A good surprise

Well lots of good things to report about this weekend. First on Saturday Mackenzie went pee pee and poo poo in the potty at two different times. On her own. She asked to go. I didn't initiate it. I don't think she is really all that ready to potty train. I am going to let her kinda keep it up. If she wants to go and try then fine we will try, but I don't want to try to make her ready before she really is. I mean she is only 21 months old. Okay, so on to surprise number two. On Sunday I was taking a much needed much appreciated nap after church. When the door bell rings. I think gosh it is only 4 and who is here. I get up to see my mother standing looking in the window I think, gosh she knew I was taking a nap....what is up! I open the door and I see this person smiling at me. OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I start screaming it's MISTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited I jumped into her arms....which almost fell off...I forgot I am almost 4 months pregnant and have gained a few pounds. I was so overwhelmed with excitement. What a great surprise. She said that Tyler had a flight voucher that had to be used before the end of the year, and he said here go see your family!!!! :) She surprised us all but Heidi, because she had to have someone pick her up from the airport. I was so glad. So that was my surprise for the year 2007...a great way to end a year! :)

Merry Christmas

Well our Christmas was great. Mackenzie had a wonderful time and so did her mama and daddy. We had more fun just watching her. We got lots of new babies for christmas with their own bottles and things. Santa brought her a table and chair set and a high chair and stroller and baby bed for her babies. She is in heaven. She was missing for about an hour and I found her playing happily in her room playing mommy with her babies. She was just on cloud nine. She didn't even cry or whine and I finally was able to put her down for a nap around 3. She usually takes one at 11:30 or 12. She passed out almost immediatley. Then I only let her sleep for about an hour. I did want her to sleep that night. So at 8 I put her to bed and within 10 minutes, she was out. She had a very busy day with lots of visitors. I am so thankful that this year turned out great. I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday.

Just wanted to let everyone know that Mackenzie is still doing great. The coughing has almost stopped and she is doing so wonderful. So, so far it is looking like a great Christmas this year. I am so glad...She had a miserable one last year! I will post pictures of Christmas next week and I hope that everyone has a wonderful New Years. Just a little note, a girl I grew up with just lost her house in a fire. Along in the blaze she also lost her 5 year old boy. He got scared and hide in the closet under some clothes and the firefighters couldn't find him. It is a really sad situation, especially right here at Christmas. Please tell you children to never hide anywhere if something like this happens. He may have been able to be saved. He didn't burn completely which is some comfort, he died of smoke inhalation. Because the clothes he was under where so wet it saved most of his little body. I went to his viewing last night and it was so heartbreaking to see the tiny casket and the pictures that were taken just last week. Please keep this family in your prayers.

Sick Baby Update

I took Mackenzie back to the doctor yesterday afternoon, and he said we did a great job! She looks so much better and that he didn't need to see her back. I was so relieved. She still has a cough, but other than that she is doing really good. She has even started taking her medicine for me. But only because I pretend to take it with her. Whatever works, right? Well the doctor also told and showed me, she is getting two molars at once on the bottom on both sides. She did cut her other top 2 teeth, so now she has four on top and both of her front teeth insteed of just one front tooth and one eye tooth, she now has all four. I am so releived she actually has some teeth under her gums :) Just wanted to give you an update on my sweet little girl.

sick little one

Well we had a fun night and many more up a head. Kenzie comes home Tuesday night and has a low fever and is coughing. I gave her some Tylenol and it didn't seem to help much. I then notice my little girl is wheezing. Great! So I break out the good old breathing machine and start to immediately do a breathing treatment on her. She seems some better so I put her to bed by 7:30. I wake up at 11:30 to go and check on her and she is so hot. I take her temperature and yep...103.2! Yikes. So I wake her up to give her some medicine and then set my alarm clock for 15 min. to check to see if it has started coming down or not. Well she laid there awake but not crying and in 15 min. I check her again and nothing had changed yet...so I thought okay I'll wait 30 min. then check her. Then 30 min. later it had only come down to 102.7. I decided that maybe me and her should get on the couch since she couldn't go back to sleep yet, she wanted me to hold her! Understandably...all I want when I am sick is my mama! So after a while of just cuddling, I check her temp again....still at 102, by this time it is 1:00, so I give her some Motrin by now and wait around some. I put her back to bed and thought I'll see if I can get a little sleep...but no, just worried about her fever and the wheezing...I got back up and I notice she is still wheezing so I get her medicine ready and do another breathing treatment. It is about 3:00 now and she finally started sweating. I was so glad! Sweating means fever has finally broken. After her treatment she went right to sleep and I called in to work and she got up about 8:30. I took her to the Doctor and she gets a chest x-ray and yep...you guess it a "spot" of Pneumonia!!! Yikes here we go again. But this time she got a shot of Rosephin(spelled wrong) and a prescription for Augmentin and breathing treatments every 4-6 hours. She still had some fever this morning and coughing up a storm...but coughing is good and she finally has movement in her chest!!!! Movement is good, that means that the lungs aren't clogged as bad and the phenomena isn't harding to her lungs. URGGGGGG! This is one thing I hate about Winter! Well our winter anyway. It doesn't help when one day it is 30 and the next it is 80. I am not kidding...I has been 78-82 this week here and now today it has decided to start getting a little colder...down in the 50's...I know that isn't cold, but when yesterday she was wearing shorts and today she has on a onsie and a turtle neck! No wonder every one around here is sick to death! It is almost Christmas and it may be shorts weather on Christmas day...how Christmasy is that! Well anyway, I just hope that she isn't spending another Christmas in the hospital. So please say a prayer for her to stay well and get over this little spot! I hope it can be controlled at home. I'll let you know how it goes on Monday for her followup appointment...Oh, and to make it all better, while she was screaming at the doctor's visit yesterday I got a good look in her mouth and she is finally cutting two teeth on top in front and one molar in the back on the bottom...maybe she want have to have dentures :)

