Easter memories...

Being that it is Easter Sunday I keep thinking of the Easter Sammy was born. In 2010 Easter was on April 4th. That was the day we came home from the hospital with our brand new baby boy.

I remember like it was yesterday, I was 41 weeks and was at my doctors appointment, and we asked about induction dates available. When the doctor came back into the room she said that they could take me then next day! We were super surprised and super excited! I was ready to get that baby OUT! My induction date was April 2nd and that was Good Friday. Induction was started at 9am on Friday morning and the majority of that day was pretty boring... Jesse worked on typing his dissertation my Mother in law was there my mom was on her way from Indiana. She made it to Illinois by 1pm. Around 1:30pm they broke my water. My contractions were coming regularly and lasting long enough to progress my labor so I was not given Pitocin. I got my epidural shortly after having my water broke. More boring time pasted. We think because of my fibro the epidural didn't last very long i had several boosters for it and at 9pm they gave me my last booster so I was really hoping he would come soon. I sent everyone except for Jesse out of the room because I was getting very tired. That was around 9 or 9:30pm at 10pm they told me i was ready to push. 25 minutes later our baby boy was here! I didnt get to hold him right away because he had a bowel movement inside so they had to make sure he was ok... but after a few minutes I heard him cry and everything was great! They cleaned him up let us spend a few minutes then the Grandmas came in to meet their new grandson. We hadnt expected him to come so soon after sending them away we thought we'd beable to trick them and surprise them... but my mother-in-law has a 6th sense and came checking before he was completely delivered... they wouldn't let her in the room so she knew something was up! then a few minutes later she heard him cry so the gig was up. That was a LONG night. and 2 days later on Easter Sunday we got to come home! Happy Easter to us! 

Time to Play catch up!

I have not blogged in a long time. So this is a catch up... Lots has happened so hang on to your butts...

Thanksgiving Madness..

This year we decided to do a Turducken. For those of you who don't know what that is, its a Turkey stuffed with a Duck, and the duck is stuffed witha chicken. It was AMAZING! We had company over to help is eat all the food. Jesse's grad student, Gabe, and his fiance. That was good. We want to do it again next year, we may even invite more people. These are the pictures of the tuducken...

Slice of Turducken

Christmas Madness...

We drove home this year and I am so glad the weather here in North Dakota stayed MILD!!!! It would have been 10 times more stressfull if we had had to worry about bad weather. The trip was stressful enough becasue we could not Find our TomTom. So we Had to wing it, and that means that I was the navigator (BeckBeck). I HATE BEING THE NAVIGATOR! But we made it! THe Cats were watched by a new person and she did a great job with them. Ally will be our perminant cat watcher! Props to her! Sammy got SOOOOO many toys for christmas it was CRAZY! He enjoyed every minute of it too. Lots and Lots of Cars!!! And Legos! We spent about 5 days with my parents and 5 days with Jesse's parents. It was amazing and exhausting. We loved it! I also got to see my TIF!!! I hadn't seen her in 7 years!!! She was a sight for sore eyes!!!

Opening presents

Putting together toys

Danielle, Me and Tif

Robin's Shower...

I hosted Robin's Shower and I was excited to see how many people decided to come. She got TONS of gifts and she looked like she had a good time. EVen her mom had a good time. LOL We had cake and sandwiches. My center pieces were a hit! Special thanks to Danielle for all the help and ideas!!! it was great!

BIG NEWS....

We are FINALLY going to have another baby. I am now almost 10 weeks and things are very good. We have had a Sonogram and we've heard the heart beat!WE have Some names picked out but they are subject to change....but I doubt it.....Boy: Jacob Luke, Girl: Lucy Gray. We are so happy!

Halloween and more...

Holloweeen 2011 was awesome! We The festivities started long before October 31st. First we went an took pictures at a local pumpkin patch! It was amazing to see how much he had grown from last year. Last year he was 6 months old. he wasn't even crawling yet. this year he was running so fast I couldn't get a clear shot. Then we picked out a pumpkin! And I am not a huge fan of carving pumpkins and sammy is too young to help do all the dirty work, so we bought pumpkin decorations that are like Mr. Potato head decor. We got a skele-kin.....HAHAHAHA.

 

Then we went trick or treating for the first time. Sammy was a lion! GRRRR! He did a very good job he liked knocking on doors and ringing door bells. he picked the best candy! One lady gave us a pencil, but that is ok. I dressed like a black cat. next year will be even better! I'm excited!

Now for the And More.... I have Robin's invite all ready to mail out i just need one more address. So I am happy to say everything is on time! Now I have been trying to decide if I want to fix a hot meal for the guests of get a meat and cheese tray. hmmmmm if anyone has andy really good, large, hot dish recipies. Let me know!

