Update

So here is my update........
I am so done with being pregnant. I can't wait to start taking Laurie Ray's herb recipe so I can have this baby that I think must weigh like 9 lbs now. I know taking the herbs helps me have my kids early which is a good thing since they seem to always be big.

I am just plain tired. Tired of cleaning my house only to have it messed up again, never ending laundry that never gets folded and put away much to my mother's dismay, no new shows on TV, my children not listening to me, and mostly of being pregnant ( I know I already said that)

My children causing bodily harm to themselves and those around them. Landon dented one of the rounded corners of our walls (the rounded part is a piece of metal) with his head, Ethan swinging a golf club in the backyard and smacking one of my piano students on the corner of her eye (hopefully she won't need too many stitches), Landon throwing one of our brand new phones at Ethan knocking one of his baby teeth loose and splitting his lip open.

I am very very very glad spring break is over

I am mad at the NICU rules at the hospital my sister's twins are at. I have yet to see my two new nephews in person. This will be the only time I ever admitt that some things (NICU's) are better in Texas.

I will post pictures which I do have a ton of including pictures of my brother Matt's little girl Presley, Easter, Spring break activities, and other random stuff tomorrow. I am tired and going to bed. It is only 8 pm and it feels like midnight.

Almost 32 Weeks!!!

Well last night was exciting for our family. My sister ended up having her twins at almost 32 weeks along. We spent most of the evening just kind of waiting to see if they could get the labor to stop. Around 10:30 we all decided to just go home since it looked like they were going to do whatever it took to stop them and it would be probably Sun before they would do a C-Section. At 3 this morning I get a call saying they are getting her ready to go in and have them. So my mom and I went over to the hospital. Beckham was born at 4:09 was 4 lbs 6 oz and 16 inches long. Owen was born at 4:10 and was 3 lbs 13 oz. and 15 1/2 inches long. Mom and babies are doing well. They babies were in the NICU but weren't having any troubles so far. Lindsay is doing good just trying to catch up on sleep she missed last night and missed the last few weeks when she really started to get big. Sorry no pics since they are all on Lindsay's camera. Hopefully I will be able to post some in the next few days. Now I am going back to bed, after I take Ethan to school!

POOP, PEE, and TOOTHPASTE

If I have to clean up one of these three things one more time I will most likely lose my mind. Mackenzie has done nothing but make a mess of these three things for the past 2 days. Mind you she has been potty trained for almost a year now she has decided that when we are home she will use my carpet or couch as her personal toilet. Thank heavens for leather. I have no idea what is wrong with her. IF I had already had the baby I might be able to use that as an excuse but we are still quite a few weeks away from that. If we are out does she have an accident? No of course not. I am at a loss with her. Also the girl is obsessed with toothpaste. I mean I know it just might be in her genes but somehow she ends up covering the entire bathroom with it whenever she gets a hold of it. She will suck it right out of the tube if I don't catch her in time. I guess toothpaste is better than the estrogen cream we caught her trying to brush her teeth with one time. A 2 year old with some serious hormones could be worse!

Disneyland 2008

So last week we headed down to Disneyland for two fun filled days before our season passes are up. We made reservations at one of the disney hotels called paradise pier which was really close to the park and was a nice place to stay. Before we went down Ethan didn't seem to be himself, you know bouncing off the walls can't sit still and all the usual boy stuff but, by that night he seemed to be better so Tues. morning we got up early and went down for our stay. We didn't really wait longer than 10 min. in line for anything and it was 80+ degrees and sunny so it was a perfect day. By lunch Ethan was not feeling good again. He was saying his eyes were burning (my first thought was pink eye) but after closing his eyes and laying in the stroller he seemed okay. Then he just went downhill from there. He didn't want to ride anything all he wanted to do was go back to the hotel. So me being the horrible parent put him in the stroller and tried to make him stick it out a few more hours until the park closed at 8. We watched the parade and ethan was done. We went back to the hotel all of us exhausted and said we would see how he felt in the morning. By morning he was worse and so instead of staying we packed up and went home to take him to the doctor. We sat in lovely LA traffic for what seemed like forever and finally made it to Valencia around lunch time. Everyone but Ethan was hungry but he did want something to drink so we decided to go into Chili's and eat. Once we ordered Ethan said he was feeling hungry and wanted to eat something. We get our food and about 2 min. later Ethan starts throwing up in the restaruant. All I can think of is the people around me trying to eat and Jared and I are scrambling to get all of us out of there. We make it home about and hour later and take ethan to the doctor. They do the flu test and of course he has influenza A and might have given a few people at Disneyland one extra souveniour they weren't looking for. For some reason Ethan was the only one in our family not to get a flu shot and I still have no idea why he didnt' get one. Needless to say we are hoping our next trip to the happiest place on earth involves mom not pregnant, ethan not sick, and alot more fun.

So for my birthday I got.......

A TICKET! Well actually he let me off with a warning since when he was almost done writing the ticket he figured out that the 7th was the day's date and my birthday. Thank heaven's for that because that would have been one fat ticket. I was going 52 which was actually below the speed limit but since the high school I was driving in front of was supposed to get out in five minutes they were giving anyone going over the school zone limit of 25 a ticket. Jared still can't believe he let me off with a warning going 52 in a 25. The cop said he felt bad since I was turning 30 and becoming middle aged he didn't want to make my day worse. I was slightly offended by that comment since I wouldn't really consider 30 old but I figure he can say whatever he wants as long as he writes the word warning across that ticket.

CNN's Glenn Beck's Tribute to Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

Jared likes to watch Glenn Beck and I thought what he had to say about Pres. Hinckley sums up my thoughts on him.

A talent I do not possess....

So although I have a few talents that come in handy, playing the piano, organizing things, and I consider myself a great driver (others including jared, triple A auto club, and I am sure some fellow drivers may disagree), there is one talent I do not have and really wish I did. Sewing. I do have a sewing machine and have attempted to sew some things like my scrapbook pages and alter something for my mom which ended up being taken to a tailor with instructions not to tell them that her daughter tried to do it. My mother in law Donna on the other hand can sew. Very well I might add. The picture here is of Mackenzie's room on the day we decided to paint. Normally not all the furniture would be in the middle of the room. We painted and when my in-laws came out for Thanksgiving Donna said she would sew Mackenzie's bedding if I wanted. So of course I spent the next few weeks picking out fabric. During Thanksgiving she sewed like a mad woman and finished almost all of it while she was here. I was impressed it all went so fast, it would have taken me that long just to figure out how to thread the machine and we won't even get started on the whole bobbin thing. So below are the finished pictures. She just recently sent a package containing some shams and what she had done with all the extra material. I think it all turned out very very cute. So thank you thank you Donna we (especially me) love it.

The bedding (even with out furniture it is still cute)

The oh-so-cute ottoman from the extra material

Another view of the bed with the ribbon board on the dresser (Teresa my SIL, helped me do one of those ribbon bulletin boards with extra fabric. I ran out of ribbon and still need to get some buttons to put on it. One of these days it will get done, it will require me to use a needle and thread to put the buttons on so it may be awhile)

The very cute and soft blanket she made. Mackenzie loves it. I am very surprised by all the things a little extra material made!