Happy Anniversary!!

Jake and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary on Tuesday August 12th! It is hard to believe that we have been married for five years! We were talking the other day about our lives together during the past five years and it is hard to believe we were once poor newlyweds still going to school and now...... well, we are still poor students but now we have two boys and a little girl on the way!

We didn't do much on Tuesday as Jake had to work and I had my doctors appointment but we did manage to go to lunch together with the boys....funny how after you have children your anniversary's sometimes just aren't the same! Jake has been really busy with work trying to get the job at the U of U done so he actually didn't get home until 6:30 that evening and we were both so exhausted we were asleep by 9:30! He did bring me home a wonderful card with a beautiful message in it......he knows I love when he expresses how he feels about me because it isn't easy for him to do that! He also brought me home a big bag of reeces peanut butter cups which he knows I love anything peanut butter!

Hopefully we can find some time in our busy lives to go out and celebrate our anniversary together without the boys! I just had to let Jake know how much I love and appreciate him! We have come a long way in the past five years! We both have grown up a lot and realize the importance of being one in a marriage! I am so very lucky and blessed to have such an amazing husband and father for our children. He is a wonderful example to me and to our children and I am looking forward to spending eternity with him!

Singing Time!!

We were outside playing last night and Samuel found the sprinkler head to water the flowers. He took it on the grass and started singing and dancing as loud as he could! Then he would come over and say "look mommy I'm singing!!" He was using the sprinkler head as his microphone and performing for the rest of us. I am so amazed at little kids and their imagination. The things they come up with are just so precious! Times like this you want to cherish every minute you have with them!

Feeding my Horsey!!

Jack has been obsessed with horses for about a month now. He will not go anywhere without his horse.....we used to have another one but it is lost somewhere in our house, he has forgotten about that one.......for now! I am sure he will remember he has it and ask me where it is one of these days!! He absolutely loves to watch anything with horses in it, especially The Man for Snowy River and My Friend Flicka!! He gets so excited to see anything with a horse.....we even have been to the farm a couple of times so he can see his horses!!

Tonight during dinner we noticed that he picked up his fork and chicken and started to feed his horse saying "here you go horsey" and "that's yummy!" It was so funny to watch him feed his horse I grabbed the camera and tried to get a couple of pictures of him feeding his best friend! He literally takes them everywhere we go, the store, running errands, church, outside play time, bath time, meal time I wonder how long this fascination with horses will last?!?!

My poor little boy!

My poor littlest guy is sick and it came on so suddenly. He was great yesterday until after nap when he got 102 fever and all he wanted to do was cuddle with mommy! You know they don't feel well when they would rather lie there and cuddle than play! We had a rough night being up all night with high fevers and throwing up.....luckily we go to the doctor in about an hour to see what is wrong. I suspect more ear infections since he has been pulling on his ears telling me it hurts. You always feel so helpless when they are so sick and wish you could make all their pain go away! It breaks my heart to see him burning up and shivering with a fever and not be able to keep anything down! Poor little guy......we love you and hope you start feeling better soon!

22 weeks and still growing!

Here I am at 22 weeks.....more than half way through!! I cannot believe that we are halfway through this pregnancy! It must seem to go by faster since I am so busy taking care of two other little ones!

I went to the doctor today and everything looks great. I have now gained a total of 8 pounds with 5 of those just being in the last four weeks! I am finally starting to put on some weight. I am still pretty sick but sometimes I have to force myself to eat for the sake of my little girl! I am feeling little movements here and there but nothing very big. My doctor looked at my ultrasound report and told me that my placenta is right in the very front which acts as a cushion for all those movements. So with the placenta being right in the front and with her still being relatively small I don't feel much movement which sometimes worries me, but my my doctor assured me that she is in there moving around! So when I can't feel her move I take out my stethoscope and listen to her heartbeat. Of course I don't hear it as well as I do with the doppler but it is enough to put my mind at ease!

Everything seems to be going as it should be. We will just have to wait and see how this little girl is when I start to get examines in the next two months to know whether we can have a vaginal birth or have to have the c-section. I am hoping for the vaginal birth but I know that the most important outcome is a healthy baby!

Ultrasound pictures of our baby girl!

Here are the pictures from our ultrasound a few weeks ago. I went in a week ago and it was confirmed that she is still a she!

Showing us her girly parts!

Picture of her face

Her two cute little feet!

Profile of our sweet baby girl

Showing us her girly parts again!

For Sale!!

Our house if officially up for sale now as Jake put a sign up this evening. He put the sign up and all I could do is cry......I'm sure being pregnant, hormonal and emotional doesn't help!! I have mixed emotions about selling but we really do feel like it is the best thing for our family now. We need more space as we will be welcoming our little girl home in four months. We also need to be closer to Weber State as that is where Jake is going in the fall for his construction management degree. They only have a bachelors degree for that at BYU and Weber State.....so we feel we need to be closer to Weber as that is where Jake will be going for the next two years.

When we moved to our home here in Murray we never realized just how much we would come to love the area. Our friends and neighbors have been so wonderful to us it is hard to imagine moving away from everyone. It is especially hard for me to leave all the wonderful kids and their mothers that Samuel, Jack and I have come to know and love! We appreciate everyone being so kind and welcoming us into the neighborhood and ward. We truly have felt the love that everyone has for their neighbors and ward members. I remember shortly after we moved in having the Rose Circle block party and we knew then just how wonderful this area was going to be. We have spent many months thinking about this move and it has been a hard decision for us but it is something we need to do for our family. We love the area so much we even considered adding on to the house but with Jake going to school at Weber State he just wouldn't have the time for that. We will be very sad to leave this house and neighborhood but I am also looking towards the future and what that may bring. I am not someone that deals well with change......in fact it is very difficult for me but I know that no matter what happens my Father in Heaven will help me through this difficult and exciting change in our lives!

I look forward to the many new adventures that will come about from this difficult change of leaving our house and friends! I hope that I can keep in touch with all of you through this wonderful world of blogging!