I don't know if I ever put this picture on here. I love it. She has been such a good girl. Of course my car is messed up yet again...but it is paid for and it has 236,000 miles on it, so what do you expect from it! But we are riding in my daddy's little truck and Kenzie get's to ride up front with me and this morning she wanted the radio loud and held out her little hand for mine. We held hands and I sang and danced while she just giggled and danced with me. It was so sweet. Sometimes she can be so sweet and a joy and other times...a real brat and pain in my butt. But I guess everyone is like that from time to time. I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. She is talking so much now. Her list is, tink(think), seat, sit, mama, daddy, Jake, nanny, nana(banana), dog, cat, coca(mocha-mama's dog), hiey(Aunt Heidi), aiy(Kayly), tee(Tree), tuck(truck), bath, bead(bread), cookie, cucker(sucker), bye bye, hey, night night, baby, bow, drink, no (of course), go, ride, golf cart, ball, sock, shoe, clothes, cheese toast, hot dog, ights(lights), more, nack(snack), book, round and round, quack, duck, spoon, Kenzie, that's daddy's, mawmaw, pawpaw.......okay so you get the picture, my baby that I tried so hard to teach to say one word, all of a sudden says lots of words. She is pretty good at telling me what she wants and is great at telling me what she doesn't want. She is growing up so fast. She will be 20 months old in a couple of days and I can't believe my little baby is a toddler now and soon she will be a little girl and then a teenager..yikes(hope she isn't like me or her daddy as teenagers) But at least we are seasoned in all area's of teenagerism.

Christmas Tree

Well we got our tree out and put it up. I am missing an Angel and our stockings and some garland. I also need to go buy those hooks, so I can hang up my wreath...okay so I still have a lot to do. Gosh I thought I had done so much. We were sitting in the living room last night and Jake looks around and said now Emily this house looks terrible. Why don't we clean it and then try and keep it clean through Christmas!!!! I laughed and said are you going to help keep it clean or just help clean it this once? He said he will help...I doubt that. He is very good about helping me clean, but only when it is so overwhelming he can't stand it. With this pregnancy I just don't have the energy or the anything for that matter to do it. I will do something and then sit and watch a little TV...then fold some towels and then sit down without putting them up! I don't know why I am so unmotivated this time around. Kenz is feeling better...she has two ear infections and has been wow can we say a Brat! Okay, Okay...I am such a mean mother...I know she is sick and doesn't feel good...but the constant crying doesn't help make her feel any better! She is finally eating again. She wouldn't eat for almost a week..but now is starving all the time! She still wants her nack's though. She loves Snacks!! She is definately her daddy's daughter. Well anyway, we did get some pictures last night. I got one of her pretending to do her breathing treatment. She was so cute!

What a Weekend!!

My doctors appointment went well. They changed my due date to June 27th. I am kinda glad, so now I will be on maternity leave when my niece gets married, so I can go to the wedding! We got to hear and see the heartbeat. So of course you can't tell it is a baby yet, but it made me feel better to see "it" and see it's tiny heart already working. It is amazing to me how something so small can grow into something so amazing and complicated as the human body. How can anyone not know there is a God out there creating all this? Well Kenzie has ran fever since Wednesday and not slept good at all and I took her to the doctor today and she has two ear infections. She has only had one before and she didn't show any signs of hurting. The only thing that tiped me off was of course the low grade fever and the oozing that started coming out of her right ear on Sunday. She has done pretty good though. She is just a little more cranky than usual!!! I have to tell you though, the little one growing inside me sure enjoyed Thanksgiving. The baby insisted on eating like 4 times on Thanksgiving Day! And then wanted more on Friday! Maybe this one will like to eat like me. Kenzie is picky like her daddy! They just don't know what they are missing!!!! Food is so good, not the enemy!!!! Well anyway, I have put a pillow in Mackenzie's bed now. She seems to have wanted one for a while now, so I finally broke down and put a small, thin one in her crib. She slept on it all night and never moved. Either she really liked it or she was so tired after not sleeping good for five nights. She had to tell me all about it this morning. She was so proud of it. I have to get over my fear of SID's. I mean she is almost 20 months old! I just don't want anything to happen to my baby. I know I need to let go in that aspect...but it is hard to see her growing up.

