keilani decided the baby needed a drink of water and spilled down my pants. They all try to take care of the baby as though she was here. They even give her blankets so she can stay warm and try to feed her their food.

My big belly.

I slacked on the tummy lotion so i do have light stretch marks. I hope they go away. But i can not complain. 4 kids and very few stretch marks. i have been blessed. Yes i look huge but those are medium stretch pants from the gap and my only t-shirt that is pregnacy and it is a small. I have gained more with this pregnacy than any other. 40 pounds. Biggest part of the belly is now 40 inches. i have never been this big in my life. But...that is ok. i just want this baby to be healthy. and all signs are positive.

Three weeks till the due date. Wow! this has gone by fast. i will up date when i can. I think all I do is sleep and clean any more. thank goodness for husbands and their help!

Babies growing up!

I forgot, on Thursday morning, I went to take BraeLynne to school when she told me her tooth was loose. Why does this have to happen? When they start to loose their teeth it is just a big reality check that they are not our babies any more. School was hard enough (for me) and now the tooth thing! (Katie, did you find out the going rate for teeth?) I did say the toothfairy gives more for teeth without cavities. She is so excited because she doesn't have any cavities and brushes her teeth so much now. She is also teaching her sisters "to brush every day so you get lots of money for good teeth!" She hardly ever wiggles it, won't eat anything that will move it and pampers it like nothing else. At this rate that tooth will be out around Christmas. But it is loose and that is good for her. She just doesn't seem to want it to come out. LOL!

Katie said somethings that her kids say that make her laugh. It reminded me of Auroiya's prayer, "Heavenly Father, please help Tesla to grow fast so she can hurry up and come out and share my room. But don't let her be like BraeLynne and Keilani because I don't like sharing with them. Amen." At least she is honest right!!!

Traveling while Pregnant!

Well, I decided I wanted to go see my family this last weekend. I have the excursion now so I wanted to go see them now since I won't be able to make it to Kaden's baptism. I feel so bad. The problem was, Lonnon's unkle died so we ended up going in the opposite direction to Arizona. It was about the same distance it would have been to go to see my family. :( Oh well. I guess I will see them after I have the baby.

Right before we left I finally got a call from my Dr's office. I was highly advised NOT to do any traveling of any kind. But since I was going anyway, always know where the closest hospital is at, drink lots of water and liquids of almost kind, eat lots of snacks, and stretch every hour. On the way down I didn't want to hold everyone up by me needing potty breaks so I didn't drink much water. I would not advise this to anyone expecting. By the time I got there I was cramping pretty bad and having contractions. Not consistant ones but ones to claim them as contractions not braxton hicks. So Lonnon shoved so much water down me I was ready to throw up. What a good husband.

On the way back he bought me two gallons of water and told me I had 8 hours to drink it all. Then laughed. He made sure after I went to the bathroom I drank more water. I drank one and a half gallons in 8 hours. I peed every 1/2 hour. pit stops, rest stops, side of the road stops, then had to go again the moment I got back in the car. But, I did not have any contactions or cramping. Good for my husband!!! His mom kept up on me during the trip too. She always made sure I had water and something to eat! She was awsome. She always told me to sit and relax, put my feet up. This is the one time I can and I should enjoy it while I can and let people cator to me while I can. (She's right I will do it for the rest of my life on my family.) It was a good last trip for the next few months. I can't complain. And LDS funerals, we all know that we are sad for moment then have the family reunion. lol. Really it was good and nice to meet more of Lonnon's cousin's and family.

But Boy am I glad to be back home!!!

The Things Children Do

I don't know what to say. Isn't she cute when she sleeps? But wait, something is not quite right? Is that shorter hair I see?! Yup! Sure is.















This morning Keilani ran into the living room and I noticed she had shorter hair in the front. She had not only cut herself some short crooked bangs but she took out a whole section to the scalp, WHAT DO I DO??!!! I can't shave her head like her dad suggested. But he hasn't seen it yet. I can't cut it short or it will just look worse. I don't know what to do. I can kind of do a comb over but it is some wishful thinking and When I put a hair thing in it has to be combed to the side and the hair thing has to dangle at the very front of her head to even try to hide it. Good thing about hair is it grows back. Slowly is the problem.

