New Years

So, you know I'm bored when I blog about nothing, hahaha! This year for New Years Eve, we stayed home (as we usually do) and watched a movie. I guess I dont care that much about celebrating a new year. While Danny and I were watching our movie, I fell asleep on the couch (about 10:30) then he woke me up at about 11:30 telling me I'm not supposed to sleep yet. I told his I was just too tired to stay awake and wanted to go to bed, so I did :). He "tried" to wake me up at 12, but I was too tired to even wake up long enough to say happy new year, hahaha! Yeah, I was an awesome date!
Here's to hopefully a better year than 2010! 2010 was much better than 2009 (tons better!) but our little economy still needs much improvement! Hopefully this year brings plentifull (in every way possible) to all!

Christmas 2010

Danny trying to get the Bumble Bee transformer together for Alex

Both kids got bikes, but Alex prefers Cam's

Cam sat there and played with his little learning kitchen the whole time, so i opened his presents.

Danny's just being a dork :-p

Alex helping grandma play the piano while us adults try to sing along to the carols.. Lets just say "12 Days Of Christmas" will never be the same, hahaha!

The tree! It looks like there are alot mre presents than there acutally was... Most of them are stacked ontop of a chair. Thats why they are piled so high.

Danny Singing "O Holy Night". My favorite Christmas song!

Christmas Dinner :)

Cam got to sleep in our bed for a couple hours the morning after Christmas

Alex and Uncle Bob




This year Christmas was really laid back! Christmas Eve we went to the Bradfords for dinner and some "carol singing". Let's just say, it was pretty funny listening to us try to remember all the words to all the songs. When we got home, we put the kids to bed and started on the gift wrapping. We had gotten alot of it done, so we were only up until about 11:30. We go to bed, and are asleep and at about 5:00 a.m., Alex runs into our room. I told him Santa hasn't come yet and he needs to go back to bed. He walks to the door, ran back and says "mom, i'm gonna throw up." . As soon as he says that, he throws up all over the floor! So, we go sit in the hall way while I try to convince him to go back to bed, offered him some saltines. He takes one bite and throws up again. I then gave him some pepto, take him back to our room, put him into bed, a few min later, "mom, i'm gonna throw up.". He climbs onto the floor and throws up all over a towel that was on the floor. He climbes back into bed, (by now its almost 6) and finally falls asleep. We slept until about 7:30 when Cam woke up. We all went into the living room and opened our gifts! I got a new sewing machine! I was so excited! I also got a big Geroge Forman grill, purple android phone (which I love), and some new shoes. Cam got a new bike, little learning kitchen, transformers, cars (from grandma, uncle Bob, Aunt Janis &Uncle Mark) and a shopping cart which he loves to push his monkey around in! Alex got a new bike, transformers, bakughan (how ever you spell that, Uncle Bob) a little nerf "shooter" as he calls it, clothes, Car (Aunt Janis & Uncle Mark) and Danny got the usual socks, underwear, pajama bottoms, boots, coffee maker, coffee, a new farberwear set. Anyhoo, that morning, we went to Nadja and Nathan's for some hootananis :) ate breakfast. Come home Cam and Danny go take a nap while Alex and I stay awake and play with our new toys :) (i spent this time trying to figure out how to use my phone). Later in the evening, my family came over and we had our shrimp boil. Uncle Bob stayed at our house, which the kids loved! They absolutly adore him! At 11:30, I completly crashed! I was pretty exhausted! This year, I've got to say was the best Christmas ever! It was so peacfull!

27 Years!!! AAAHHHHH!!!!

Yesterday was my birthday! I cant believe that I'm already 27 years old! It scares me a little to be so close to 30! I dont think that i've done anything for my birthday since before Alex was born, so it's been 4 years! I usually just stay home and Danny makes me something yummy for dinner, but this year, Danny took me out! I didnt know I'd enjoy it so much! A night without the kidos! First, we went to see Harry Potter, pretty good movie! It was so long, though (even though I knew this going in) and I was so hungry! When we got out I decided I wanted to eat some cajun food. Danny found this little resturaunt on his phone called Lola's, A Louisiana Kitchen. It was a little resturaunt on Charelston. Man was the food good! Even Danny liked it and he's picky about his cajun food! After we ate, Danny took me on a shopping spree to Burlington Coat Factory in Henderson. I've only been there a couple times before, but holy cow! I got some maternity clothes, cute ones, for like $5.00, $6.00, and most expensive, $14.00! I went a little overboard, i have to admit! We got a new bedding set (i'll post pics later..) Alex got some new clothes, Danny some new boots, almost $500.00 later... (I'm serious! we spent sooooo much money!) We went to Walmart to get Alex some transformers for Christmas. When we got there, Danny being a transformers fan him self, we got Alex more than he needed, but Danny was happy! We also got Alex his first bike! I cant wait for him to see it Christmas morning! $100.00 later, we were leaving. Now we have to get Cam a little tricycle because I told Danny that it wasn't fair that Alex get a bike and not Cam. So everytime I think i'm done with the kids' shopping, i'm not... Anyway, I had soooo much fun! I usually hate spending money, especially since it's so tight right now, but, it was a blast! Oh, Danny got me a new baby swing, new pair of pajama's, and the boys got me a new pair of slippers. LOVE IT!!! I got rediculasly spoiled!

It's a Boy!!

It's a boy! I'm trying to upload images, but for some reason it wont work!

