Summer Fun.

We had a fun visit from our friends from Oregon--The Balazs Family. Joey was reunited with his best buddy "Eli Balazs".

Myla caught a butterfly or a moth on the way home from church.

Here's Makenzi patiently waiting for someone to take her outside. She is such an outside girl, my kind of girl. Unfortunately, mommy can't go outside and that's all that she wants to do. So she fell asleep waiting for a sibbling to finish chores and school work. Somedays they take all day, and somedays they get it all done in an hour.

Here's chipmonk Michelle with a couple of grapes.

Micah finally got his C PAP machine to help him breath better and sleep at night. The first night I hardly slept because I couldn't tell if he was breathing or not. It was so quiet. I haven't slept without someone snoring right in my ear for over 13 years. I didn't think it would be hard for me to adjust to the silence. He's still getting used to it. Hopefully, he will start feeling more rested soon.

Happy 4th of July!!!

We had fun celebrating the 4th of July at the Andrews pool (Jen, my sister-in-law's parent's house). Michelle and Makenzi only wanted to hang out at the steps.

Jeffery was having fun picking water fights with Uncle Moose and...

Aunt Jen.

Jeffery's all geared up for snorkeling.

Here's Myla relaxing.

Later that night we had a bar-b-que and "the colettium of fire". It was quite the show. It keeps getting bigger every year. Jeffery and Joey were out their lighting fireworks and Myla finally got the courage to do a few. Sorry no pictures of that.

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.