Here is The whole chunk.














Here is her left side. As fat and long as my thumb. And I have big fingers.














Here is her right side.














Here is the width of how big the chunk is, as well as the angle of the bangs.














Here is all the hair left in the middle of the bald spot.














And last, the attempt at a comb over.














I wanted to cry. She came in the room and
I said calmly, "Lani, did you cut your hair?"
Keilani, "NO!"
Me, "Then come here and let me see it."
Keilani, "K mommy."
She ran right over and let me run my fingers through it.
I couldn't talk or breath. Finally I got out, "Honey, where are the sissors?"
Keilani, "I no no mom. You no?"
Me, "No Honey, I don't know. Can you find them for me?"
Keilani, "Nope! Day all gone!" and ran away.
I still haven't found the sissors. Or the hair.
I just keep looking at her and tearing up. (The pregnacy hormones don't help) She is actually embarassed about it. She wants me to "Fitts it" But I can't. So we just try to make it work so no one can see it. If anyone asks to see it she covers her hair and face and screams "NO" and runs away. She has only felt it with her hands and won't look in the mirror to see what it looks like because "My hayu es broken!" This is going to be hard for her. The first thing she does in the morning is asks me to "peas brusha my hayu" I don't know what will happen now. I just hope it grows back fast.

Quick Weekend Summery

A quick summery of our three day weekend was that we got to go to the Grand Canyon. It was fun. We bought a 2001 Ford Excursion. Lonnon flew out to South Dakota to get it. He drove it back, and then we left for Arizona 3 hours later. The poor guy got 1 1/2 hrs sleep in 48 hrs. We left for the Grand Canyon and spent Sunday at the Grand Canyon. It was a mostly a great vacation for OUR family. (I will explain this in a moment) When we left for the canyon, I left my camera in our hotel room on the table. So I have pictures before and after but during everyone else took the pictures. What great sports. Now I have to wait for the other 6 cameras that were in our family to give me copies to get some pictures to post. (Thank heaven for digital cameras!) As soon as I get them I will post them, I promise! And I will write a better blog about our vacation.

It was also an eye opener for the adults. I was very worried about our girls and made sure they had little backpack leashes on so they could not go anywhere. Brae is old enough so she could hold someones hand. We made it a huge point that they were never, under any circumstance, were they to be let go of. And were to be held by an ADULT at all times while at the Grand Canyon.

(Now comes the explaination I was telling you about)

While we were taking pictures we heard what sounded like a bunch of teenagers yelling and messing around. About 10 minutes later we found out that a little 2 1/2 year old girl had fallen over the edge of the canyon. This tore us all up. It hit close to home because of our childrens ages. It especially hit hard for Grandma Jensen because after seeing what family it was, she realized just 5 minutes before the accident Auroiya and the little girl said hi to each other and it made it even more close to home. The information we got was from one of the two men that climbed down to help the little girl. He said that the grandma had stopped to take a picture and the little girl slipped and fell inbetween the paved trail and the guard rail. Just a little bit before he had commented to his wife that that spot was dangerous and someone could slip and fall through that hole. Sadly the little girl did. The little girl had been stopped by a tree and two men had climbed down to stay with her to make sure she didn't fall any further. They had a rescue crew that had to repell down to get her (if that gives you an idea of how hard it was for these brave men to climb down to be with her) They took her in an ambulence and said she was alive but unconscience. What a horrible family vacation this had to have been. We have been trying to see updates but it has been hard to find any information except to search the internet.

The thought of loosing any one of my girls crushes me. Keilani is 2 and Auroiya is 3 1/2. The thought of the pain this family is going through sets me into tears. Lets just say my girls were held onto VERY close after this. Haveing family there made it much easier to watch our girls. Between family and friends that went, there were 17 people in our group. (only 3 were friends.) I pray for that family and I also pray we give thanks for the safty and health of our little ones and that they are still with us. Please everyone, watch your little ones so closely when you go places. You blink and they are gone. In this case, it may be the life that is gone too.