Dr. Appointment

Well everyone sit down and take a deep breath. We went to our first Doctors appointment today. I convinced Jake to go with me when he got off work, even thought I knew he would be exhausted. Well we get to the Dr. at 8:30 for our appointment and after waiting, peeing in a cup, taking blood (Jake was proud I didn't cry...like he would have), getting weighed and blood pressure taken....we found out we are pregnant! Yes I know nothing new! He didn't even listen to the heartbeat. We are due June 9th. He took all my stats and then gave me an evaluation and took some test for cultures...I hate those, and felt around a bit. Then he came back in and told me he wanted to do an ultra sound next week to make sure of my dates. I didn't ask any questions about it, but I am now a little worried about it. I don't know if he thought I was further along than I am or if I am not as far along as we think we are. I am not sure, I should have asked questions. But one the bright side we are definatley pregnant and the insurance is great. We only have to pay $15 for the whole 9 months and we pay that only one time. The rest is 100% paid. That is great. I love Jake's new job. Well I'll update you next week. Things around the house have been pretty normal. Kenz is talking a lot more now. She is finally cuting some more teeth on top, so maybe she will have more than four!!! She is so smart! She folds her arms by herself during family prayer for the whole prayer. It is really cute. She does so good! She did take her shirt off this morning and was trying to put it on herself. I walked in her room and she was saying clothes, clothes, mama clothes. She was so proud of herself. She will see Jake's truck or mine and say "that's daddy's" or "mama's". She wants to Go Go all the time. She loves to be going somewhere. She absolutly still loves "Dancing with the Stars" She thinks that this girl named Abba..she calls Babba is on the show. She wants to watch Babba all the time. I just let her think it is her. It makes her happy! Last night she was getting out of the tub and she was standing in front of me while I dried her off a bit and she lifted my shirt and said baby and gave my belly a huge kiss. It was really sweet even if she doesn't know exactly what is going on.

New dress

Well Mackenzie got a new dress from her MawMaw. I put it on her Sunday and tried to get her picture...well as you can tell it didn't go so well. Everything I did she did. If I squated down so did she...when I moved in front of her she came and stood beside me. So I thought I will get Jake to take a picture of both of us. Well he did and they are blurry. Well I guess I would just have to wait until next time to get a good picture. She did look adorable in it though. She is starting to copy me. If I laugh she laughs. If I cough she coughs. The other day Phil(my dog) threw up on the floor and Mackenzie saw it before I did...she looks at it and says Uh Oh, and points to it. I come in with a glass of water and a towel to clean it up and I put the water on it and then the towel and I stand on the towel to help pull up the mess...well she comes all the way from across the room to stand on the towel too and then I started to stomp on it a little to help the process and she stomps her little feet to help me too. I just smiled and told her what a big helper she is. She also helped me sweep the floor the other night. she got her little broome and went straight to Phil's food bowl and there were little pieces of food on the floor and she starts trying to sweep them up. I went and got the dust pan that goes with her broome and we cleaned it up together. She was so proud of herslef for helping mama. I can't believe she is 19 months old today. She is really growing up and is becoming more and more like a toddler and not so much like a baby everyday. I love her more than I ever thought possible to love someone. I can't wait to see the new baby and add to our family.

Happy Halloween

Well Happy Halloween. Mackenzie loved the fun at the church last night. She went in all the rooms and did the games...and knew that she got some candy in her bag after the game was over. She had a blast. We even went through the Haunted House the youth had set up. She just looked and wasn't scared a bit. It was a very fun night and she was so tired...she was alseep before we pulled out of the parking lot. I couldn't get a good picture of her in her costume..too much going on I guess. I'll have to put her outfit back on her today and see if she will smile for me.