Anyway, today was my 20 ultra soud. Baby Jonathan (yes i named him that along time ago!) looks great! Like his big brothers, he measures a week small, but completly healthy! I told Alex that he was going to have another baby brother and he wants a sister. What can you do, though, right? I thought I'd be alittle sad if I found out it was another boy, but the truth is, I'm so excited! I'm not even dissapointed! I went to Babies R Us and got a couple packs of onezies (which were on sale for $4.oo for a 6 pack!) I got me a new diaper bag/back pack. I think it will be more practical! I so can not wait to meet little Jonny Boy! I can just tell he's going to be adorable :)

Thanksgiving Day Weekend

This year I really thought we'd have a super low key Thanksgiving. I had asked Trudy what she would like us to bring for the feast and she made a list of things I could bring and told her we would bring some pies and sweet potatoes. I tell Danny what we were to bring, telling him to go buy some Marie Calendar's pies and he says "ok". He was at work at the time and had to go to Vegas the next day and said he would get "supplies". I thought that this meant supplies for the sweet potatoes. Then,when he got home he told me that he was going to make some home-made apple and pecan pies. I was kind of like, ok whatever... So, Wednesday night after the kids went to bed, around 8:00 p.m., we started to make pies. Danny made the crust while I pealed and sliced the sweet potatoes and apples then he said he wanted to make a sweet potatoe/ pecan pie. Just peeling and slicing seemed to take forever! I mixed up all the apple stuff for the apple pie and Danny did all the cooking (sweet potatoes). 12:30 rolls by, Danny are both so tired we're starting to move like turtles. We go to bed, get up Thursday morning, start putting the pies together and baking. It took us from 9:00 a.m. to about 1:30 p.m.. With us both being super tired, we go to dinner, Cam's super fussy becuase he'd been without a nap and lunch (I would only let the kids have a small snack because I wanted them to eat at Grandma and Papa's house). I was a little short with the kids, but we got through it! Then Nadja, my mom, and I decided to go to Walmart for black Friday sales. We left at 1:00 a.m. did our shopping, got home 3:30 a.m. I got what I'd like to call a little nap before the kids woke up. I spent all morning on the couch trying to stay awake! Cam, thankfully fell asleep about 12, 12:30, so I went to sleep too. Alex does not nap, so I turned on cartoons for him in my room and he let me sleep for about 1 1/2 hours. I felt better for a few hours, then the fatigue kicked in again! I tried so hard to stay awake for the Boise and Nevada game! If they wouldn't have gone into overtime, I could have watched! But, I was too tired and had Danny tell me what happened the next morning. If LSU would have won, BSU losing would have been great! Since LSU also lost, BSU losing didnt do us any good. They played pretty BAD! Anyway, Saturday I went to my moms for lunch and my friend Ciara was down from Missouri and came over for a visit. It was so good to see her! Sunday, I did absolutly nothing! I was worn out! Cant wait for next year (hahaha!).

Everything New (kind of..)

Cam, a few hours after he was born
Alex, fresh out of the belly! (His head was a tiny it swollen)

I think that newborn pics of my boys is appropriate!

So, I guess we'll start with Veterans Day. We went to the parade and there were people standing in the middle of road, blocking everbody who was sitting on the curb's (like your supposed to) view. It was quite irritating! As for an exciting day, it was not.

Onto something alot more exciting, pregnancy!

This pregnancy has been so different from the last two (the last two were completly different from eachother, too). I was sick from 6 weeks to about 15 weeks (this time around), which is a long time when you have a hard time eating food! This baby is just going to keep us guessing as far as the sex goes. I honestly think it's going to be a boy, which is awesome, but I'm quite ready for a girl this time around. My 20 week appointment is next Tuesday, and I can not wait! I'm so anxious as to see what we are going to be having! I am so EXCITED!

I've started to feel little kicks the last week, which I love! Even though they aren't very strong kicks, and definatly aren't very constent, I love feeling them!

I really haven't felt pregnant yet. It's been quite a strange feeling because I keep laying on my stomache, which feels like laying on a small air pocket in my lower abdomen. It's not very comfortable! Even with the tiny movements, I dont feel pregnant! I do pee alot more and I am quite tired all the time, oh not to mention the back pain is pretty bad (yoga helps alot to release the back pain, though). I just feel bloated all the time, not pregnant....

All I can say is I'm so excited for April! It seems so far away, even though it's not! My goal is to go into labor during the fair! I dont know what dates the fair is going, but I'm due the 23rdm so fair time would be awesome!

We are all so excited, but very nervouse! I've had many people tell me that going from two to three kids is the hardest of any numbers! I did have one person tell me that going one to two was the hardest, so we hope and pray that we have a smoother transition than we did with the first two. Please!! HAHAHA!

Being a Mommy!

My mother in law sent me an e-mail today about women who stay at home to raise their children, how a mother bonds with her child as soon as she becomes pregnant, and how being a mother is the most important job a mother could have! I've felt kind of guilty/bad lately becuase here we are, going to have our third baby and we can barely afford the two we have. Our children have never gone with out food, it's just the small things. Alex could use clothes in the worst way! He has four pair of long pants and about six shirts that still fit him. I wish I made an extra income so that if I needed to go buy clothes, toys, shoes, anything the kids wanted or needed, it would just be so nice! I've thought about getting a job many times. But, Danny has said that he didnt want me to have to comute, and in all honesty, I dont want to either. So that leaves very little option out here. There's Lins. When I was working full time there I was bringing in $1,200 a month. Do you know how much day care costs a month? $1,200! Then there's Ace and Home Hardware. They pay even less than Lins. They pay $6.50-7.00 an hour. Lins starts at $7.50? If I remember correctly.... Then there are the good jobs like Moapa Valley Water Co, Telephone Co, Overton Power Dist, Credit Union. Which are very rarely to never hiring. People who get jobs at those places work there until they retire because they are the best paying jobs in the valley. Anyhoo... just knowing that being at home with the kids is so very important to them as it is to me, it makes being dirt poor worth it! We wont struggle for ever, it will just take a while to get back on our feet. Everything will be worth it in the end, I just know it will be :)