BraeLynne's First Day of School

BraeLynne started Kindergarten on Wednesday. She was so "excited, nervous and scared." I can't believe my baby is going to school. I did good. I teared up a bit in the car on the way home but it wasn't until after Lonnon left for work and Auroiya and Keilani were watching a movie in their room that I started to cry. My house was so quiet. I felt like I was home alone. I forgot how much Brae comes around just to say, "I love you mom." or "I just came to keep you company." Yes, I know, enjoy it for the moment because in no time flat it will not be so quiet but I still miss my little girl. I think they do 1/2 days for the breaking in of the mothers not the kids.

She loved her first day of school. She doesn't know anyone except a little girl Eliana, who is our next door neighbor but she is in the other class so they play at recess. But at least she knows someone at some time in the day right! She was so excited to wear her dress that Grandma Jensen made her for the first day of school. She actually asked if Grandma could make her an outfit instead of buying one for the first day. We all know that grandma's love these requests! She couldn't sleep very well the night before. She was asking so many questions. We said about 10 prayers. But she didn't want Daddy to give her a blessing because she doesn't want to .... I don't know how to explain it.... It is like when you have a blessing you are really really sick and you have prayed all you can and you need even more help "special help" and she doesn't think this counts as that no matter how hard we try to explain to her she wants to "save her special blessings". We will get one in there though. I just may take a bit until we get her to understand that it is ok.

Auroiya cried and wouldn't let me take her picture. She wants Brae to stay with her or wants to go with Brae to school. Just as long as they are together she is happy. Here are the drop off pictures and the pick up pictures with Auroiya.

Before



















After















Keilani missed her too and wants to get her hug in.















If you can't tell by this picture, she LOVED her first day of school.

Jensen's Family Night

We did a family nigt that we painted little figurines that the girls picked out the other day. We painted them with water color paints. (Thank goodness!)

Keilani painting her puppy














BraeLynne painting her kitten














Auroiya painting her hand pretending she is Mulan taking notes on her arm and about to take a bath to meet he match maker.














BraeLynne with her kitten














Auroiya with her seahorses














Keilani with more paint on her face and body than her puppy.



















The finished product. My attempt at painting with washable kids paint, ladybug, Brae's blue kitten, Auroiya's pink seahorses, and Keilani's multi-colored puppy.














But we did have a great night tonight. And I got to see more creativity from my kids.

BraeLynne meets Kindergarten

Friday was Kindergarten orientation. I took Keilani and Auroiya to my friend Carmen's house and Brae and I went to the school. She said she is excited but a little shy and scared.
We met with her teacher and I was happy to see there is not a ton of kids in her class. Not all the kids were there but I only counted 12. The classes can't be too big because we have 2 other elementary schools less than 2 miles away in two different directions. Half our ward is in a different school.
We all met in the class room. The teacher asked BraeLynne if she knew what her name looked like.
Brae (very proud announced), "B-r-a-e capital L-y-n-n-e"
Mrs. Ward, "Very good. It took me three tries to finally spell your name right with the capital L."

If that is what it took to get her name to stick out in the beginning that is fine by me. But out of the twelve kids there she was the ONLY blond. I think she will stick out as it is. It is a good mix of races but they all have dark, dark brown hair or black hair. Then there is a little toe head blond right in the middle. That is my little girl. (giggle, giggle)

Then Brae went and sat in a circle with the other kids and I got the privilege of sitting at her desk for the next 1/2 hour filling out more papers. Not very comfortable. Imagine sitting in a little chair, your knees popping up, your pregnant belly in between them leaning over to fill out paper work of what you kid likes and what things they know. I wasn't the only pregnant lady there so it wasn't like they could let all of us go sit at the one big chair in the room.
They really emphasized that they do not teach the children as a group but really work on their individual needs. They will test them and start from there on the ABC's and reading. They will even take them into the first grade reading levels when and if they are ready. This makes me feel much better because there are a few kids I know (in other classes) that don't know their ABC's yet can't spell their own name. Brae has been learning to read at home and I really don't want her held back by other kids being behind her. Or left behind if the rest are ahead of her. This made me feel more at ease.