Stats

Well just got back from Kenz's 18 month check up. Well I think the doctors scales are off by a pound, but maybe not. She weighs a whopping 17 1/2 lbs and is 29 1/2 in. tall. I don't know who she takes after?!? Not me of course. I was kinda hoping Jake's height would take over, but it looks like mine is so far. Maybe with the next one his gene's will take over. I just hope if the baby is a boy he is tall and not short like me. It is okay that Kenzie is so petite, she is a girl...and a girly girl at that. She has become increasingly attatched to her babies and has to take them everywhere. I think it is cute. Well she got her last shots and then she got a flu shot too. I didn't get her one last year, but she wasn't in daycare last year at this time...she was so sick to go to school then. It was a rough winter last year, and I hope this winter will be better for her. I mean her first Halloween through Christmas day was spent in doctors offices and hospitals. I hope she can avoid all that this year.

Beauty Pageant

I didn't know if I told anyone, but two of my neices that live here were in the Beauty Pageant at the school for their first time ever and they both got a beauty. I mean I think they are beautiful, but for everyone else to think it to makes me feel good. They did great! We are so proud of them. Here are some fuzzy pictures of them. The little on is Shaylin she is 6 1/2 and Kayly she is almost 12. Way to go girls.

I am also including one of my brother and two of his boys waiting for Kayly to come out on stage. He looked so excited!

Dual Duty

Last night as I was fixen to go to sleep I told Jake, I can't imagine not being to Kenzie whenever I want to on the monitor. I have a monitor that is like a little tv. I can see her every move. I love it. One of the best inventions ever. I thought as I turned off the light on the monitor...man I wish there was some way to see both my babies with out haveing ot buy two monitors. Well there are. They have extra camera's to go with it for this specific purpose. I was thrilled. modern technology is so cool. I can't wait to get it to try it out. Well on the pregnancy side of things...everything is great. I am wearing maternity clothes now...not really because I have to yet, but because they are so much more comfortable than my too tight pants and my too short and tight shirts. My clothes are so snug and so now I finally have a reason to wear my comfy clothes again. I know I will be so tired of them by June, but right now they are like I just went shopping and got all new clothes again. I also think I am showing earlier with this one. But maybe it is the extra weight I have gained in between kids. My mama said I am trying to pass this pudge off for baby...well maybe I am...but boy it makes me feel better.

Guess What?

Okay, so guess what? We are pregnant again! We are excited and a little scared and nervous all at the same time. I just wanted to update you on what is going on with us. I asked Kenz if she wanted to be a big sister and she said no no! I don't think she really understood what a big sister is or maybe she did! :)

Trip out West

Well we are back from our trip out west. We had a very busy time and we had a lot of fun. Jake went to the BYU game and was in for a treat...a "Blizzard" as he called it came. He still enjoyed himself. We went from Salt Lake City, UT airport straight to Boise, ID and stayed at my sister Tammie's for a couple of days, then on to Shelley, ID, to stay with Jennifer. I got to go back to Rexburg and see the new Temple. It was really pretty, looks like St. Lewis. Boy has Rexburg changed. It has grown so much. Got to see Kenzie's babysitter Danielle for like 5 minutes just outside her work. I wished we could have spent more time with her. But I was glad to see her. We then went to Misty's in Orem, UT. It was nice to go to a smaller town. We had a good time. We went to Temple Square on Friday night. It was nice on Friday...then Saturday came and with it it brought snow. It was nice for Jake to see Real snow...and not Icy snow like here. I think he had a good time, and I know Mackenzie liked seeing all her cousins she has never met before, and I really loved seeing my sisters. I miss them already. It is nice to be home though.

Puppies

I just want to let everyone know that Phil is not the only spoiled dog around. My mama has some pretty spoiled ones. This is a picture of my niece Kayly with the three of them, Mocha, Honey, and Lucy! Spoiled brats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Terrible Mother

Okay, so I am a terrible mother. I have been so busy thinking of myself, that I have forgotten to tell you Mackenzie has finally started talking some. I guess I just kept telling myself that she doesn't say anything but Mama...but she says a lot of things now. Here is her list of clearly understandable words: Mama Daddy MawMaw Book Baby BaBa Dog GawCawrt (Golf Cart) Go Ride Bye Duck DiDi (Diane) erk (Work) Hey Hiey (Aunt Heidi) poon(spoon) cacker(Cracker) Mo(More) Okay Huh No, No Sock Nanny So as you can tell, she is really talking alot. I just haven't really realized it until yesterday. My baby isn't a baby anymore. Everyday I watch her and realize more and more she is a toddler. She is 18 months now and sometimes, thinks she is 10. She can get on and off the couch by herself most times. She hasn't thought of getting out of her crib...thank goodness. I am not ready for that I don't think. This morning she was so proud of herself, she can turn the light on and off. I love my little baby girl.