My Boys...

I just recently watched a show called My Boys. And let me tell you, it hit a very special place in my heart. SO this Blog is dedicated to My Boys, all of them!

The Definition of my boys have changed over the years. Very early on my boys were my dad and my brother. Although they may have thought I was theirs....that is not true...they were MINE. I take much responsibility in MOLDING them into the man and older man that they are today! They are quite special in my book and if you disagree....well then you're wrong. I can tell they worry about me, and they the feel it is their job (it is) I can always see the pleasantly surprised look on my face when they realize I can take care of myself. And I never hear hurtful things when I do. They made me strong enough to handle my next group of Boys.....

Late in my high school career I was, you might say obsessed, with football. The guys, especially the freshman and sophomores, on the team were my boys. They were so much fun. It was through them I started to understand the MALE jokes and what boys find funny, and why...Farts and boobies sounds simple...but its deeper than that. Kinda. The lessons they taught me will be with me forever. Thanks...

Shreve Hall 6th floor... My Boys...this one's for you. Whenever I think of my time back on the 6th floor I have only good memories! I can never thank Kevin Knipp enough for introducing me to them all. I admit that my nerdiness helped me blend in a lot with this particular group but they accepted me even when i had my girlly moments. They were there when a long term boyfriend broke up with me. they were there when I was sad I was away from home. But truthfully I was rarely sad when I was with them. DOA3, Halo, Pizza, Star Wars, LOTR.... all have a special memory attached to all of you. This chick had NO FEAR when you all were there. I have been keeping up with many of you over fcebook....and I am proud of where all of you are now in life.

Now, My Boys are My husband and my Son....not to mention my 2 male cats...They are my life. All of my Boys have taught me so much....I still learn new things every day thanks to my boys now. They are so special and individual but are similar in many ways to the other boys I've known.  Playing in the dirt, and with legos are amazing and i never knew how interresting those activities could be until I met jesse and sammy. I never know LOVE from boys until I met these two very special boys.

Boys are great! but MY BOYS are awesome!

UPDATE: it's been several years since I wrote this blog but I am happy to add that my group boys has grown by 2. Jacob and James are now my boys, too. My heart is so full. 

The "camera" cake

Well the cake did not turn out as well as I would have hoped. It looks pretty aweful actually. It tasted great though! Here are some Pictures of the experience

i learned a lot though! next time will be loades better. to be honest this was horrible!!

Getting there!!!

I have box full of bridal shower supplies ready to ship to my mom. I bought table clothes and napkins today as well. I'll post a picture. I finished Robin's banner as well.

I really thought I had more to update on but I don't. I will however talk about my big boy now!

Sammy is going to be a Lion for halloween. I bought the costume at Once Upon A Child for $6.50!!! Great deal. He is saying Mamaw and Papaw now. Its pretty cute he shortens it to MoPo now. On a sadder note he got sick for the first time the other night. But i don't think it was the flu I think he may have ate something bad. Poor little guy it was so sad. we are all def excited for the holidays! Sammy's first time trick or treating. Another AWESOME thanksgiving! and christmas at home with the family (also robin's bridal shower).

By the way THANKS to everyone who decided it would be a good idea to let me plan thsi shower. It has made me so very SANE through all that has been happening in my life lately and I could not think of a better person to celebrate than My Robin!

working hard, or hardly working....

Shower update: As I said last time I have center pieces done. Three total. Thank you cards are ready for her. I have a guest book that includes "advice for happy marriage" section for each guest to fill out. I have a few other decorations as well. I have the Invites picked out awaiting ordering. But my big recent creative moment was the "banner" I decided to make. I'm gonna take photos of individual letters (spelling out Robin & Seth) lace a long ribbon through them and use it as a banner. I just ordered print outs of the photos. This is what it will look like... All I have to do now is get plates and cups and that sort of thing. I'm thinking of contacting Robin's mom and asking her to get the sheet cake. I called around to the local bakeries and they didn't have a website where i could view cake designs. So I think if someone local could go and pick out a pretty design I'd feel better about it. Then it could be ordered ahead of time.

When I received the shower package from my good friend Danielle, there was a beautiful angel inside, I thought was for decoration. I have been having a very rough week. We have about 2 whole months before the doctors says we can start trying for baby number 2 again and it just seems like SO far away. And I have a support group of ladies who are also trying to conceive and 3 of them this week have found out that they are pregnant. Well I was looking through the box again and I found a letter that I did not see before from Danielle and in that letter she mentions that the Angel was for me. I cried, and I love it. It is hanging in my bedroom. Thank you, Danielle.

Baby update: You already know some of it. My Ultrasound said that everything was fine. So the doctor said to wait 2 more months then try again. So we are now playing another version of the waiting game.