I have had a hard time with the elementary schools here. They look like prisons. They have very small windows, if any at all, they are those big glass blocks that let light in but no one can see in and they are so high up that no one can break them. The playgrounds are all on that bouncy rubber stuff. So it looks like they are playing on asphalt. There is, however, a little grass that they can play on but not much. (There are grassy areas in other area's but not much on the kindergarten area.) Last but not lest, there is chain link fencing all around the school with chains and locks to keep them shut. The parents drop their kids off at one side of the fence and pick them up at the other side of the fence.

I do feel better now that things have been explained to me. The windows are to protect the children from any freaks that want to look in and seek out little children. It lets light in and bad people out. The little grass is because we have had a drought here for the past 9 years. But they have shaded the play area and they only let the kids play outside for about 5-10 minutes because of the heat. In the winter they let them play outside longer because it is cooler. The fence is because then the teachers can monitor the kids and adults better. If the kids can't get out without the teacher knowing they know where the kids are. If they see the parent they will let the kid out but this way the kids are not going home with strangers and the teachers know what kids have gone home and which are still there.

I am so far impressed with the school. But we will see how things go when she starts this Wednesday. I hope it does go well.

I am lucky I don't have to worry about the bus picking up and dropping off (or lack there of like poor Alli, Brae's cousin) The school is actually walking distance and right behind the library and our church house. I would walk instead of drive if I was not under "no exercise" restrictions from the doctor. But it will be nice exercise after I have the baby. I will walk about 1/2 mile there and 1/2 mile back which makes it 2 miles every day. that is some good walking in my opinion.

I do think I will miss her oodles and oodles. I agree with Katie, I love my little girl but I really LIKE her. She is my little helper. I enjoy watching her grow and learn. I love that what she knows is mostly due to my teaching her. It will be really hard to just see the out come of someone else teaching her and watching her play with other kids. I catch myself tearing up about it all the time. It should go well though. She goes at 9 am. I can spend time with Auroiya and Keilani and pick Brae up at 11:40. Come home, eat lunch, have a nap/quiet time and go on with the day as usual. I should be easy when the baby comes if this schedule works.

I just hope I have taught her the right things so she can "choose the right". She asked if I would buy her a "real CTR ring" to help reminder her and so she can teach others to choose the right too. She wants a ring that doesn't dye her finger green. I think we will see what we can do.

bathroom sink

Lonnon bought the cutest faucet for the kids bathroom. You turn tigger in the honey pot to turn it on. the kids love it. It is easy enough they can use it but hard enough to turn that they haven't been playing so much in the water! Now I can decorate the bathroom in a theme and not just pink. My hubby has such a great eye for cute things!

cake

I was upstairs talking to Lonnon in the computer room today. We knew it was safe to not have full attention on the girls for 2 and a half seconds because they were all in their rooms playing.
Next thing we knew, Auroiya came in and said, "Mom, I spilled the cake and I can't pick it up. See it is all over my hands."
I took a deep breath and told her to go wash her hands then have daddy take care of the cake. (yea, I know. Like daddy is really going to clean it up but it was worth a try.)
A minute or so later she came back and said, "Mom, when are you going to pick up the cake?" So, I took a deep breath and went downstairs. I saw the cakeand told her not to touch it because I needed to take a picture so one day we can look at it and feel good. Here is what I saw of our brand new cake.






Auroiya pointing "see mom"







Here are the girls so happy they finally get to taste some of the cake.














Daddy (very sweet and calm), "Why did you have the cake?"
Auroiya, "Because I was trying to bring it up to you.... and it slipped.... and I slipped."
Daddy, "Ooookkkaayy?"

Then daddy to me, "At least she is trying to share." And we both laugh under our breath.





If I take pictures of things instead of yelling maybe one day I can look at it and laugh. Maybe I can prove to my kids the things I tell them really did happen and I am not just making them up.