Well we had a good weekend and lots of things going on. We went and saw Marlee Jade (MJ) on Saturday. Mackenzie wasn't sure if she likes her yet or not. She didn't like me holding her...so I had a alternate plan. I got my mother-n-law to met me at the hospital and she took Kenzie for me so that she could spend some time together and I could spend some time with Marlee. She is the sweetest baby. She looks just like her mama ( Megan). She is breastfeeding well with no problems. I am so glad for them. I can't wait to watch her grow and learn, just like Kenzie did. I wish the girls would become friends and love one another. I am so glad that I have a cousin that I am close to. We were always friends growing up and spent many fun times together as kids. We have lots of memories. We even now are still close and try to get together often. I love that our kids are close in age too. Kennedy is about 6 weeks younger than Mackenzie! Well anyway, I am going to put up some pictures of Mackenzie watching Dancing with the Stars last night. She just gets so excited when she sees it come on. I tried to get her dancing, but you really can't tell she was.

Marlee Jade Bardwell

Well my brother-n-law and his wife had their baby. Marlee Jade was born Oct. 4, 2007. She weighed 8'10 and is 21 in. long. She has lots of black hair. Megan and Marlee are doing good. She wasn't in labor that long and there were no complications. I am so excited to see her. I am going down tomorrow and hopefully will get some cute pictures to put up so you can see her. I can't wait to hold her. We are going to the High School football game tonight. It is Homecoming and we try to never miss homecoming. Lots of my friends from high school are going to be there. Well I will post some pictures of Marlee on monday.

Dancing With the Stars

We went to Mama's last night and Jake has fallen in love with a stray lab that found her way up to mama's. Not only did Jake fall in love with a new dog...but she fell in love with him. She was with him all day...riding on the 4-wheeler and everything. I had to hold her from following him when he left. She looked so sad. He wants to bring her home, so I guess we will have to see how Phil does with her...but she will be an outside dog. Maybe I'll let her come in and sleep at night....in her own bed, not mine! We will just have to see how it goes. She is very pretty and smart. Well in other news, we were watching Dancing With the Stars and Mackenzie actually loved it. When the girls would dance, she got up and danced her new moves. She has started to dance in a circle moving her legs and things and moving her hips some. She watched the whole show. She loved it...Maybe she will like dance class. I am going to put her in when she is 3. I think she will love it. She is starting to become very silly and doing things when you tell her to. Today is my parents anniversary. They have been married for 32 years today:) They have started on my brothers house. I am so excited for them. I can't wait to see it built. It looks quite big. I guess they need alot of space with four kids. Three very active boys. I know they will be glad to have their own space again. Living with mama and daddy is hard. I know we couldn't wait to be in our own place and then when we left...it was really weird. We felt very alone! kinda crazy, but after 8 months of living with someone and always having someone there it makes it hard to readjust to life on your own again. Well that is about it for us. We do have Homecoming this Friday, so we are going to that. Can't wait. I think Kenzie will like the game with all the pretty dresses and the band playing. She loves alot of commotion going on...she always has...even in my belly she would get really active when I was around a lot of noise and music. She is like her mama for sure.

Dieting

Well inventory is over and I am still alive. No! it wasn't that bad. We did have to work all weekend, but Saturday and Sunday we got off around lunch. We actually did pretty good this year. Well my mother-n-law came up and kept Kenzie for me. Kenzie was perfect all weekend...only whined when I got home. She was so good for her. I am glad they got to spend that time together with out me or Jake there. Kenzie got up this morning asking for Maw...she kept pointing to the door and looking for her. It was cute. She missed her being there. To tell you truth...I miss her too. I wished we lived closer...but 2 hours isn't too bad. We try to see each other at least once a month. Sometimes me and Kenzie will drive about 1 1/2 to meet her to go shopping and things...just to get to see her. My house is actually clean right now and all my clothes are washed and put away, thanks to Granny and Mrs. Brenda. I didn't have to cook once or lift a finger all weekend. It was really nice. We stayed up way to late talking though. I am tired today. Well other than that not much has happened around here. I am starting a diet today. So pray for me that I will stick to it for a while. I am in desperate need of losing at least 15lbs. I need to lose 30, but 15 would be nice. I have just blossomed after marriage and pregnancy! It is amazing how your body changes after marriage and kids :P

Does anyone want to color?

I bought Mackenzie some colors and a coloring book yesterday. She was so excited. She didn't get much on her page, but she sure thought she was doing a good job. We had a good time. I then pulled her slide out and let her show me just how much she has grown. When we first got the slide she didn't even know how to slide, but now she climbs up by herself with no help and slides with no problem. I look at her and think how fast time has gone by and how much she has learned and it just seems unreal to think she is defiantly not a baby anymore, she is a "Toddler" now. It makes me sad and then again so excited to see her growing so much. I love watching her learn new things...She gets so excited when she figures it out. I am so glad she is in my life and I would trade it for anything in this world. I love my little stinky girl.

Already a USM fan.

