Saturday, December 20, 2008

Thursday, December 18, 2008

I no longer like the snow

It will be 3 weeks when I see my midwife again. I was supposed to see her this last Tuesday but the snow is so bad at her house. She lives in the hills of Enumclaw so she has a ton of snow. I won't be able to get out there until Monday the 22nd if the weather allows it. I will be at 36 weeks by then and we still don't know what position the baby is in. I'm not worried, I just want to have my check up. Alainna was on her way out at 36 weeks until I went on bedrest to stop the labor. And with Elizabeth she is pushing down so hard. Oh well. The snow is beautiful and the kids had a blast. I'll post pictures tomorrow. That reminds me, I still have to finish my Christmas shopping.... Oh bother.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Please pray for my dear dear friend Liz Ney

My friend of 13 + years needs prayer. Her name is Liz and she found out the other day she has cancer. She has had many health issues for a while now so this is just an added item to her list. She has a wonderful attitude about it. According to the doctors it may be taken care of with just surgery. Please pray that they will get it all in surgery and that they won't have to do chemo. If you know Liz she is a wonderful Godly woman. I would love to be more like her. She talks about our Lord in every conversation she has. She is a wonderful prayer warrior and one of my very best friends. Please pray that she will continue to not worry but lean on the Lord and pray for them to be able to pay for all their medical bills.
She is a character. When the doctor told her she had cancer she said she couldn't because she has to do a baby shower for her friend. Of course cancer will take priority.
Thank you Liz for all you do for me.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Our tree




A free tree
















We were so blessed to receive a free Noble from a friend of my dad's. We went and cut it down on Saturday afternoon. The kids had so much fun. The family we got the tree from had alpacas. Colton tried to feed them and Alainna just laughed and pointed. Our tree is the smallest tree we've ever had, which is perfect for us. We really don't have the room so it fits perfectly in the corner. Its as tall as me, 5'4, but very full and the branches are perfectly spread out. We love it.

Friday, December 5, 2008

I'm not even close to being ready for baby number 4

I've been trying to clean out the closets and the kids dressers to make room for Elizabeth's arrival. I can't believe how much junk we have. I hope she's still a girl because I just took a ton of Colton's old clothes to the Goodwill. Unfortunatly though, I was going through Alainna's old clothes and I don't have any newborn stuff or up to 3 months. Yikes!!! I know that according to the calander I still have time, but my body is telling me a different story. When Alainna was born I didn't feel like she was ready but she was on her way out one month early. I had to go on bed rest then she was born 10 days early. I'm getting excited and nervous, having babies at home is a wonderful experience but it hurts and I don't like pain. I have an awesome midwife though. I don't know how I would get through all my births without her. If you need a good midwife I would love to give you her name and number. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Toni and all she does for people.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

7 weeks left and counting

I went to see my midwife today. I'm measuring 41 weeks, but that's because my lovely little girl descided she didn't like being upside down. She's completely upright and man is it uncomfortable. She needs to get with the program though and switch back within the next two weeks. Otherwise I will have to see a dr. about moving her back down. Ouch!!! I was wondering what was going on. On Monday I went to the post office and I was standing in line when she started to turn. It hurt big time. Her head was down so to have her do a complete 180 while standing there wasn't fun. It hurt so bad I thought she was going to rip my stomach open and pop out. I could see her move, the pain brought me to tears. Now because she's in the wrong place every time she moves it hurts. But... she has a ton of hair. We could see it clearly on the ultrasound. I'm excited to see what color of hair she will have. Please pray she moves back down and that it won't hurt too much. Toni, my midwife, wants to see her down by the 16th of December. My children love to come early so she needs to be ready.