IT'S A GIRL!

We went to the ultrasound and they told us we were having a girl. Shortly after I threw-up. Alot. I am 18 weeks and I still throw-up. What is up with this? Oh well.

We were on our way to the doctor and Lonnon looked at me and asked,
Me: "What do you think it is?"
Me: "What do I think it is or what would I like?"
Him: "What do you think it is?"
Me: "I would like a boy but I think it is a girl."
Him: "Me too."

Ten minutes later our instincts were confermed. We are having our fourth girl. We are happy and excited. She looks healthy. We would have loved the change of a boy but we will take the girl. The girls are excited. Every morning they wake up rub my tummy and say, "Good morning Tesla." Even Keilani does it. It is so cute! To top it off, the only things I need is diapers and wipies. I have everything else I could need. Wants are another story. I would love to update things like carseats and other expencive items but we are 100% prepared for this baby to come. Especally at Christmas time. lol. I just need to get my Christmas shopping done now.

The weird thing is I haven't wanted to decorate the bathroom or bedrooms to girly just in case this was a boy. I don't know why it took four girls to finally have it sink in that I need to make things more girly and less uni-sex. Four girls. What am I going to do with four girls? I can't even say poor Lonnon because he loves them. He said he only wants a boy so he can use the name Zzyzx. And if all else fails maybe he will just adopt. He says it so sarcasticly too. I just need to make it so he has his own retreat away from all the female hormones he has chose to produce. giggle giggle.

But yes, We are having our little girl Tesla Patience Jensen. She is due December 28, 2006.

Names

Not that it matters to anyone but me right now, but I feel slightly sick. Yet all I can think about is how bad I want to go get some Spagettio's! LOL

We have two names right now. If it is a boy his name will be Zzyzx Tatton Jensen. Lonnon has picked both names this time. He has had the name Zzyzx for about 7 years now. He got it from the road on the way to California and just thought it would be the coolest boys name. It is his family's tradition to give the boys the mom's maden name for a middle name and he wanted to carry on that tradition.

If it is a girl her name will be Tesla Patience Jensen. He got Tesla from some inventor guy that he says is extreamly smart. And Tesla is the guys last name. Patience, because when I pregnant with Keilani and didn't know it yet Lonnon was saying family prayer and prayed for me to be blessed with more patience. I started crying and asked if he realized that every time he prayed for patience I get pregnant. At that time I didn't want to be pregnant and was very upset that I had been blessed with another child to learn patience. We joked that the next girl we would name Patience because what better to teach you patience than four girls. It just so happens it actually went really well with Tesla. So our joke is if it is a girl, it will mean the Lord is blessing me with more patience.

The best part about the names is most everyone that hears them thinks we should name our children something else which makes us want to use them even more. Then we know for sure no one else will have them right! Just kidding. We like them, we are the parents and so we get to choose. If other people want a differant name they can have their own kids. Right?

Latest Dr Appointment

Well, we just got back from the Doctor. It is good news and bad news.

The Good:

The baby is active, healthy, and still in there. The surgery for the cerclage as far as we know has gone good. And to fill everyone on more info. than needed we can have "adult relations" again as long as we are careful. And the ultrasound is in two weeks and we can see if we can see if it is a boy or girl.

The Bad:

For the rest of the entire pregnacy I have to do the following. I have to really, I mean REALLY take it easy. I am not aloud to swim. There is an extreamly high chance of infection. I am not aloud to exercise at all. If I feel I am dying to exercise I can go for a short walk but that is the extent and is pushing it. I am not aloud to lift anything. If there is too much cramping or any spotting I am to lye down immediatly. And keep an eye on it, and keep him updated if it happens. Same goes for "adult relations", If there are any problems with it, it may have to be put on hold for a while. (which with this pregnacy so far is more my problem than Lonnon's to his excitement.)