We hope Southern Beats Boise States Butt :) We wish we could go to the game. My sister lives in Boise and Southern is playing there this week. Too bad we couldn't be there now...I would love to go to the game.

Tuesday's thoughts

Well just wanted to say congrats to Richard and Erica and baby Ruby Anne. We hope everyone is doing great and can't wait to see pictures. Well I have still been thinking about the whole job situation. If I would have taken the job, I would have not had a paid vacation, no paid maternity leave(no not pregnant), I would have had to buy all new clothes...business casual! I only do casual. I wear flip flops to work everyday. I love that part. I just know that Heavenly Father has a plan for my life and when I do my part I just need to let him do his. He knows what I need at this time in my life and I have to accept that. I think it sounds strange to most people, but I couldn't go against the Lord. Sometimes we don't know why Heavenly Father points us in the directions he does until much later and then we look back and say....oh, maybe that is why :) Like when I decided to drop out of Ricks and move home...the day after I got home, I met Jake. Eventhough at the time he was married and I was certainly not interested in a non member, married older man. Much less to date anyone. Well little did I know that on that day, that I hadn't showered or fixed my hair that I would be meeting my Eternal Companion. He later seperated from his wife and actually moved in with my sister and brother-n-law. We were reintraduced and went on our first date almost a year after that first meeting. I was still not interested after all that time to start "DATING". I didn't want to just date anymore....I knew that the next "boyfriend" I had would be the guy I intended on marrying. Well Jake joined the church in March of 2002. We started "DATING" the first of June 2002...and were married June 5, 2003. It hasn't always been easy and we have had very hard times in the past 4 years. We have become stronger and closer to our Heavenly Father through every struggle. I would not change the path my life has taken or the blessings Heavenly Father has given to me and my family. Okay, enough of that. I am completely excited for our trip out west. I can't wait to go. I am a little nervous about taking Kenzie though. I just worry she will be one of those babies that screams the entire flight. I hope not! She has become such a good traverler. She very well in the car and maybe this will not be too bad either. The longest stretch is about 3 hours at once on the plane and maybe she will sleep through most of it. I hope so. I am busy today getting ready for Inventory at work. All I can say is overtime, overtime, overtime. I will not be getting in before 11 p.m. after Thursday. I am working late, Thursday, Friday and I have to work until about 7 on Saturday and then some on Sunday. I am not ready I don't think. Jake will be on his own with Kenzie on Thursday and then his mama is coming to stay with us this weekend...thank goodness. Jake has to work all weekend so that stinks. She will have a good time with Kenzie I think. I just hope Kenzie will nap for her and go to bed at night for her like a good girl. I can do it Saturday night, but Friday is what I am worried about. I just hope she takes a nap for her on Saturday and Sunday...she didn't last time she stayed with her. But I am sure she will do fine. Well if you have a chance you need to check out my friends blog. She is selling hairbows and they are really cute. So check it out Two Little Ladybugs.

NO GO!

Well I hate to inform everyone...but I am not going to be changing jobs...After some prayer and a lot of thinking I just don't think it is a wise choice to make. I will be staying at my current job for now.

On our way to "School" she got a little silly. I had my camera and decided to take a picture of her actually smiling. Well I got some. Usually my camera misses her smiling somehow. I know it is my camera and not my picture taking ability. :) Well anyway...here are some recent pictures of my sweet baby.

So Exciting

Just wanted to say congratulations to my cousin Leslie, Clay, and of course Kennedy!!! They are going to be adding to their cute family. Les is about 5 weeks along. I am so excited for them. I Guess it is my turn now! HA! Well see :D I can't wait to meet her or him. I hope everything goes as smooth as it did with Kennedy! I love y'all and will see y'all this weekend.

It's over

Well I finally got some balls (sorry if someone found this offensive) and told my boss I "QUIT". Okay so I didn't shout it...I actually cried. I like where I work and I am hoping I am making the right decision by moving jobs. It is always scary to do for me. I like normal and I like change it is just hard at first. But that is what life is all about, right? She said I have done an excellent job and she hated to lose me, but that she completely understood. She wasn't mad, just a Little shocked I guess. But boy the relief I feel is enormous.

Well not much going on at home. Just another typical week for us...busy as usual. Kenzie was a ill pill yesterday by bath time. She screamed the whole time she took a bath, and the whole time she got dressed, and while she gave her daddy kisses nite nite....And then guess what, oh, your good!!! Cried when I laid her down too. But that didn't last too long and she was sound asleep until about an hour after she went to sleep we hear a loud scream and rush in her room. She must have just been dreaming because when I touched her she was still crying with her eye's closed like I wasn't even there. I picked her up and she never woke up, but did stop crying. After that we didn't hear a peep until about 7:05 when I had to wake her up to get dressed. Well other than that little drama...nothing new!

