Our New Pet

This buggy thing, I'm not sure what you call it, has officially adopted our family. He's been crawling around on a lawn chair that is sitting in the carport for about a week now. He's always in a different place when we go outside, but he's always there. I guess we should think of a name. My daughter keeps asking me for a dog. She trys to compromise with me too. I keep telling her no, and she keeps trying. I think this bug is all I want for now. He's very low maintence. I have two kids, and one on the way, I think I have my hands full enough without a pet to get after. Ugh, I am so antipets lately, when our cat finally ran away a couple of months ago I was sooo reliefed. I don't want anything crawling on my furniture or pooping in my yard. I like this new green friend we have.

1 year check up

I took my son to the Doc today. Turns out his actually lost some weight, and his head hasn't grown at all. I knew it was small, but I guess I was in denial about how small... So we're going to see a neurologist just to make sure everything is alright. She said we might as well do it now, or every doctor he sees in his life will bring it up. Poor guy. Then I had to take him today to get his blood drawn for the first time, to check on the weight issue. They poked him twice, he didn't do too bad the first poke she got it right away then it rolled. So, this other lady came and in my opinion was 'fishing' a little too much. I could see the vain was not around the needle. But she got it, he started screaming by then. Then the poor little guy dropped his cookie he was holding by this point. I felt so bad for him, I whimpered myself when we went looking for the vain with that needle. But what can a mother do? Shots and this in the same day. Happy Birthday Jake. :(

"I'll have...cocktail sauce, thanks mom!"

So a couple of days ago, while I was finishing up our gourmet meal of corndogs, and frys in the kitchen, Genna so big sisterly gave Jake a slab of ketchup on his plate. Not knowing what to actually do with it, he just started eating it! And he could not get enough. He kept screaming every time it was gone, he hardly ate anything but ketchup! I don't know whether to laugh or be so frustrated. I feel like I have to hide the sauce now! I made seasoned potatoes with some fish from the freezer. I thought this would taste nice with some cocktail sauce. So I got the jar out and set it on the table. Well as soon as he realized it was sitting on the table, a jar of RED sauce he streched towards it screaming for some of that lovely red sauce to be on his plate. So once again, sauce for dinner! Don't worry I know, I will teach him not to scream for things, but he's only almost 13 months, I can give him a break right?

SSG!!

I am so proud of my husband, he was pinned the beginning of the month for his E6. He deserved it so much, and yes it has been LONG over due. I am so proud of him and everything he does for his family, and his country.

Learning about tithing

So I have another confession about my tithing. My husband and I recently comitted to paying our tithing when we bought my car last Nov. We agreed to start paying it. And we have been, but I guess not a full tith. I knew we didn't but I just didn't want to admit it. So I called my good ol' grandma and confirmed it with her, yes you pay tithing on the gross amount, not just what comes into your bank account. So last month I wrote our first full amount check, it was hard on both of us but we knew it was something we had to do. We both want to go to the temple, and it's the only way we can. It's like a lesson we had in RS, If you try to do everything at once you'll get overwhelmed and quit, which believe me I've tried it doesn't work. So we are taking baby steps to go to the temple, I know it's in our near future, I really cannot wait. So since we're paying our tithing I'm tending to be much more thifty. I'm trying to buy everything second hand that I can. I'm paying more attention to prices of things I buy at the store and such. So we can still live the same life style just in a different way. It's a great feeling when I bought something really nice and calculate how much I've saved by buying it at the thrift store.

1 by 1

LOL, so my daughter came home with worksheets and a coloring book about calling 911. So since we don't have a home phone yet I decided to teach her how to call 911 on my cell. If you haven't noticed I tend to be a very paranoid person that worrys about what my mom would call silly things. So we spent an evening going over how to call 911 several times and telling them my mom is hurt so something of the sort. We also went over reasons to call 911. It was kinda fun faking it like I could wake up, and was like what would you do if mom wouldn't wake up? It was great making a game out of it. Also, a great reason I plan on getting a home phone soon is you can call 911 on your house phone and they'll know exactly where you are. They can't do that on a cell phone. So I taught her also to tell them what street she lives on and in what city. It's cute how she says 911. She says,"1by1."

BYE BYE CABLE...