I guess it can't all be "bad" news. The positive look on it is:
PROBLEM SOLUTION
can't lift things - Someone else has to do it.
take it easy - the house looks bad and it's ok. I have Dr's orders to rest
no swimming - I don't look bad in swim suit
no exercising - I can get big and be lazy Dr's orders

See, there is good from this! LOL! I just have to make sure I look at all the positives and try to stay excited and be careful not to get depressed with what I can'd do. I also need to break down my pride and ask some of my Young Women girls from Church to come and help me clean and watch my girls. Which will be good for me. I don't like asking for help. I like to do it all myself. I take too much on. Not always the smartest thing but it is me.

A am excited about the baby. I felt it move with my hand on the outside for the first time two days ago. That was exciting and when the Dr. did the heartbeat today, it wouldn't stop moving. He had to pin it in a corner and then the baby kicked the moniter and swam away. Lonnon was laughing and so was the Dr. The Dr. laughs every time he does the heart beat because he knows Lonnon would love a boy but is ok with a girl. The heart beat was 159 today. The general beat of a girl. But not always. We can keep hopes up. But we will see. We will find out in two weeks for sure if the baby will let us.

My Tummy Size

Good Face / no body

I would love to cut and past here. I know it is not the best picture but as least you can see my face not blinking. But the next one is a decent shot of how little/big my tummy is.
My waist (around my belly button) messures 32 1/2 inches. It doesn't sound like much but between that and my ever growing bottom my size 4-5 pants don't fit in any way shape or form no matter how hard I may want to try.

I am pregnant and I do realize I will grow. I just have never showed this much until the end of five months. I am only 15 weeks. Just past my third month. Thing is every pregnacy I have had has been differant and it is my fourth child. I can't expect to keep my figure all the way until the end of six kids right?



Bad Face / shows body
Any ways, the whole point is to show that I am showing right now and none of my clothes fit. We just bought the stretch pants and shirt I am wearing in the pictures. Lonnon got me 5 shirts that are now long enough to reach up and not show my religion / tummy. But oh gee, how sad. I went from a size small in shirts to a medium. I really can't complain. And as long as that baby stays in there I am good. 

Our 4th of July

OK. We had a fun Fourth of July. The girls were scared of the fire works though. Let me tell you how glad I was that we used what was left of last years fireworks and only bought the snaps this year. We spent around $3.00 this year. I would love see someone beat that price on fireworks that lasted about 2 hours! And 99.9 percent of last years were eveyone elses left overs that got sent home with us so they were all free.

Yet, Here is BraeLynne and Auroiya's main reaction to all the fireworks.
Thank goodness for the pillows!














Keilani spent the night like so. She would say,
"Pug er erz!" (plug your ears)
Auroiya's main reaction to the fire works going off.














Lonnon showing his excitment for the 4th, or should I say for FIRE! At the same time demonstrating how not to light the fireworks. We shouldn't light them when holding them kids!















Needless to say, we had a very fun and inexpensive Fourth of July!

Nine Months Can Be Long

Well, has been a while since I have been able to blog. I went to my 11 week visit and my doctor told me that I should have a cerclage done just to be on the safe side so I don't have to go on bed rest. Or I could see how things go but if my cervix shortens I will be put on bed rest. That would be six months of bed rest.

(Those of you who do not know about my last pregnacy, I had an incomplete cervix. I was 50 percent efaced by six months.)

We scedualed the surgery for June 29th. The girls went to my friend Carmens house. (Who my girls know as Aunt Carmen. We adopted each other as sisters.) I checked into the hospital at 10:00 am and we got ready for surgery. They had to give me an epidural. The only problem is that my bones are to close together in my back so they can never get it in right. They had to move up verdibrates three times before it would go in right and it took 40 minutes of being curled in a ball. The surgery it's self only took five and went well. The doctor said it is a good thing we did it and that my cervix has already shortened and I was dialated to a 1 1/2. I'm not a doctor but I don't think that is so good since I was only 14 weeks along.