P.S. No this picture was not yesterday, but it is how most of her screaming starts out looking like! But her face gets much much worse.

Job

I am so silly, I didn't even tell you the most exciting news...I got a new job. I will be about 10 miles from home instead of 46 miles. I will work from 8-4:30 and off on Friday at 4. I will be the receptionist/bookkeeper for a CPA's office. I am so excited about it. I haven't told my boss yet. I am just kinda scared to. I don't want her to feel abandoned...but you know I have to do what is best for my family and myself. Right now, with my current job, I work from 8-5. I drop Mackenzie off at daycare at 7:15 and pick her up at 5:45...she is then in bed by 7. I don't get to spend a lot of time with her, and maybe that is why she is stuck to me like glue, when I am around. With my new job, I will be able to work and get to spend more time with her. I am really excited about it. Wish me luck tell my boss.

All's Well

What a crazy week I have had. Well my car is fixed. My Car is fixed. I am so excited and can't thank my bother enough for fixing my car. It was okay to drive Daddy's truck, but I missed my car. We had to replace the air compressor. That is okay though, now my air cools so much faster. I have some good news...Jake, Me and Mackenzie are finally going to get out west. I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I haven't been there in five years and Jake has never been there. We are going out in October. I wish we would have enough time to visit all the people I want to, but my sister's live so far apart that it makes it impossible. We will get into Salt Lake on Sunday afternoon and drive straight from there to Boise, ID to see one sister. Then leave her and drive to Shelley, ID to see my other sister...with hopes of while we are there to go to Rexburg, but I just don't know if it will happen or not. I want to go and visit so bad. Then after Shelley, we will head to Orem to see my sister and hopefully get to go to Temple Square. Then Jake is going to a BYU football game on Saturday..He is super excited about that. We may can get it to where we can see some of my old roommates, but I just don't see it happening. I am so sorry guys...I really want to see you I promise. I miss you guys. Maybe we will get another chance soon to come out and then we may have more time to visit and do the other things we will not get to this time. We have had an okay weekend. Jake worked all weekend, so we didn't get to spend a lot of time with him. We didn't do anything on Saturday. We just pittled around the house, cleaning and what not. Mackenzie did watch a good bit of Cinderella....I was excited to get to watch it. Then on Sunday, She went home with the Cronin's after church and I got to go home and get a nap. I went and picked her up and then went to Mama's. She had a good time up there. We just got to visit and hang out. The weather has been great all weekend, so we spent some time outside. It was really nice. We did ride the golf cart around some Saturday. We went over to Diane and Walt's house, and Mackenzie had fun playing with DiDi and Mr. Perkins (the dog). Phil even got to get out of the house this weekend, He went with us up to mama's to play with Mocha, Lucy, and Honey....I think he mainly likes to go so he can throw his weight around to the puppies. He has to make sure they now he is the boss, when he is there. Well work is calling my name!

Why did I get up this morning

This morning has been a weird one. First I get up and turn on the shower, put some laundry on, put the dog out...then jump in the shower. Things aren't going to bad. I remember to wash my hair and rinse out the conditioner. Then I get dressed and start running some bath water for Kenzie...because, I was lazy last night and she didn't get one. So I go in and my grouchy toddler is sitting there with snot all over her face. I put her in the tub and we sing Popcorn Popping while I wash her hair. She loves that song. Then we hurry and get out and I put a kinda faded outfit on her...it's just daycare....she comes home looking like she just wallered in the trash bin anyway. So I couldn't find her comb or brush so I just made do with my hand and put her a ponytail in and we head out the door. I did remember to get my lunch, but lost one of Kenzie's shoes in the garage as she was getting in the car. We rush to daycare and when I put her diapers in her locker I just happened to notice lots of camera equipment in her room...yep, you guessed it my homeless looking child has pictures today....that I of course forgot about. So I just said oh well we won't buy these and take her to the baby room with the other children. I leave and half way to the interstate remember..I didn't even button the back of her shirt. I bet they wondered about that. Well yesterday, I had a better time...I actually put my own underwear on backwards. As I was putting them on I thought, "Man my butt has gotten so big, my underwear doesn't even fit anymore" I just yanked them up and noticed they were on backwards about 10:30 when I went to the bathroom and saw the tag. So as you can see I started out at a good pace anyway. Then I get to work today and I hear a helicopter outside of my work...I say to myself, wonder what happened? Well I turn my car off and it quits...I think to myself...that wasn't my car was it. Yep, turn it back on and the helicopter starts back up. So at lunch I take it to a shop and they say, well your bearing, clutch, pulley...or something else is trying to go out and that is why it is burning the main belt to your car that can break at any minute and we can't get to you until Friday. UUUGGGGGG!!!!!!!! What a day. Thank goodness for brothers that love their sisters so much. My brother will be in Friday and he is a mechanic and he can fix it for me. But now, getting home! I work about 45 miles from home so thank goodness for nieces and nephews that have soccer games an Tuesday's. So a man I work with is going to follow me until I break down and then met my parents and go to the game. I know you are all jealous of the unknown of this afternoon! But don't think I wouldn't trade you one bit. I would, I am not a selfish person. I love sharing! So I will let you in on the Break Down of my car. You know in spite of it all, some people might be stressed or upset, but I think sometimes when you just laugh about it or make light of it, you actually feel better about the situation and can think clearer!