So, I admit our family has had a serious tv addiction. Before Genna was in school she would be watching noggin all day almost, and my husband and I watched tv all evening. And I watched my Dr. Phil/Who wants to be a millionaire etc. all afternoon. Yikes! It's crazy now that I even think of it. So I decided when we moved into the new house I would only ordered basic cable, can't do much with 20 channels right? RIGHT! There was nothing on ever! So we never watched it and it was great. I got more done around the house, I have more energy, I spend more quality time with my kids, and I don't seem so glued to the couch. It was like once I sat down I couldn't get up! It was a horrible feeling. So since we never watched the basic cable, I went today and turned in the cable box and canceled all tv we have! I feel so accomplished, and a big step for the sake of our family. But of course I did subscribe to netflix so we can watch an occasional movie, and that seem to satisfy us just fine. But it was pretty funny when I told my hubby we only have basic cable now. He said, "oh ok, that's fine as long as we still get the history channel." LOL no sorry hun, can't wait till he hears about what I did today!

Due date change

So when I had my u/s they were saying the baby was measuring 12 days smaller then my due date. So they said they have to change it. So instead of March 14, it's March 26. Which is ok, I feel more comfortable about my size now, I knew I was kinda small for how many weeks I thought I was. I'm going back for another u/s in December. Since the baby was smaller then expected they couldn't see the heart too well, so I'm excited to see more of this wonderful baby. So I'm hoping my husband can come home for his r/r around the 20th of March we will see how it turns out. Right now he's scheduled to come home in Jan. which doesn't work at all considering I'll be out of town part of that month. So he's working on getting it changed. I really cannot wait to see him. So I was doing the math with my sis-in-law. And we figured out the date of conception most likely happened the night before he left. So, we were trying to get pregnant the wrong time, and if we weren't even trying it still would of happened. I find it funny how things work out. I feel like this baby is meant to be so much. I am so grateful for my kids. I was so scared I wasn't going to be able to have kids after they found a cyst on my ovary and had to remove it. They told me I could get another one on the other side, so I really thought it was a matter of time. But this time, I am definitely waiting until I'm at least 26 to have #4.

Another girl

So, I hope you can all figure out what we are having. I had my u/s last month. I had the tech pick the pic of the baby's bottom in an pre-stamped/addressed envelope to Afghanistan. I knew I'd have to wait a while to hear what we are having but it was special, and worth it. It was so great to be able to find out together and have the first reaction together. One of the hardest things about deployment for me is not reacting together on things. It seem like I find something out or something happens by the time I get to tell him I have it figured out, or I'm like whatever about the situation. Then I feel so much more apart from him, and I don't want to. So it was great. I totally thought we were having another boy, and he wanted a girl. Yep he was right, and it was so great to hear how happy he was on the phone. I guess I was in a little shock at first about a girl. I worry so much. I worry about her getting hurt by some stupid boy in the future, about not teaching her the tools she needs to make through this harsh world, so much more then a boy. I'm not sure why. Also, I'm worried about Genna. Right now everyone and their mom talk about how Jake looks just like his dad. Which is so true, I'm always saying it as well. And Genna looks exactly like her mom, which is so true. She says it herself too about both kids. I'm worried about things people say effecting Genna in a negative way. I know it won't matter to me who my kids look like, I just worry about her. I am getting more excited everyday to have another wonderful daughter.

Movin on Up

So we recently have moved into a new house in the same neighborhood. I love it so much. I prayed so much that we would get a house that met all our needs. And we totally have!! I am so happy. I got a single floored home, I was constantly worrying about how I'd have Jake 17 months old with a bran new baby coming. Him trying to fall down the stairs and I can hardly catch my breath! Then after our new arrival? What a nightmare that would of been. The house is big, 4 bedrooms, right now the spare room is a storage/playroom and I love it. I have a large master bedroom with a hudge closet, wonderful kitchen, very large laundry room! Yes, I love it. And I only have two full bathroom! Only two toilets to clean! It's going to be great. Not to mention the outside is wonderful, someone left me an outstanding garden in the front, we also have a big backyard. Our carport is located in the back of the house, so we use the back door by the kitchen for our entry. It's been great. I am so grateful for this house, I feel like I can make it more of a home, my kids seem to be settling in quite well. We are getting settled the only thing left to do is hang pics up on the wall, and unpack the 'clutter' boxes. We'll see if that ever happens though. Yay!