Tomorrow I will be 15 weeks and it will be one week from the surgery. I am having a harder time recovering than I thought I would. I have to rest alot and we went to the store yesterday. We were in there for say, 45 minutes total. By that time we were done Lonnon was having to go ahead to get things and I would slowly catch up. He wanted to carry me out to the car but I woudn't let him. I just took my time walking very very slowly. I just get worn out and get cramps. (I am suppose to take it easy VERY easy for two weeks.) I just didn't thing going to the store was that big of a deal. I was wrong. Needless to say, I sat for the rest of the 4th of July. Daddy got to light fireworks and I gladly took pictures of our terrified girls. Who ran away from the "Scary Fire". I sure am glad we used the rest of last years fireworks and spent a whole $3 on snaps this year. Or I may have been disappointed in their reactions. LOL!

I guess I just thought I would have the surgery, rest for a day or two, then jump up and things would be back to normal. I guess the real question should be, Do I know what normal is in a house with three children? I just need to keep taking it easy no matter how lazy I feel when I just sit there or lay there. I do get up and do a load of laundry, dishes or something for about 15 minutes then I go back to sitting or more likely lying down to keep the pressure off.

Things are going well though. I just pray that this baby will be able to stay in long enough to be a healthy baby. I don't care if it is a boy or a girl. Just healthy and alive.

Future Plans

Well, we've been planning for a while that we wanted another little one. We plan on a total of 6. If we have all of our kids by the time we are 30 then when we turn 50 our youngest will be 20 and we will be young enough to play and enjoy our grandchildren.

This will be number four. We planned on trying in January but I needed dental work done so we put it off until February, then March, then April, then May. But in May we found out we put it off too long and nature took over for us. So between planning and postponing we are having a little one.

With my last pregnancy I had a short cervix at 6 months. I was 50 percent effaced and was put on bed rest for 13 weeks. So for this pregnancy in a couple of weeks I am going to have a procedure done that will put a stitch in my cervix to keep it closed and one month before I have the baby it will be taken out. I can do anything I normally would with the stitch. Well, except it lessens the chances of me going into preterm labor. The only other option I have is to go on complete bed rest for 6 months. That can't be an option with three kids.

Anyways, I am 11 weeks along. My due date is December 28. And we don't know if it is a boy or girl obviously, but the doctor did laugh and say that how fast the heart beat was going it generally means a girl but not always. So he told Lonnon not to give up hope there is still a chance it could be a boy. I laughed and said if it is a girl it would be because he has told so many people that he will have ten girls as long as he gets one boy.

Lonnon has been so wonderful. As soon as I told him, he hugged me, kissed me and said, "I guess we're having a baby." and smiled. He has had a glow about him ever since. I am so grateful for a husband that is so supportive. Now if he could just be so supportive he could make this awful morning or should I say 24 hour sickness go away!

Make-Up Days for Bad Days are GREAT!

Ok today was much better. Lonnon had the day off and it made things much easier. He let me sleep in (it was a whole half hour before I got up to but hey, sleeping in is sleeping in) he then helped me make breakfast. We made french toast and hashbrowns. I did the easy one, hashbrowns. He made the french toast. It was awsome. He then cleared the table and put all the food away! He also made it so I got a nap when it was nap time. I took a three hour nap!! First I didn't know I was that tired. Second I can't remember the last time I took that long of a nap. I got so much cleaned today. And boy, did I need to after yesterday. My house is still very lived in but wow, he kept the kids out of my hair for most of the day. He also made the kids clean up dinner. Man, I love my husband!! The best part is I never even asked him for help once. Accept if he would carry the vacuum down the stairs, and he did it right when I asked. I am bouncing off the walls with joy today, let me tell you!!! Just a note, it normally is not this good of a rebound after a day like yesterday. It is like Katie, my sister-in-law, said basicly we all have those days, and weeks and it seems like months too. I hope it was just a day and I thank Heaven for today!!

Ok. Next. I have been painting. No supprise to most, but I think my drawing and painting everything is rubbing off on my girls. In both a good and not so good way. They do great art work on paper. But they do it everywhere else too. Here are some of my paintings:

















yes the last two look alike but that was my goal so I can hang them side by side.

















