Aimee's Family's Visit

It was fun having Aimee's family come and visit. There were 10 kids between the two families--11, 10, 9, 8, almost 7, 6, almost 4, almost 4, almost 2, 5mo.

We celebrated Mary's 6th birthday!!

Computer Time

I think we have a few recovering thumb suckers.

Snuggle Time

Crash Time

Summer is Here!!!

Micah had a choice of a new trampoline or a BBQ grill for father's day. He chose the trampoline in hopes that it would keep the kids busy all summer. He had quite the crew helping him assemble it.

Jeffery is very handy and always putting things together. He put the step ladder together and helped Micah put it all together. Micah couldn't have done it without him.

I set up a water table on our deck for Michelle and Makenzi. They started out all dry and playing so nicely. It ended with both of them soaked and trying to climb in it.

Makenzi realizing I'm taking pictures. I should recognize that look...she's got something planned.

She threw water on me!!!!

Pregnancy Update: The other night I had contractions all night and was very worried. I got a medication to help calm them down and it worked. Today I had an ultrasound and nothing has changed. I'm so relieved and my doctor just kept saying "WOW", he was sure my cervix had changed. He said to keep doing whatever I've been doing because it's working. That baby looks great. I was a little off on my due date; it is Nov. 11th, that makes me 20 weeks 1 day along. Still...I'm over the hump; half way to the due date--not that I'm planning on going that far.

Wishing Micah a goodnights sleep

Micah is sleeping at the sleep study center for the second time. This time they are going to hook him up with the CPAP. He has been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and another problem where he stops breathing and his brain doesn't tell him to start again. Usually when he does this, he inhales and then keeps inhaling and then there is a sudden explosion. Not very fun for him OR me. I'm hoping with a CPAP, we will both get a good nights sleep.

Myla and Jeffery did great at their lacrosse games. I wish I had pictures, but since I can't go and Micah is Jeffery's assistant coach (and holding a clip board), there's no one to take pictures. Myla and Jeffery's games are usually at the same time, but in different cities. Unfortunately, Myla hasn't had a cheering squad at her games, but next Saturday she plays in Provo against her cousin Kiessa's team, so maybe we'll get some pictures then :). We've been lucky that none of their games have been rained out. This whole month of June there's been a lot of rain, reminds me of Oregon...I love it:).

Yesterday was pizza night. Myla makes homemade pizza with her special sauce. She learned how to make pizza from my friend Adrie last time I was on bedrest. It's been a great tradition. Unfortunately, Micah is never thrilled about it. She's a great cook, but she makes quite a big mess...flour, cheese, dough, oil. However, she has been improving on her size of mess.

Random Stuff

Today Micah had oral surgery. He had a titanium screw put in his mouth--one of the steps for a tooth implant. Both of us are down today. With some help (Jen taking the kids, Kathy for transporting Micah and both for cleaning, and my VTs for the yummy dinner) it went pretty smoothly. Hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery.

One of Micah's cousins posted some baby pics of him on facebook. I was thrilled because we only have a few of his baby pictures. I didn't realize how much Makenzi looks like him.

Micah and his twin Nikki starting the family band.

Micah and Amos

Micah and his cousin Ryan

Mark this on your calendars!!!!

AT 5 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS AFTER 4 A.M., ON THE 8TH OF JULY, THIS YEAR, THE TIME AND DATE WILL BE:

04:05:06 07-08-09

THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE YEAR 3009!!!

Week 19 Day 2

Jeffery made a yummy dinner tonight. We had chicken chili that was made in the crockpot. He thought that was great, just put it all in and turn on the crockpot. He also made cornbread muffins from scratch.

Makenzi continues to be a terrorizer. She grabbed the butcher knife from the dishwasher and then chased Joey and Michelle around the kitchen...I didn't take the time to take a picture of that. Here she is helping herself to yogurt.

I enjoyed a break from the house yesterday. My friend Melissa took me to get my magnesium shot and we enjoyed lunch at Kneaders. I was a good girl and ate in the car with the seat reclined. Tomorrow I get yet another shot, my progesterone shot. Then I'll have to endure a headache for a few days but it's worth it because it seems to help the preterm labor.

I appreciate my children and especially Micah for all their hard work in helping this baby boy enter the world healthy. It's truly a labor of love.

Here are the two little culprits--Makenzi and Michelle, two peas in a pod.

New to this, but here goes...

Since I have been on bedrest, I've enjoyed reading other peoples blogs and thought this would be a great thing to keep me busy. I thought this would be a fun way to keep my sanity while on bedrest. I will just keep a camera handy and then document my journey. Hopefully people will find it amusing to see the craziness that goes on when a almost 2 year old discovers her new found freedom...mommy doesn't stop me she just watches. Just recently Makenzi (almost 2) and Michelle (almost 4) got the container of Nutella and ate it by the handfuls, while mommy watched and yelled for reinforcements. When I was on bedrest with Makenzi, I bought Michelle a sandbox to put on the deck where I could see her. I was envisioning hours of play and entertainment. After a few days, she came inside, looked at me with a "why do you just sit there" expression and then she threw a handful of sand at me, smiled, brushed of her hands and walked away. One more bedrest memory. This was when I was on bedrest with Jeffery, Myla was just 2 yrs old. We had this big tub of crayons. She gave me "the look" and I begged with to please not dump out the crayons. She did it so slowly and calculated; when she was done she smiled and walked away. Two year olds are definitely boundary testers, and when mommy doesn't intervene it's a whole new world :).

One thing I've tried to enjoy while on bedrest is just watching and observing my children. The other day Makenzi went to the cup drawer, got a cup, went to the fridge and dispensed some ice (while closing her eyes beause little bits would fly out) and then filled her cup with water and drank it. I was so proud that she could help herself. Then one morning she managed to strip herself of her pj's and went to her room and came out with her favorite dress and pulled it on. Now if she could only change her own diaper, or better yet if she were potty trained.