Random thoughts from the week

We haven't been doing anything great this week...just the usualy stuff. On Tuesday night we went to Kexton and Kolton's soccer game. They did really good, they won of course. Then last night we had Kameron's soccer game. If no one has ever been to watch 4 year olds play soccer it is quite entertaining. We had a really good time and I think they tied each other. The goaly for our side would keep picking up the ball and kicking it into his goal! They didn't count those points though. We had a great time. Kenzie especially enjoyed herself. She had a great idea while we were there...she wanted to play soccer too and went running onto the field numerous times with the big kids. She saw me running after her and that made her day. She then thought that was the most fun she could have. So we repeated this several times. I was the one wore out by they time we got home. Yesterday I was completely over come with road rage. This truck driver thought that he could push me around and run me off the road. I was none to happy so when I did finally get around him that I rolled my window down and gave him what for! I was so mad. I almost called the cops to pull him over. He was really rude. I tried to calm myself down, but was still furious about it. Well I couldn't wait for Mackenzie to start sleeping through the night right? Well now she is and I am not. In fact I find that I can't sleep at all anymore. If anyone has any suggestions I would love some. It is really wearing on me.

With her best friend

Her best friend is her baby. She was playing with a medicine dispenser that is like a bottle. I gave her some white grape juice in it and she had to give baby some too. I thought it was so cute.

Arrested!!

We were having a good day at work, when a woman pulls up in a Cadillac and then a cop behind her...next thing you know she is being handcuffed and she is crying and he put her in the back of the car and off to jail they went. If anyone knows me, they know I am nosey...It is killing me not to know why she got arrested. Better her and not me. So far that is the excitement at work.

Great Weekend

We have had a great weekend. It was a much needed one. Kenzie was actually in a wonderful mood and we had a good time with only minor upset. On Friday we tried to go to the football game, but in the first quarter they called the came for a while due to some really strange lightning. So Heidi and the kids and Diane and Walt came over to the house to wait it out. The kids were wild and they we cheer leading and playing keep away and were really crazy. Then Saturday we went to mine friend from high school's baby shower. Levi and his wife had a little boy. Me and Levi used to ride together after high school to institute every week for about 2 years. We had to drive 90 miles one way to get to institute, so we got to spend lots of time together. It was nice to see him and see his beautiful little boy.

Sunday comes and Mackenzie is in the best mood...going full speed from the time she got up, so we go to church, well my child decides that she makes all the rules and you have to follow her rules and not make them or enforce your own. By the 7th time I had to take her out, she had gotten in trouble and got a spanking. We went into the mother's room and the lady that keeps her sometimes comes and finds us and says it looks like you need a break...well I would love to have one and it would probably be best at this point, but by now I am mad and I have had it, so I wasn't giving in. I held her until she stopped crying...all the while trying to compromise with her to stop and we would go back in church. I even told her how much Jesus doesn't like it when she is ugly and that he doesn't like it when Mama has to spank her or get on to her. I don't know how much she understood of that, but I tried. UGGGG, The joy of motherhood and teaching a 17 month old to mind and not eat colors, or run up and down from our seats to the front of church where daddy is safely and calmly sitting on the stand, giving me the look of please do something with your child....hahaha...she is yours too ya know? I did get a break, they so graciously took her in Nursery after that and I had to help in Primary!!!!! OH, my gosh, I thought my child was rough! Those kids are devil children when they all get together. we have a new family and the children are hellions..When you pull up at church and you see the mother pulling switch's off the tree, is never a good sign. I thought I would string two up by their toes before it was all over with. I guess what did me in was when the 6 year old tried to bit me and then she hit me....I guess that put me sailing over the moon some. But some good did come out of it, Mackenzie went home with someone else after church and I did get a nice 4 hour nap. I needed one so bad.

Yesterday we had a great day....we didn't get out of PJ's until about 4:30 and Mackenzie actually left me alone and she played by her self really well while I deep cleaned the house. It was a wonderful day. She even took a 3 hour nap...see I told you a wonderful weekend. We went to my mama's and cooked out with my brother and his family. Wished my mama and daddy could have been there. They were missed.