The piont of the story is I draw and paint on everything. Then I tell the kids not to draw or paint on the walls, doors, windows, dressers, well, you get the pioint. Well, a few days ago, BraeLynne crawled on the top of her desk and wrote the abc's. The problem is it is the first time she has written them in order from memory. So it turned into a Don't ever write on your desk again and you have to clean it up until it comes off because it is in marker. At the same time Good Job!! I just wish you would have done it on paper so we could put it in your memory book. She is so smart (I think) and starts Kindergarten in August. Here are her ABC's.















It may not be the best pictures but I had to stand on her desk to try and get the pictures. She did a good job in my opinion. But all I can say is some times getting too mad over the simple things is not worth the praise you should show. Many times you have to say 100 good jobs for the one time you said bad job. So I made sure this time it was a good job for the good part but shame and a small slap on the wrist for the bad.

Awards for Non - Crazy Mothers

There should be an award for mothers not harming their children. Not literally harming them but something. Today was the day from the place down under. My kids thought it was a day to torcher eachother, the dog, their parents and even the house. Keilani thought she needed to throw anything she could lift down the stairs or over the balcany. The louder the noise the harder she laughed. BraeLynne and Auroiya thought it was better to tease eachother until the other cryed. Then they would do it to Keilani who fights back by biting, pinching, pushing, pulling hair and number one, choking. She wraps her arm around their neck in a choker hold and drops to the floor and just holds them there. I am waiting for the day I walk in to see a passed out child. They opened my rolls and shredded them all over my bed and got in all my freshly washed sheets. They opened a loaf of bread downstairs and ripped all the crust off each piece and tested each one before throwing it and tore all the cushions off the couch. To finish the day BraeLynne tryed to lock Auroiya out of her room and slammed her bedroom door and since it didn't close she just kept pushing. Keilani just screamed louder. Lonnon got to them first. He saw that Keilani's hand was smashed in the door and it wouldn't open so he ramed it. Brae got ramed in the head with the door and Keilani got saved. Everyone got iced and sent to bed.
The question is are you happy Keilani got help and her fingers are well brused but not broken or sad that BraeLynne got wacked in the head with the door and has a goose-egg?
The other question is where was there mother? To tell you the truth, I don't know. If I blink the are doing something else. Maybe I should tape my eyes open so I don't blink and maybe things won't be so hard. Or at least there won't be days like today right?
I have come to the concusion that if we don't have the hard days then we won't enjoy the good days or realize how good we really have it. My girls are not wild insaine children, they just have those kinds of days. Even though it was a rough day, I wouldn't trade them for the world. and they are so cute tonight. SLEEPING!!!
See aren't they cute now? and it is so quiet and peaceful at our house now.

Keilani's Second Birthday

We had Keilani's second birthday party on sunday. (Herbirthday was Thrusday but we had cake with the family on Sunday.) She was so cute she kept singing "Hap bud-day me, hap bud-day me" then pretend to blow out candles and clap saying "yea". When she finally got to blow out the candles she couldn't blow hard enough so after three or four trys her sisters had to help her.




She got the bike that she has been dying for. Then she got LaLa the teletubby. Talk about the highlight of the night. She was so excited it took us a good five minutes to get it out of the box. LaLa then went on the back of the bike in a little seat and she wanted to ride it around. Only thing she doesn't quite understand is that the bike won't go if you don't pedal. She just wiggles back and forth saying "go. go" It is so funny to watch. The joys of watching your little ones growing up.

Curly Girls

My girls wanted to have curlers in their hair so they could have curly hair. They think they look like Curly Sue. They were so excited at the way their hair turned out but all Lonnon and I could do was laugh.
Oh the simple entertainment in a childs life!
BraeLynne, Keilani, and Auroiya sitting on the stairs saying "CHEESE!"








Auroiya being her goofy self and pulling a silly face.











BraeLynne and Keilani with their baby dolls looking beautiful.

Picture of Me

I know this isn't the best picture, but in the pictures that get taken of me, this one is probably one of the better ones. I am normally the one who takes all the pictures. So when I do get a picture of myself I have to treasure it wether like it or not.